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  • Cicchino companion grateful for support

    Mary Kay Myers of Lambertville I would like to take the time to thank the community for paying their final respects to my beloved companion, Nick “Pickles” Cicchino. It is truly amazing how much one man has done in his lifetime and touched so many lives in different ways.    Nick was a man of his…

  • Mayor worked to exempt libraries

    Bill Dressel, New Jersey League of Municipalities After reading the article “City library could become part of county system” by Linda Seida, which appeared Aug. 16, we wanted to let your readers know Mayor Dave Del Vecchio has struggled mightily to add As soon as the Legislature’s new levy cap law was introduced, Mayor Del…

  • Empowering Children

    Tina Louise shares messages of encouragement in ‘When I Grow Up.’ See related story: Small World By: Anthony Stoeckert TINA LOUISE    Tina Louise’s When I Grow Up (Abrams Books for Young Readers, $15.95) doesn’t stem from her successful stage and screen career, or the role as Ginger on Gilligan’s Island that made her a television…

  • Editor’s Journal – Snow dreams in sun-dappled summer scenes.

    It’s the same thing every season. As we bid farewell to August, and, by degrees, summer, I find myself pining for cooler temperatures and the changing of leaves, the crispness of October and t By John Dunphy, Managing Editor    Not that it’s been the most brutal of summers. With temperatures barely climbing into the…

  • LIVING IN MANVILLE: Teachers already back in classrooms

    LIVING IN MANVILLE: Teachers already back in classrooms

    Roosevelt School Librarian Kathy Memoli is busy putting new books on the school library’s shelves. Photos by Mary Ellen Zangara

  • Literati

    Literary events, clubs, workshops and support groups Barnes & Noble, MarketFair, 3535 Route 1, West Windsor, discussion and signing: Edmund White Hotel de Dream, A New York Novel, Sept. 19, 7:30 p.m.; (609) 897-9250. Borders Books and Music, 2343 E. Lincoln Highway, Langhorne, Pa., discussion and signing: Jonathan Maberry, The Cryptopedia, A Dictionary of the…

  • Trips

    Community-sponsored trips near and far Arts Council of Princeton, Philadelphia: an insider’s look at how art comes to life, meet artists in their studios

  • Barrett becomes Cardinals’ coach

    BOYS SOCCER By Tim Falls, Sports Editor   PJ Barrett has his team excited to play.    Lawrence High School’s new boys varsity soccer coach has been preparing his team another successful season and the Cardinals are confident that they can accomplish even more than they did last season.    Former coach, Keith Fithen, helped Lawrence reach the…

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