Category: archives

  • LAWRENCE: Author, musician says travel, read, experience life

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer     Read the newspaper every day for six months, forgive yourself for failing and spend a few months living in another country — that’s what writer and musician James McBride told Rider University students to do, last week.     Mr. McBride, a jazz musician who has written two novels and…

  • A possible solution?

    Phillip McCloughan, Lambertville    Would having Hunterdon Central and South Hunterdon merge under one school board help with overcrowding at Central and under-enrollment at South?    North Hunterdon and Voorhees High School function under the same Board of Education and could be used as an example to construct a single board for Central and South.    With a…

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: State has no problem with time taken for police/court study

    By Vic Monaco, Managing Editor    The state Department of Community Affairs has no problem with the amount of time being devoted to a study it is funding to determine the feasibility of East Windsor taking over police coverage in Hightstown.    And the consultant performing the study says last week’s prediction by township Mayor Janice Mironov…

  • YOUR VIEWS: Troubled by ‘Blue Christmas’ worship

    Paul Lutz of West Windsor     I’m troubled by “Blue Christmas” worship. The practice started because, understandably, some people find it difficult to share in the joy of the holiday season. Their lives are a mess (divorce, death, illness, etc). So, some institutions thought that this group of people would benefit from a separate worship…

  • MANSFIELD: Police ID body as woman from Queens, N.Y.

    State police have identified the body of a woman that washed up on the shore of the Delaware River on the border of Bordentown and Mansfield townships in mid-November. Police said today, Wednesday, the body was identified as Farisha Rahamot-Ali, 38 of Queens, N.Y.     Ms. Rahamot-Ali, a native of Trinidad, was reported missing to…

  • SOLEBURY: Township election status unchanged

    It is possible the election results will not be certified until at least next month By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    SOLEBURY — It could be weeks before Solebury Township’s election results for a seat on the Board of Supervisors are officially certified with several factors delaying the process.    It is possible the election results will…

  • LAWRENCE: HomeFront program encourages families to find artistic expression

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer     Devona Todd has always been — in her words — “crafty.”     She likes to make jewelry and beads and to crochet, but painting never interested her.     But that changed when Ms. Todd — who was homeless and pregnant — moved into one of HomeFront’s emergency shelters. The…

  • December programs set at Adath Israel Congregation

        “The Jews of India,” presented by Romiel Daniel, president of the Indian Jewish Congregation of the USA, will be held on Sunday, Dec. 6, at Adath Israel as part of the Sunday’s Speaker’s programs.     This program is free and open to all members of the interested public.     Light refreshments will be served…

  • GET CASH FOR GOLD! BENEFITS ALEXANDER BATCHO BOYS BASKETBALL & BASEBALL TEAMS

    By Julie Sferrazza Need EXTRA CASH for holiday shopping??? Join us Saturday December 5th from 11-2pm at The Camplain Volunteer Fire Company #2, 13 South 13th Ave, (Corner of South 13th & Washington Ave) Manville NJ. Get CASH for your unwanted or broken GOLD, SILVER & PLATINUM JEWELRY, STERLING FLATWARE, GOLD & SILVER COINS & VINTAGE…