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  • Chorale prepares to ‘Sing Out!’

    The group will welcome several visiting professional performers in its annual spring concert May 20. By: Michael Arges    From traditional spirituals and patriotic favorites to Bill Monroe and Gordon Lightfoot, audience members will have a chance to learn about the development of American music and have fun doing it at the spring concert of the…

  • Church serves lunchfor Manville seniors

    Emmanuel Baptist Church fills with happy diners By:John Patten    More than 150 local seniors proved there may be such a thing as a "free lunch" Saturday. Free, that is, if you don’t take into consideration all of the work of the Emanuel Baptist Church members who prepared, served and organized the event.    According to Pastor…

  • ‘Rigid’ traditions help mourners

    In our continuing series looking at the grieving process, local Jewish leaders discuss the traditional ways in which Jews grieve for loved ones. By: Michael Arges Note: This is the second in a series examining the grieving process.    Though Jewish rituals of mourning may seem restrictive, Jewish teachers agree that they can be a great…

  • Officials set to beginschool budget review

    But the budget is already below state guidelines, making substantial cuts difficult to achieve By: John Patten    Work to reduce the defeated school budget proposal began Thursday night, as representatives from the Finance Committee of the Board of Education and the Borough Council met.    Last month, voters rejected the proposed $8.8 million budget for the…

  • DRUG BUST NETS 8 HHS STUDENTS

    BREAKING NEWS: The county Prosecutor’s Office and Hightstown police arrested eight suspected drug dealers at Hightstown High School Friday morning. By: T.J. Furman    Eight boys were arrested at Hightstown High School Friday morning and charged with various drug offenses — the end result of a four-month investigation by the Hightstown Police Department and the Mercer…

  • Township owes evenmore to these mothers

    EDITORIAL: Township works becauseso many are willing to help    Sunday is Mother’s Day, generally the busiest day of the year for telephone companies and florists as we struggle to find a way to express the love and appreciation we have for our mothers.    Since the newspaper’s editorial page is dedicated to discussion of political news…

  • District starts chief search

    Forty-one school administrators have asked for applications for the district’s vacant superintendent of schools job. By:Al Wicklund    MONROE — Forty-one school administrators have asked for applications for the district’s vacant superintendent of schools job, Board of Education President Joe Homoki said Monday.    Mr. Homoki said the New Jersey School Boards Association, which is handling the…

  • Students learn to dance for a day

    The high school’s artist in residence program introduced students to rhythmic and modern dance Tuesday. The lessons will become more prominent next year. By: Michael Arges    Rhythmic bouncing of basketballs was part of the dance instruction provided Hightstown High School students Tuesday as part of the high school’s artist in residence program.    The visit by…

  • Cranbury’s environmental watchdog

    By:Brian Shappell    Petty Road resident Bill Bauder doesn’t have to worry about making plans on Saturday mornings — he and his wife, Bonnie, bank on the fact they’ll be walking along the Millstone River and protecting its streambed.    The Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association honored Mr. Bauder in April for his volunteer services by giving him…