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  • EDITORIAL: Presidential name game plays in NJ

       What do you suppose the chances are that, someday in the distant future, you’ll find yourself driving through a city in New Jersey called Obama, or a town named McCain?    Not as far-fetched as you might think.    Places named for presidents — or, in some cases, places that just happen to share a name with…

  • Alice R. Lowery

       Alice R. Lowery, 96, of Forked River, died Monday, Aug. 18, at the Cranbury Center-Genesis Elder Care in Monroe.    She was born in Motherwell, Scotland, and lived many years in Bloomfield. She moved to Forked River in the 1970s.    She was a secretary. In Bloomfield, she was active in the Girl Scouts. In Forked River,…

  • The ‘Big Green Bus’ makes a stop in Lawrence in save-energy effort

    The ‘Big Green Bus’ makes a stop in Lawrence in save-energy effort

    Dartmouth student Bennet Meyers greets visitors, Monday. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

  • Land planning and the ‘big picture’

    Victor Murray of Lawrence To the editor:     The importance of urban land planning in a state as old and small as New Jersey carries with it an obligation to look at the larger picture. The fiefdoms of “home rule” municipalities have created a bureaucracy second to few in the history of our country. Regional…

  • District mulls curfew for school playgrounds

    By Davy James, Staff Writer    JAMESBURG — The Board of Education is considering making the school playgrounds at John F. Kennedy Elementary School and Grace M. Breckwedel Middle School off limits from dusk until dawn.    The move is being considered to try and stop groups from gathering in the playgrounds and causing damage to the…

  • Celebrating independence: Local Indians observe holiday

    by Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer    Members of the Indian community gathered at the South Brunswick Family YMCA on Friday to celebrate their homeland’s 61st Independence Day.    The event was marked by a parade through the YMCA building, as well as traditional foods.    Nisha Banerjee, of Monmouth Junction, said she was asked to organize the event…

  • The ‘Big Green Bus’ makes a stop in Lawrence in save-energy effort

    The ‘Big Green Bus’ makes a stop in Lawrence in save-energy effort

    Dartmouth student Bennet Meyers amid the solar panels on the roof of the bus. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

  • Enthusiastic principal anxious for first day of school at Christ the King

    Enthusiastic principal anxious for first day of school at Christ the King

    By Mary Ellen Zangara Special Writer    As the new school year begins at Christ the King Catholic School on September, the school will have a new principal greeting students.    And for the first time in the school’s 40-year history, the principal is not a nun.    Sussex County resident Christine Benson was hired as the new…

  • Muhs helps football association prep for new year

    BY: Sean Moylan Sports Writer     When Joe DeLorenzo decided to step aside as the President of the Florence Township Football Association, luckily Kimberly Muhs was there to take over the demanding position.     “It was a shotgun wedding,” joked Muhs, who has coached cheerleading for years. “It’s a huge adjustment for me and all…