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  • Mustangs show positive signs in soccer setback

    Team looks ahead to night games By: John Beisser        When a team is coming off a one-win season, the head coach needs to not only plot strategy, he must also go about the business of changing a culture. The progress of the 2007 Manville High boys’ soccer team will be measured in baby steps…

  • Township Committee mulls charter newsletter

    Attorney asked if township must mail pamphlet to voters. By: Audrey Levine    Township Committeeman Carl Suraci questioned at Tuesday’s meeting the need to approve a request from the Charter Study Commission to provide $7,000 to mail an educational pamphlet to all Hillsborough residents.    The planned pamphlet would detail the reasons for the commission’s recommendation to…

  • Museum opening still on track

    By Stephanie Prokop, Staff Writer    ROEBLING—The opening of the Main Gate Museum on the old Roebling Steel Mill site is on track to meet its tentative scheduled opening in March 2008.    The opening will include some of the museum’s offices and a theater (for viewing video and film footage), while the rest of the building…

  • ON POINT

    Putting up with quips and claims By: Linda McCarthy    I have the unique distinction of breaking every chain letter ever sent to me. I suppose this accounts for my incredible run of bad luck, dating back to that first day I hit the planet.    In the era of pen and paper, I could easily explain…

  • September 13, 2007

    Mae M. DiGaetano    Mae M. DiGaetano, 96, of Lawrenceville, died Saturday at St. Joseph’s Care Center, Lawrenceville.    Born in Philadelphia, Pa., she had resided in Pennington most of her life. She was a member of St. James Roman Catholic Church in Pennington.    Daughter of the late Guisseppe and Catherine Didio, wife of the late Marco…

  • Development residents worried about depth of wells

    By Cara Latham, Staff Writer    UPPER FREEHOLD — While residents of Winchester Estates are meeting with the builder of their development to talk over concerns about the depth of their wells, they also brought the matter to township officials last week, who said they would look into the matter.    During a Sept. 6 meeting, Ridgeview…

  • Museums

    Exhibits, special shows, tours and general information The Academy of Natural Sciences, 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Phila., Amazon Voyage: Vicious Fishes and Other Riches, through Dec. 31, $10, $8.25 seniors, $8 military personnel/students/ages 3-12, free under 3; hours: Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Sat.-Sun. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; www.ansp.org Cranbury Museum, 4 Park Place East, Cranbury, Heart…

  • BOOK NOTES

    Discovering Taffeta Chime By Joan Ruddiman    A common perception of kids and summer is that the hazy, lazy days were invented for kids out-of-school. However, summer for some kids is a time of intense work. These kids are writers and as such, they take full advantage of what all writers need — time to write.…

  • Krishan Kanta Khurana

       Krishan Kanta Khurana, 76, died Thursday, Sept. 6    Her husband, Som Dev Khurana, is deceased. She is survived by four sons, Ramesh and his wife, Sangeeta, Rakesh and his wife, Vandana and Umesh and his wife, Geeta. of India; a daughter, Anita Kharbanda and her husband, Jayesh; nine grandchildren; a sister; and four brothers in…