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  • Outdoor Classrooms

    Outdoor Classrooms

    School gardens add a new dimension to lessons learned in the arts and sciences By Dorothy Mullen    STARTING a garden is different from beginning other new hobbies. It’s not like knitting or Sudoku, something you can put away for a month and return to. A garden is more like a pet; it dies if you…

  • MONROE: Man charged in check scheme

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    MONROE — A former Bordentown Township car dealership operator and Monroe resident was arrested Monday on a federal indictment stemming from an alleged check-kiting scheme that led to the loss of more than $7 million by banks.    Denis Kelliher, 39, of both Toms River and Monroe Township, was taken into…

  • EAST WINDSOR: A life in cycles

    Township man a bike enthusiast till the end By Matt Chiappardi, Staff Writer    EAST WINDSOR — Even during his final days, antique bicycle enthusiast Norman Batho was busy preserving never- recorded “bicycle sheet music” as digital audio files.    ”He ended up with close to 400 of them,” his wife, Dottie Batho, 71, said last week.…

  • PREVIOUSLY PICKED-ON TWENTYSOMETHING LAUNCHES WEBSITE TO CONFRONT PAST BULLIES

    PREVIOUSLY PICKED-ON TWENTYSOMETHING LAUNCHES WEBSITE TO CONFRONT PAST BULLIES

    Warren Miller Clifton, New Jersey – August 13, 2009 – Warren Miller, a previously picked-on twentysomething from Clifton, New Jersey, recently launched Confront Your Bully, a website devoted to confronting those who have wronged you in the past.  Readers of Confront Your Bully are invited to submit open letters addressed to their bullies in a…

  • MANVILLE Borough briefs

    Washington parking change    The Borough Council unanimously approved the introduction of an ordinance Monday to amend another ordinance that had removed parking on part of Washington Avenue.    Previously, parking had not been allowed on Washington Avenue from South Third to South Fourth avenues in a westerly direction. According to Borough Administrator Gary Garwacke, this is…

  • RESCUE GROUP TO SPONSOR �TAILS ON THE TRAILS DOG WALK

    RESCUE GROUP TO SPONSOR �TAILS ON THE TRAILS DOG WALK

    Shadow, a Red & White Siberian Husky, enjoys pulling the Pennsylvania Sled Dog Club’s wheeled cart along with the Club’s trained lead dogs at a recent Tails On The Trails Husky Hike

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Keeping an eye on those in need

    by Davy James, Staff Writer    In the event of a wide-scale emergency, it is vital that first-responders know about people with special needs.    South Brunswick’s Office of Emergency Management has been compiling a registry of people with special needs for the last four years, so police and first-aid workers can check on them should an…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Fundraising project launched to build playground for all kids

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    With an eye toward continuing to offer “inclusive recreation” for all residents, Hillsborough is moving forward with plans to create a universal playground to be used by children with and without disabilities — as long as enough money can be raised.    ”We are looking at a universal playground that is…

  • LAWRENCE: County grant sought for Senior Center expansion

    by Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Township Council gave the go-ahead to Municipal Manager Richard Krawczun to file an application for a 50/50 matching grant toward the cost of an expansion of the Lawrence Senior Center.    Plans call for expanding the Lawrence Senior Center, located on Darrah Lane, by about 1,100 square feet to create more…