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  • Douglas O. McClure Sr.

    Former PDS headmaster     SCARBOROUGH, Maine — Douglas Olcott McClure Sr., an educator and headmaster of private schools, died Aug. 20 at home.    After serving as headmaster of Rockland Country Day School, he went on to oversee the merger of Miss Fine’s School and Princeton Country Day School in Princeton. Headmaster of the resulting Princeton…

  • IN VINO VERITAS: Sangria — the perfect summer sipper

    By LESLIE CRAMER Special Writer     Sangria’s origins are all but lost to the haze of time. That said, we know nonetheless it’s based on the traditional red wine and fruit punch that has been popular in Spanish- speaking cultures — as well as across most of the rest of Europe — for hundreds of…

  • Russell Surace

       MANVILLE — Russell A. Surace died Aug. 20 at home. He was 76.    He was born in Raritan, and lived in Manville for the past 50 years.    Mr. Surace worked at Egan Machinery in Bridgewater as a machinist for 26 years before retiring in 1992.    Mr. Surace served in the U.S. Army during the Korean…

  • Marshall Fund benefit a success

    Nancie Silvestri of West Amwell     The first Emily J. Marshall Scholarship Trust Fund benefit was a huge success.    I would like to thank the following local and surrounding area businesses for their overwhelming and generous donations:    GSG Home Improvements, Procerus MedSpa, Better Homes Reality, R&R Painting, Red Goddess, River Signs, Triangle of East Windsor,…

  • State prison conditions deserve airing

       It would be easy to laugh off the lawsuit filed by inmates at the New Jersey State Prison in Trenton, charging that the conditions of their confinement are unsafe, degrading, inhumane, unhealthy and unsanitary.    As a rule, prison inmates are not the most reputable of plaintiffs — nor, if their case ever comes to trial,…

  • Contracts await OK

    by Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer    The township has reached new labor agreements with unions representing Public Works employees and fire dispatchers, while also agreeing to contracts for nonunion employees such the township manager and the police chief.    Separate four-year agreements reached with the Public Works Employees Association and the Local 90 Firemen’s Mutual Benevolent Association…

  • HomeFront helping to equip needy children for school

    HomeFront helping to equip needy children for school

    By Emily Laermer, Staff Writer    The costs of backpacks, pencils and binders can add up.    That’s why HomeFront, an organization that fights homelessness, has hosted its annual Back to School campaign for the past 20 years.    This year, over 100 sponsors helped approximately 800 children receive the supplies they need to start the school year.…

  • Trying to recall a Lawrence business

    Marty Bloomenthal of Lawrence To the editor:     Having lived in and around Lawrence Township since 1970, I vaguely recall that “Just Delights,” the ice cream parlor at Manor’s Corner, once had a different name, and that the former name was also a catchy phrase. However, I can’t remember what that previous name was.    Is…

  • Corzine discusses tax relief

    by Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    MONROE — The setting was small and intimate as Gov. Jon Corzine and several local and state officials gathered in the backyard of a Rossmoor home Aug. 20 to announce a new federal property tax relief initiative that would impact thousands New Jersey residents.    The new property tax deduction will…