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  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Editorial

       A plan to build a massive office and research complex on Route 27 in Franklin Township deserves our focused attention.    The proposed Princeton Research Triangle would develop 15 million square-feet of office and research space on some 2,100 acres next to the Trap Rock quarry.    While it is in the “very early” conceptual stage, the…

  • BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Committee delays park rules changes

    By Amber Cox, Staff Writer    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — The Township Committee decided Monday to adjourn a public hearing on an ordinance to close parks, playgrounds and recreation areas at dusk — instead of 10 p.m. — after a number of concerns were raised by residents.    An ordinance to close these areas earlier had been introduced…

  • Mother’s Day Plant Sale

    The Rev. Sheelagh A. Clarke MOTHER’S DAY PLANT SALE AT ST. BARNABAS SOUTH BRUNSWICK n Members of the Youth Group of St. Barnabas Episcopal Church will hold a plant sale from 9am to noon on Sunday, May 8th, at 142 Sand Hill Road, Monmouth Junction, NJ. St. Barnabas is ½ mile from Route 1 and…

  • Terhune Orchards

    Terhune Orchards

    You can bring your own kite, buy one or make your own to fly in our pasture

  • Crosswicks Creek Kayak and Canoe Race and Tour May 14th at 9 AM

    By Marc Covitz The Crosswicks-Doctors Creek Watershed Association is sponsoring the 3rd Annual Kenneth H. Francis Kayak and Canoe Race and Tour on the Crosswicks Creek on May 14th at 9 AM. The start of both events is at Oakford Lake in New Egypt, NJ.   Experienced and non-competitive paddlers are urged to participate in…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Young actors needed to stage ‘Tom Sawyer’

    Somerset Valley Players to present the play in summer nbsp;  Open auditions for “Tom Sawyer,” a musical adaptation of the Mark Twain classic, will be held by the Somerset Valley Players at the playhouse at 689 Amwell Road (Route 514) from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 14, and 6–8 p.m. Sunday, May 15.    Show dates…

  • New Brunswick Jazz Project Closes Jazz Appreciation Month with Dave Stryker & The Stryker/Slagle Band

    New Brunswick Jazz Project Closes Jazz Appreciation Month with Dave Stryker & The Stryker/Slagle Band

    By Virginia DeBerry DAVE STRYKER & THE STRYKER/SLAGLE BAND SATURDAY APRIL 30, 8PM-12AM TUMULTY’S PUB 361 GEORGE STREET, NEW BRUNSWICK $5.00 Cover Whether you’ve heard guitarist Dave Stryker fronting his own group (with 20 CD’s as a leader to date), or as a featured sideman with Stanley Turrentine, Jack McDuff, and Kevin Mahogany, you know…

  • MANVILLE: Donations provide AC for school

    Weston PTA, teachers raise funds for units By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer    Weston School students will be a lot cooler in the upcoming hot months as each classroom will now be equipped with an air conditioning unit thanks to teachers, parents and community support. Some of the classrooms already have the units in place.…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Janelle Herbert wins Robeson award

    One of six Hillsborough teens honored by college    Middle school student Janelle Herbert was one of six Hillsborough teens honored April 7 at the 21st annual Paul Robeson Youth Achievement Awards reception at Raritan Valley Community College.    She was one of 34 middle and high school students honored from Somerset and Hunterdon counties.    The awards…