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  • 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…

  • Planners to consider restaurant requests

    Meeting set for June 16 By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Township planners expect to consider an application Monday night by Amalfi’s restaurant, located at 146 Lawrenceville-Pennington Road, that would permit the restaurant to sell liquor for off-premises consumption.    The Planning Board also will consider a request by applicant CJL Properties LLC/Amalfi’s Cuisine LLC to increase…

  • Solebury School senior wins N.J. track and field event

    Hedges runs 4:37 mile, a personal best    SOLEBURY— Thomas Hedges, Solebury School’s star distance runner and male Athlete of the Year, won the boys high school mile event at the New Jersey International Track and Field meet in Holmdel, N.J., on June 7.    The meet, which saw Hedges run a 4:37 mile, a personal best,…

  • BOOK NOTES: Joan Ruddiman

    High-tech thriller from ‘the voice of this generation’    The hands-down favorite genres of the people I see most often — middle school kids — are science fiction and fantasy. Yet, as much as I love sharing books with kids, I rarely venture into these worlds.    My students also find it amusing that I am tentative,…

  • Township budget adopted with 5.7-cent rate hike

    By Anthony V. Coppola, Staff Writer    EAST WINDSOR — The Township Council adopted the 2008 municipal and garbage budgets this week, measures that carry 5.7-cent and just under 1-cent increases respectively.    Mayor Janice Mironov attributed 5.4 cents of the rate increase in the $20.7 million municipal budget to a $296,500 loss in state aid and…