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  • Homeowners suffer from rage disorder

    To the editor:    We hear so much these days about road rage in New Jersey. Unfortunately, the rage doesn’t seem to be confined to the road.    While walking my dog a few weeks ago, on his leash with an ample supply of plastic bags in my pockets, he stopped to smell a small bush.    The…

  • Church demolition marks end of an era

    To the editor:    It was a shock to hear of the demotion of the church, especially when you can take a look at St. Mary’s Church in Bound Brook which is today almost as great as when it was built in 1921.    My sister, Sister Leonide was principal of the parish school of the Sacred…

  • County action on farm zone to be appealed

    Township will ask state to overrule decision excluding 85 acres from proposed agricultural preservation zone By: Matthew Armstrong    South Brunswick will ask the state to overrule a county decision to exclude 85 acres from a proposed agricultural preservation zone.    The Middlesex County Agricultural Development Board approved the designation of approximately 2,700 acres on the eastern…

  • Sewer rules in need of improvements

    By:Michele S. Byers    Sprawl spreads as far as sewer and septic permits allow. New rules proposed by the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) promise to give New Jersey a major weapon in the war on sprawl – but serious flaws could send them down the drain.    Good sewer rules will help preserve open space…

  • Destruction of church marks end of era

    To the editor:    It was a shock to hear of the demotion of the church, especially when you can take a look at St. Mary’s Church in Bound Brook which is today almost as great as when it was built in 1921.    My sister, Sister Leonide was principal of the parish school of the Sacred…

  • Her sacred space

    Fay Sciarra’s studio is often the subject of her paintings By: Ilene Dube ‘I wanted it to feel like one of my paintings, to provide the subject, to be a living still life, including the old and the new. I wanted it to feel atticy, but cathedral-like, and on a limited budget.’ Fay Sciarra    Winding…

  • Manville Street Fair returns this fall

    Yearly event slated for Aug. 20 By:Eric Schwarz    The borough street fair is returning this year after a one-year absence.    The fair will run along both sides of South Main Street and the street itself from Camplain Road to the railroad bridge south of Brooks Boulevard from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 20.    The…

  • An active mind fills the memory

    MOST THINGS CONSIDERED by Minx McCloud    On the way to our friends’ house on Long Island this past weekend, Jim suggested we take a different route than we usually do.    I always drive when we go someplace, not because he can’t drive, but because I get carsick if I’m not behind the wheel. After spending…

  • Jynae Sherelle Davis-Fuller

       TRENTON – Jynae Sherelle Davis-Fuller, infant daughter of Shanta Davis and Jahi Fuller, died July 26 at Capital Health System at Mercer hospital.    In addition to her parents, she is survived by her paternal grandparents, James and W. Honey Fuller of Trenton and Louise Ransom of Lawrence; maternal grandparents, John Murphy and Fail Tolson of…