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  • LIBRARY HAPPENINGS: Week of April 21

       April is National Poetry Month. Poet John Trause will read in open microphone format on Tuesday, April 26, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Join us and bring your poems.     * * *    April display: Featured this month in the display case is the “Little Pet Shop” collection from sisters Marina and Yekaterina Saburova. It…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Nonprofit to purchase mobile home park

    By Joanne Degnan, Staff Writer    ROBBINSVILLE — A Hamilton-based nonprofit, Allies Inc., has signed a contract to purchase Mercer Mobile Homes park, effectively ending a protracted legal battle between the residents and landlord over rent control and sewer repairs.    Allies Inc. will pay the mobile home park’s owner, Larry Kaufman, $5.5 million, with $2.1 million…

  • The Five Obstructions

    Director Lars von Trier’s goal is not to rework something, but to remake the maker By Elise Nakhnikian DANISH director Lars von Trier reminds me of my Finnish friend Matti, with his trickster sense of humor and sharp eye for hypocrisy and other stupid human tricks. Both are also allergic to clubfooted sincerity, preferring to…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Congressman sees robotics team’s operation

    By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor    Congressman Leonard Lance met Eleanor the robot on Tuesday.    The congressman spent almost 90 minutes Tuesday night seeing the operation of Hillsborough High School RoboRaiders club firsthand, and he came away impressed, he said.    As much as he came to see the technology firsthand, he wanted to honor the students…

  • COMMUNITY CALENDAR: Week of April 21

    Forum about teens    Monday, April 25 — The Millstone Township Municipal Alliance to Prevent Substance Abuse will sponsor “Crossing the Line,” a community forum to address teen behavior, substance abuse and mental health issues, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Millstone Township court building, 215 Millstone Road, Perrineville.    The forum will feature a panel…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Alleged robber used baseball bat to threaten store employee, police say

    Man also charged in theft less than a week earlier    Police have charged a Hillsborough 20-year-old man with robbery for allegedly wielding an aluminum baseball bat to take cash from the Philly Pretzel Factory at about 7:30 a.m. Monday.    In fact, when police charged Julian Moreno, 20, of Regents Court, they filed a second complaint.…

  • MANVILLE: Candidates offer final thoughts
  • Voters to the polls Wednesday for school election

    By Amber Cox    Voters go to the polls Wednesday, April 27, to select school board members and decide the fate of district budgets, all under the constraints of the 2 percent stated-mandated spending cap. Bordentown Regional School District    The $33.2 million final 2011-12 budget adopted 7-2 on March 23, calls for a tax hike for…

  • MANVILLE: Candidates offer final thoughts