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  • 29 Days: The Oscars

    29 Days: The Oscars

    Diahann Carroll/Photo credit: diahanncarroll.net

  • 29 Days: James Weldon Johnson

    29 Days: James Weldon Johnson

    James Weldon Johnson/Photo credit: naacp.org

  • East Windsor budget to be unveiled

    By Matt Chiappardi, Staff Writer    EAST WINDSOR—The Township Council has scheduled a special meeting — its first to publicly review the proposed 2008 municipal budget — at 9 a.m. Saturday at the municipal building on Lanning Boulevard.    Last year the average homeowner in the township saw a 3-cent tax increase per $100 of assessed valuation.…

  • Breaking: South Brunswick among districts to receive bad meat

    State Department of Agriculture issues recall    South Brunswick schools were among about 160 that received bad beef from a California meat packing company, according to the state Department of Agriculture.    The state Department of Agriculture has ordered that the meat processed by Hallmark/Westland Meat Packing Co., of Chino, Calif., be destroyed.    The U.S. Department of…

  • YMCA sets May 15 Hacker’s Open

       The Somerset Valley YMCA is excited to announce that we are hosting our second annual Hackers Open Golf Outing at Neshanic Valley 9 Hole Academy Golf Course on May 15.    This event is designed for men and women who have never played golf or have very little experience. Players will receive instruction (technique and golf…

  • HIV/AIDS in Africa and Kenya presentation

       Sister Therese McDonough, a Medical Missionary of Mary, will speak on Friday, Feb. 29 at 8 p.m. after Stations of the Cross in the community room of St. Anthony of Padua Church, 251 Franklin St., Hightstown. A native of Boston and a trained nurse, Sister McDonough worked for many years in Brazil. She has recently…

  • Robert G. Whitlock Sr.

       Robert G. Whitlock Sr., 85, of Hopewell Township died Feb. 24 at Princeton University Medical Center.    Born and raised in Rocky Hill, he had lived in Hopewell for 50 years.    He was employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad, which became Penn Central, then Conrail and finally Amtrak, as a train announcer for over 40 years.    A…

  • 29 Days: Lorraine Hansberry

    29 Days: Lorraine Hansberry

    Lorraine Hansberry/Photo credit: britannica.com

  • 29 Days: The Oscars

    29 Days: The Oscars

    Whoopi Goldberg in a scene from "Ghost." Photo credit: movieactors.com