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  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Things To Do

    Jan. 30    Camp Mason: The South Brunswick Family YMCA will hold an informational meeting for prospective campers to Camp Mason, a co-ed overnight summer camp in Hardwick, N.J. The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Feb. 6    The Power of Art: Art lecture titled “The Power of Art.” 12:30 p.m. Learn the story of…

  • SENIOR MENUS, Jan. 29, 2009

       All meals are served at noon at Hibernia Apartments in Lambertville.    The value of each meal is $4.95. Any amount donated over this is a tax-deductible contribution.    All menus are subject to change and include milk and margarine.    The sodium-controlled menu is the same unless otherwise noted.     Jan. 29 — Cream of broccoli soup,…

  • TANGENTS: Braving ice and snow in search of a nibble

    TANGENTS: Braving ice and snow in search of a nibble

    Staff photo by John Keating. Mike Snook greets a kindred spirit.

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Inauguration sights impress HHS student

    BY Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    Jack Weinstein, 15, walked the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20, among a crowd that some say numbered in the millions. But the most amazing sight he saw was not that of Barack Obama being sworn in as the 44th president of the United States. Hillsborough student marches…

  • Saturday Recycling Drop-off on Feb. 7

    The next drop-off for the First Saturday of the Month program will be held 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7, at the Somerset County Recycling Center, located at 40 Polhemus Lane in Bridgewater.  As part of the program, the Recycling Center will accept clean, dry textiles, including clothing, drapes, curtains, sheets, towels, belts, handbags,…

  • STREB: Invisible Forces

    By Kelly Skinner STREB: Invisible Forces Friday, February 6, 2009, 8pm; $40, $25, $25, $20 Complimentary Pre-Performance Insights at 7pm Weeklong Residency Will Include Free Open Rehearsals: 2/3/09 from 3pm-5pm; 2/4/09 from 1pm-3pm; 2/4/09 from 7pm-10pm Ticket Office: 732-246-SHOW (7469)   New Brunswick, NJ (January 13, 2009)—State Theatre presents STREB Extreme Action in their new…

  • MANVILLE: School’s out!

       School officials closed schools today, after a winter storm dropped several inches of snow before turning into a freezing rain.    So, how will you spend the day? Building snowforts? Catching up on reading, or maybe baking cookies?    Still have to go to work? Whatever you’re doing, send us a picture of how you’re spending the…

  • EDITORIAL: Food pantries need help more than ever

       It used to be so much easier when things were going well.    There were jobs, and there was money and when someone needed something, pantries and soup kitchens had only to send out word, and somehow, someway, the shelves would fill with food and toiletries and clothes and even money, all to help those in…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: None hurt as fire damages New Road home

       Four people escaped injury when an electrical fire damaged a New Road residence Jan. 22.    The fire began around 10 a.m. in the one-story home, which is divided into two apartments and is located by the southeast corner of New Road and Route 522, according to Fire District 2 coordinator Doug Wolfe.    ”There was an…