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THE READING CORNER
With all the snowfalls we’ve had this winter, there were lots of "curl-up-in-front-of-the-fire-to-read" times. Certain books just read better at certain times of the year. By:Arlene Bice Since March often dumps one last, but not lasting, snowfall on us, consider reading "Don’t Stop the Carnival," a novel by Herman Wouk. I read it when…
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District hires test consultant
The district will pay about $2,000 for a review of the results of the state ESPA test that Lawrence students took in the spring of 2000. Hoping to uncover elementary school students’ weaknesses, the Lawrence Township Board of Education has hired a consultant to review the results of the state Elementary School Proficiency Assessment. By:…
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Charters to receive HTA honor
HORSE PLAY by Ken Weingartner: President and CEO of the Hambletonian Society to get award. By: Tom Charters has been involved in harness racing for 35 years, but he can still remember the instant he fell in love with the sport. "I can pinpoint the moment," Mr. Charters said. "I went to a fair in…
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Letters to the editor
The party’s over To the editor: It is with a heavy heart that I must write this letter. I am a lifelong Republican. I registered to vote Republican for the first election after my 18th birthday, 35 years ago. I have voted Republican continuously in every General Election since and have only missed voting in…
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Bunting places second at 140
VOORHEES He may have been talking about himself, but the words of Trenton’s Headley Murray could have been echoed by any of a couple hundred wrestlers in the state. "The goal is always to make it to the states," Murray said. "I figure it doesn’t matter how I get there as long as…
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Long-awaited police station makes debut
A steady stream of visitors saw the new building during an open house Saturday. By: Cynthia Williamson LAMBERTVILLE An open house to show off Lambertville’s new police facility drew a steady stream of visitors Saturday, including Hunterdon County Prosecutor Steve Rubin and county Chief of Detectives Nicholas Susalis. "We had a tremendous response from…
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Steps forward
The Amercian Repertory Ballet will debut ‘Dancing Through the Ceiling’ at McCarter Theatre in Princeton March 15. The show includes three world premieres by women choreographers. By: Susan Van Dongen Elaine Kudo is a ballet mistress for the American Repertory Ballet. PRINCETON High heels and construction boots have made cracks in the so-called "glass…
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Culinary Corner
Great hints and tips for anyone who spends even a little time in the kitchen. Be sure to look at this week’s recipe. Get Recipes
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Mustangs knocked out in CJ 1 semifinals
Quarterfinal win at Perth Amboy Tech ends drought By: Shawn Tyrrell MIDDLESEX All good things must come to an end. For the Manville High boys’ basketball team, the season ended on a down note as MHS was bounced from the semifinals of the Central Jersey Group 1 playoffs by an impressive Middlesex team.…
