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  • Central Jersey: Local teens appear in Notre Dame’s "Footloose"

    Central Jersey: Local teens appear in Notre Dame’s "Footloose"

       LAWRENCEVILLE — The Performing Arts Students of Notre Dame High School are proud to present “Footloose,” which opens Friday (March 2) at 7:30 p.m., with additional shows on March 3, March 9 and March 10.    ”Footloose,” is a celebrated Oscar-nominated 1984 film starring Kevin Bacon, which later became a Tony-award inning Broadway musical. The film…

  • MANVILLE: Library Happenings for week of March 1

       Free concert: The Long Gone Daddies, playing a mix of music, will perform on Tuesday, March 13, from 7-8:30 p.m. in the Community Room. If it’s inclement weather, date will be pushed to March 20. The public is invited. Light refreshments will be served.    This program is made possible, in part, by funds from the…

  • Kicked to curb

    Mary Bell, of Lambertville     President Barack Obama is proposing we reduce the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 28 percent — claiming loopholes will be ended that led many corporations to pay far less but that now will pay far more.    But what you see is not what you get in this proposal.…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: County police task force delays final report

       The county task force investigating the possibility of one police force for all of Somerset County has pushed back the release of it final report about one month.    County Prosecutor Geoffrey Soriano and Dr. Richard Celeste, executive director of the Raritan Valley Regional Public Safety Institute, said the final report of the Prosecutor’s Task Force…

  • Renowned Substance Abuse Expert and Psychologist Shatter Marijuana Myths

    Renowned Substance Abuse Expert and Psychologist Shatter Marijuana Myths

    By the American College of Orgonomy RENOWNED SUBSTANCE ABUSE EXPERT AND  PSYCHOLOGIST SHATTER MARIJUANA MYTHS Princeton, NJ – March 1, 2012  “Marijuana is harmless because it’s just a plant. It’s natural.” “You can’t get addicted to pot.” “Alcohol is much more dangerous than marijuana.” These and other common misconceptions about marijuana use will be discussed…

  • MANVILLE: Hoodja captures first all-around in sectional

    MANVILLE: Hoodja captures first all-around in sectional

    Brooke Hoodja, a 5th grader at Roosevelt School in Manville, stands on the podium after she captured first place all-around with a career-high score at the Garden State Classic Invitational on Feb. 12.

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Planning Board votes to appeal Sharbell case

    By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor    ROBBINSVILLE — The Planning Board voted 7-1 last week to appeal Superior Court Judge Linda Feinberg’s ruling that allowed Sharbell to proceed with plans to convert 150 yet-to-be built senior units to housing for families of all ages.    The developer’s so-called conversion application for the Gordon-Simpson tract project off Gordon…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Shawn Sochacki begins Marine duty

       PFC Shawn P. Sochacki, 19, of Hillsborough graduated from U.S. Marine Corps boot camp at Parris Island, S.C., on Dec. 9.    The 2011 graduate of Hillsborough High School completed 13 weeks of intensive basic training as one of 78 recruits in Training Platoon 3101. Following 10 days home on leave and five days of recruiter…

  • COLUMBUS: Wrestlers advance to AC

    Melton, Stinson, McTamney qualify for TOC By Ken Weingartner, Special Writer    Cody Melton accomplished two goals on his way to Atlantic City.    First, Melton joined his brother, R.J., as one of only four wrestlers at Northern Burlington High to accumulate at least 100 wins.    Second, the senior heavyweight won the Region VII championship and punched…