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  • HILLSBOROUGH: Science work sized for students’ desks

    HILLSBOROUGH: Science work sized for students’ desks

    By Eileen Oldfield, Staff Writer    At Woods Road Elementary School’s Science Fair, a school-desk-size space is enough for students to explore anything from circuit boards to sound to wind energy to surface tension.    The students have an area the size of a school desk for their presentations, Sonja Richardson, the parent heading the Home and…

  • Clocks? Spring? Forward, People? Fall? Behind on Sleep

    Clocks? Spring? Forward, People? Fall? Behind on Sleep

    Most of the nation will change its clocks at 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 8 By Jason Stacchini HAMILTON, NJ — Most of the nation will change its clocks at 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 8, when clocks "spring forward" an hour for Daylight Savings Time. Because the time change occurs in the middle of…

  • Donate your used instruments

    Judy Walters, of Kendall Park    The South Brunswick Schools’ Instrument Bank is in desperate need of instruments. In these difficult economic times, more and more families cannot afford to rent or buy instruments, yet our music programs continue to be some of the most successful in the state.    All children should have the opportunity to…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Surplus use nixed along with request for more police

    Potential tax rate hike stands at 24 cents By Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer    HIGHTSTOWN — Borough Councilman Dave Schneider has presented a plan for a zero-tax-increase budget but has found little support for a key provision in it from the rest of the council.    As budget meetings progressed this week, the borough was facing a…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Read In marks Black History celebration

    by Davy James, Staff Writer    A yearly tradition at Indian Fields Elementary School in celebration of Black History Month continues to help build a love of reading between parents and students alike.    The eighth African-American Read In took place at the school on Feb. 27, as volunteers from throughout the community came to read students…

  • Deadline for Trenton Theatre Day

    By Har Sinai On April 19, members of Har Sinai Temple’s Renaissance, a group for members age 50 and older, will attend a Mill Hill Playhouse  performance by the Passage Theatre Company of "Instructions for Breathing,” a dreamlike drama that takes a witty look at love, lies and the language. Written by Caridad Svitch and directed…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: EMS deal with Robbinsville once again under scrutiny

    Local volunteer leader: Lack of deal with EW ‘shameful’ By Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer    HIGHTSTOWN — A volunteer leader told the Borough Council this week that it is “shameful” the borough hasn’t entered into an agreement with East Windsor for emergency medical services.    Mayor Bob Patten seemed resistant to the idea, while the council members…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Town seeks low-cost loans from environmental trust

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    Hoping to save about $550,000 in interest costs for two projects, the Township Committee unanimously approved an application for a zero interest loan from the state.    The resolution approved Feb. 24 authorizes Township Clerk Kevin Davis to submit applications to the state Environmental Infrastructure Trust (EIT) and the state Department…

  • EAST WINDSOR: Council gives early OK to intersection project

    By Judy Bocklage, Special Writer    EAST WINDSOR — Motorists who face daily delays at the awkward intersection where Hankins and Conover roads meet Route 130 may get some relief in about nine months unless the wetlands on the project site and the threatened and endangered species that may live there stand in the way.    The…