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  • Democratic Candidates Call for Voter Control of Charter School Financing and Education Funding in Hillsborough

    Democratic Candidates Call for Voter Control of Charter School Financing and Education Funding in Hillsborough

    By Michael Goldberg Hillsborough resident Maureen Vella, a candidate for New Jersey State Senate from the 16th District, along with Aldo Martinez and John J. Reddan, candidates for the Hillsborough Township Committee, today released a letter sent to the current Hillsborough Township Committee strongly urging their support for voter control over possible charter schools and…

  • Bastille Day Festival in Frenchtown, NJ

    Bastille Day Festival in Frenchtown, NJ

    NineTomatoes "Eye of Awareness" Mandala

  • Bastille Day Festival in Frenchtown, NJ

    Bastille Day Festival in Frenchtown, NJ

    NineTomatoes Come see NineTomatoes Mandalas and Designs at the Frenchtown Bastille Day Festival on Saturday, July 16, 2011 from 12:00 to 6:00 p.m. NineTomatoes canopy will be filled with mandalas in all colors and sizes. But what you’ll really love is the way you FEEL when you find yourself face to face with a mandala…

  • New paintings by David Serotkin

    David Serotkin David Serotkin presents ‘Domestic’, new works, celebrating the marriage of real life and TV culture. David’s drawings and paintings form an unapologetically sentimental chronology of the first year of fatherhood, where sensitive renderings of his daughter cross over into television nostalgia.  His work will be on view from July 6th to August 2nd at…

  • CRANBURY: HHS alumni recalls how school used to be

    CRANBURY: HHS alumni recalls how school used to be

    By David Kilby, Managing Editor    CRANBURY — As students graduated from schools throughout the area, several dozen alumni of Hightstown High School gathered at The Cranbury Inn and reminisced about what high school was like in 1940s, ‘50s and ‘60s.    Members of the Hightstown High School classes of 1943 to 1961 were present at the…

  • JAMESBURG: Grads may be last Jamesburg class at MTHS

    JAMESBURG: Grads may be last Jamesburg class at MTHS

    Graduates of Grace Breckwedel Middle School wait to receive their di´plomas.

  • JAMESBURG: Grads may be last Jamesburg class at MTHS

    JAMESBURG: Grads may be last Jamesburg class at MTHS

    By David Kilby, Managing Editor    JAMESBURG — Graduates of Grace Breckwedel Middle School were told to remain strong and compassionate at their graduation June 17 as they become quite possibly the last students to represent Jamesburg at Monroe Township High School.    Jamesburg will be sending its middle school graduates to a different high school starting…

  • EAST WINDSOR: A call to all U.S. citizens

    EAST WINDSOR: A call to all U.S. citizens

    Virginia Tech program, led by former East Windsor man, aims to recruit, increase next generation of defense workers By Jen Samuel, Managing Editor    EAST WINDSOR — For 25 years, Robert McGwier called the township home.    Now, he’s left his work in Princeton for the opportunity of a lifetime.    He’s leading an entirely new scholarship program…

  • MONROE: Black bear comes calling

    MONROE: Black bear comes calling

    By Marisa Iati, Staff Writer    MONROE — Students and staff at the Remsterville Learning Center were greeted with a surprise visitor when a black bear wandered onto the property at approximately 11 a.m. June 14.    ”We had a knock on the door, and it was a policeman, and there was a bear sighted in the…