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  • Jewish communities to celebrate Lag b’Omer

    The Jewish holiday is traditionally marked with a joyous fesitivity and a bonfire. By: Michael Arges    EAST WINDSOR — The "joyous fun" of the Jewish holiday of Lag b’Omer marks the importance of unity and warm fellowship. The traditional Lag b’Omer bonfire symbolizes the light of divine wisdom that is imparted to those who seek…

  • Monroe to convert farm house into history center

    By:Al Wicklund    MONROE — A farm house constructed within a decade of the Civil War — and when a hero of that war, Ulysses S. Grant was the country’s 18th president — is being given to the township    "The Dey Homestead (near Federal and Old Church roads) could belong to the township by the end…

  • Police knock cut in grants

    A proposal by President George W. Bush to cut a federal grant program that has provided local municipalities with enough funding to help it hire officers is being questioned by local police. By:Amanda Bok, Brian Shappell, and Al Wicklund        A proposal by President George W. Bush to cut a federal grant program that has…

  • High school student named to all-state choir

    Jared Salwen was rated as having the best bass one voice among high school students in the State of New Jersey. By: Michael Arges    "Singing means more to me than anything else in the world," said Jared Salwen, a Hightstown High School sophomore who this year placed first in the state among bass ones.    His…

  • Shortage of nurses concerns school district

    Since the beginning of the school year, there have been 16 full days and eight half-days when one of North Hanover’s schools has been without a nurse. By: David Koch    NORTH HANOVER — The school board is looking into hiring another nurse to deal with a shortage of substitute nurses available for the district’s five…

  • John Smigelski

       MANVILLE — John Smigelski died Monday, April 30, at home. He was 80.    Born in Whitehouse, he was a resident of Manville.    Mr. Smigelski worked at Union Carbide in Bound Brook for 20 years, retiring in 1970.    He was a decorated World War II veteran.    Surviving are his wife, Ida (Mester) Smigelski; two daughters, Barbara…

  • Finding joy on far side of the globe

    Patti Brabson and her daughter, adopted in China, will appear in an NJN documentary. By: Michael Maugeri    FLORENCE — Like some local residents, Patti Brabson made a decision to adopt achild, providing a happy new life for a special chosen one.    Unlike many who adopt, she traveled thousands of miles to China last spring to…

  • The show goes on

    Delays don’t dampen enthusiasm for MHS’s production of ‘Pippin’ By:Eric Schwarz    The star of "Pippin" says the role of a young heir to the throne speaks to him as they both seek the extraordinary.    Justin Jurkowski, a sophomore at Manville High School, isn’t quite sure where he’ll find it; Pippin finds some meaning, and some…

  • Township’s cable advisory group sets special public session

       The Hopewell Township Cable Television Advisory Committee is hosting a public discussion on satisfaction with the current cable television company, Comcast, beginning at 7:30 p.m. on May 15 in the Hopewell Township municipal auditorium, Route 546 and Scotch Road, Hopewell Township.    A Comcast representative will provide information and answer questions.    The public is invited to…