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  • HILLSBOROUGH: From curtains to curios, Duke items up for auction

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    Collectors and history enthusiasts alike are being offered the chance to “shop like an heiress” with two separate auctions that encourage buyers to purchase a piece of furniture or clothing once handpicked by Doris Duke.    The Doris Duke Estate will hold two, two-day auctions to sell its European furniture, decorative…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Looking to spread some sunshine

    by Davy James, Staff Writer    Just as the sun returned warm temperatures to the area this week, some students at St. Augustine of Canterbury School are hoping to bring some sunshine into the lives of sick children at Robert Wood Johnson Children’s Hospital in New Brunswick.    Third-graders at the school decorated shoe boxes, which they…

  • MANVILLE: Revised graffiti ordinance pending

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer Changes allow for reporting, time of year    An updated version of the proposed graffiti ordinance that was killed in March is expected to be reintroduced at the May 11 Borough Council meeting.    The ordinance that was originally introduced in March and would have required property owners to remove graffiti within…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Coast Guard’s local home

    HILLSBOROUGH: Coast Guard’s local home

    Raritan resident Ernie Hall, a member of the Hillsborough-based Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla, talks with a boat owner at Round Valley Reservoir, Saturday. Auxiliary members provide inspections and educational services for area boat enthusiasts. Staff photo by Eileen Oldfield

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Store cleans up trashy ‘donations’

    HILLSBOROUGH: Store cleans up trashy ‘donations’

    Amwell Auto and Tire Center owner Joe Traszer, and employees Donnie Riggs and Alfred Daniels, clean up garbage dumped near donation bins behind the business. Photo courtesy of Buck Sixt

  • Community Calendar

    Thursday, April 30    Intergenerational poetry event: Mercer County Community College’s Honors Introduction to Literature: Poetry class invites the community to participate in an open discussion on poems selected from past centuries through the modern day. 12:30 to 2 p.m. Professor Fran Davidson, who teaches the class, is collaborating with the Lawrence Library in this cross-generational…

  • EAST WINDSOR: Personal, altruistic determination defines Arnold

    By Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer    In the 1970s, Judith Arnold injured her back as an Army reservist during a training exercise.    The injury — sustained during a helicopter jump — was so severe it left her in a wheelchair for some time and on crutches for the five years following.    While such a fate might…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: This short walk has a long view

    Project to look at pedestrian-friendliness By Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer    HIGHTSTOWN — Just how pedestrian-friendly is the borough?    The Downtown Hightstown Organization hopes to find an answer to that question later this month. The group, in conjunction with the West Windsor Bicycle and Pedestrian Alliance, will be performing a “walkability assessment” on almost all of…

  • Nature Center thanks Earth Day participants

    Pepper Evans, Lawrence Nature Center    On behalf of all the volunteers at the Lawrence Nature Center, I would like to thank the many artists who participated in the first Earth Day art contest held on Saturday. Approximately 70 children ranging in ages from 4 to 14 submitted masterpieces inspired by Nature. I would also like…