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  • LAWRENCE: Colonial Bowling strikes a new image

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    With a snip of the scissors, the landmark Colonial Bowling Lanes on Brunswick Pike officially reopened its doors last Friday and assumed its new identity as the Colonial Bowling & Entertainment Center.    The bowling alley had been closed since May 2011 to allow for its transformation into a family entertainment…

  • LAWRENCE: Former state official says to know one’s history

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    The story of black history — and Black History Month — is inspiring. It’s about knowing one’s history, and using it to bring diverse groups of people together rather than to separate them.    That was the message delivered by the Rev. DeForest B. Soaries Jr., the senior minister at the…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Annual Feinstein food drive competition begins

       The South Brunswick Food Pantry has once again partnered with the Feinstein Foundation to take part in the foundation’s 15th Annual Challenge to Fight Hunger.    All members of Middlesex County and the South Brunswick community are invited to be partners in this challenge.    Each year from March 1 through April 30, the Feinstein Foundation challenges…

  • FACING SOUTH: Spring musical is ‘Little Shop of Horrors’

    By Gina Scamuffa    It’s that time of year again.    You guessed it: the SHRHS spring musical is back!    This year’s production is “Little Shop of Horrors,” a rock musical by composer Alan Menken and writer Howard Ashman.    The musical is based on the low-budget 1960 black comedy film of the same name directed by Roger…

  • MANVILLE: Community calendar, week of March 1-7

    Thurs., March 1    Senior class trip meeting: Parents and students intending to go to Williamsburg, Va., from June 6-10 must attend meeting at 7 p.m. in Manville High School Library.    Spring sports signups: Borough department will take registrations from 6-8 p.m. in the municipal building courtroom for kindergarten soccer, traveling soccer, traveling softball, and instructional…

  • BEACON BRIEFS: Week of March 1

    ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ South Hunterdon Regional High School will present “Little Shop of Horrors” Thursday, March 1, Friday, March 2, and Saturday, March 3, at 7:30 p.m. in the school theater. General admission is $10. Senior citizens and students pay $5. Tickets will be available at the door. For more information, call 397-2060. Personality…

  • MANVILLE: Rabies clinic has record turnout

    By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer    Pet owners lined up their cats and dogs Saturday for rabies shots sponsored by the Somerset County Department of Health.    The three-hour clinic was held at North End Firehouse on North 8th Avenue.    Susan Star, president of the Manville Board of Health, said the rabies clinic was successful, providing…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Horse trailer-trucks crash probed

    Animals taken to Springfield By Joanne Degnan, The Packet Group    ROBBINSVILLE — State police are investigating a predawn crash on the southbound side of the NJ Turnpike on Monday that involved two tractor-trailers and a pickup truck towing a horse trailer with four animals inside.    The driver of the Dodge Ram, Anthony Soward, 43, of…

  • THE ARTS: Week of March 1

    THE ARTS: Week of March 1

       — On March 4, a retrospective exhibit of oil paintings by Suzanne Douglass will open at the Pennswood Art Gallery with a wine and cheese reception from 3-5 p.m. The gallery is located in Pennswood Village, a continuing Care Retirement Community, at 1382 Newtown-Langhorne Road, Newtown. The opening reception is free and open to the…