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  • Army robot visits Manville school

    Army robot visits Manville school

    By Mary Ellen Zangara Special Writer<    Students at Manville High School and Alexander Batcho Intermediate School had an unusual visitor May 29, when a U.S. Army robot from the Picatinny Arsenal came to the school.    The robot was accompanied by Staff Sgt. Michael Withrow, a 15-year veteran and recruiter from the Army’s Somerville office. Staff…

  • Keep dogs under control

    Alicia Milosz of Lambertville    As a resident of Lambertville, I love living in a dog-friendly town. My German shepherd, Lady, and I take long walks along the tow path, and throughout the town. Lady is well known around here. She is very sweet and friendly, and loves to stop and say hello to both…

  • Page puts first loss behind him with win

    AMERICAN LEGION By Tim Falls, Sports Editor    Jimmy Page wanted to get the win for the Lawrence Post 414 American Legion baseball team and get rid of those first game jitters.    Page got his first start for Post 414 on Saturday in a loss to Broad Street Park, and got his first win on Tuesday…

  • John Caton

        NEW HOPE, Pa. — John Caton, 55, of New Hope, died June 6.     Born in Springfield, Pa., he attended Staunton Military Academy in Virginia and in 1971 he graduated from Council Rock High School.    ýPage=010 Column=002 OK,0000.00þ Mr. Caton took great pleasure working in his machine shop where he built and retrofitted parts…

  • Edward Voeste

       HILLSBOROUGH — Edward L. Voeste died May 31 in Foothill Acres Nursing and Rehabilitation in Hillsborough. He was 89.    He was born in Blakely, Pa., lived in Peckville, Pa., and later moving to Stroudsburg, Pa., before relocating to Hillsborough.    Mr. Voeste moved to Philadelphia and worked in a defense plant during the early years of…

  • Extreme heat closes schools

    by Davy James, Staff Writer    Brutally hot temperatures had the mercury rising on Tuesday and caused several local schools to close early in response.    According to the Weather Channel’s Web site, temperatures reached as high as 98 degrees on Tuesday.    In South Brunswick, the high school released students at noon due to problems with the…

  • Mastriano’s old words haunt new candidacy

    Buriak, others remain offended by comments in 2000 linking homosexuality to pedophilia By Vic Monaco, Managing Editor    HIGHTSTOWN – Eight years later, Janice Mastriano says she is still misunderstood.    But the self-described “conservative Christian Democrat” also seems to acknowledge that she hasn’t done much of anything to dispel what she sees as misconceptions. That, she…

  • ‘Eat your veggies’? — no problem!

    Kids enjoy the fruits of their labor through Farm to School program By Stephanie Prokop, Staff Writer    CHESTERFIELD — Students at Chesterfield Elementary School are sharpening their palates one school-grown vegetable at a time.    The veggies they are helping to grow are part of a program called “Farm to School,” which is sponsored by Fernbrook…

  • ‘Polite demonstration’ to protest estate’s plans

    By Audrey Levine Staff Writer    As representatives of Duke Farms seek to quell misconceptions of plans for the estate’s 11 international gardens, petitions and demonstrations have been planned to try to stop the plans.    Ruth Schrey, of Branchburg, who recently started an online petition to protest the disbanding of the international display gardens at Duke…