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  • ROBBINSVILLE: School superintendent has clear-cut goals

    by Melissa L. Gaffney, Staff Writer    ROBBINSVILLE — Steven Mayer has been duct-taped to the wall, had pies thrown at him and recently was victim to the dunk tank at National Night Out, all in the name of education.    Mr. Mayer, a township resident since 1993, was hired this summer as superintendent for the Robbinsville…

  • No More Bull

    Tolerance and anti-bullying programs can be effective when implemented correctly By John Saccenti    IN April, 11-year-old Joseph Walker- Hoover of Massachusetts hanged himself after enduring bullying and taunts that he was gay. His mother had tried to have the school address the problem and was on her way to try again before she found her…

  • Leaps and Bounds

    Leaps and Bounds

    Aaron Hoats uses the Kindle to read a novel.

  • Hillsborough Hurricanes “Black” Swim Team Wins ‘A-League Championships’ in

    By Donna Dass Somerset Valley YMCA’s Hillsborough Hurricanes “black” summer swim team placed 1st in the “A-League Championships” held on August 1st at the championship meet hosted by the South Plainfield Tiger Sharks in South Plainfield.   This is the third consecutive year that the Hillsborough Hurricanes have been the “A-League Champions.”  A few days later,…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: All-Star 12s finish strong with 2 wins

       The Robbinsville 12U All-Star team had an outstanding summer season winning the Woodbridge Summer Slam and the Sunnybrae District 12 Tournaments.    Robbinsville kicked off the Summer Slam tournament defeating Merrill Park 10 -0. Stephen Dranoff and Sean Hunter hit home runs. Alex Sauerbaum, Colin Yurcisin and Michale Daidone had two-hit games and Sauerbaum was outstanding…

  • Leaps and Bounds

    Leaps and Bounds

    From Kindles to iPods, technology can help teach children with language-based learning disabilities By Anthony Stoeckert    THE silver-gray iPods stored in a small, crate-like box in Kate DeLong’s classroom are filled, not surprisingly, with audio files listened to by teenagers. But it’s Harper Lee, not the Black-Eyed Peas, you’ll find on the media players.    Ms.…

  • ‘Paper Heart’

    ‘Paper Heart’

    This fiction film posing as a documentary about love is deceptively sophisticated and sweetly entertaining by Elise Nakhnikian    Paper Heart’s Charlyne Yi, the gawky stoner girlfriend from Knocked Up, is an odd duck. So tomboyish her best friend/producer calls her “Chuck” and so guilelessly geeky I can’t watch her without wondering if she has Asperger…

  • ‘Paper Heart’

    ‘Paper Heart’

    A romance unfolds between Michael Cera and Charlyne Yi in Paper Heart.

  • Magical Family Entertainment Beckons with Original "Alice in Wonderland" Muscial at MCCC’s Kelsey Theatre Sept. 4-13

    Magical Family Entertainment Beckons with Original "Alice in Wonderland" Muscial at MCCC’s Kelsey Theatre Sept. 4-13

    By M. Kitty Getlik West Windsor, NJ – “Alice in Wonderland” has never been more magical than in the world premiere musical kicking off the performance season at Mercer County Community College’s Kelsey Theatre in September. Appearing for the first time at Kelsey, Twenty Minutes to Curtain Productions, under the wing of legendary costume designer and…