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  • Local shop offers art opportunities for children

    ON THE JOB IN HOPEWELL VALLEY By John Tredrea    Editor’s note: This is the latest in a series of portraits of people who work in Hopewell Valley.    By all appearances, Kelley Pane has great chemistry with children on the topic of art.    Ms. Pane runs Creative Kids Place, in the Pennytown Shopping Village, Route 31,…

  • Borough seeks money to buy out Valley homes

    No decisions have been made about the specific houses that will be targeted. By: Audrey Levine    The borough is applying for federal funds to buy out Lost Valley homeowners in the wake of flooding that occurred from the April nor’easter, but officials say the day any properties are purchased is a long way off.    "People…

  • E-mail leads to ethics complaint

    Kanaby may face a three-month school board suspension. By: Eileen Oldfield    Hillsborough Board of Education member David Kanaby may face a three-month school board suspension unless the state education commissioner intercedes on the School Ethics Commission’s suspension recommendation.    The ruling stemmed from an e-mail Mr. Kanaby sent to former Superintendent Karen Lake regarding personal days…

  • Buses for private school students could start late

    By: Cara Latham    MILLSTONE — School officials Monday told more than 50 parents — some of whom were very angry — ‘about the possibility that students attending private schools might not have transportation during the first week of the school year.    The news comes as school officials try to find a solution to the private…

  • ‘Stardust’

    ‘Stardust’

    Director Matthew Vaughn has adapted a novel by comic book artist Neil Gaiman into a sweet escapist fantasy. By Elise Nakhnikian    I was surprised not to see any kids at the crowded weekend afternoon screening where I saw Stardust. This neo-classic fantasy seems tailor-made for tweens — in fact, director Matthew Vaughn says he did…

  • Lucy Marchioni

       BRIDGEWATER – Lucy Marchioni died Saturday at Bridgeway Care Center. She was 93.    Born in Raritan, she was a former resident of Somerville, Ortley Beach, Dunnedin, Fla., and Manville.    Mrs. Marchioni was predeceased by her husband, Eugene (Gene) Marchioni, a son Eugene Jr., her grandson, Gary Zujkowski, her siblings, Ann Febo, Theresa Russo, Anthony, Louis,…

  • Washington reconsiders dissolving MUA

    By: Cara Latham    WASHINGTON — Township officials are reconsidering the dissolution of the Municipal Utilities Authority.    An alternative to dissolution could be an interlocal agreement between the Township Council and the MUA.    The Township Council voted 3-2 in March in favor of dissolving the MUA, which controls the township’s sewage disposal, pipes and pump stations…

  • Jacqueline Ciluffo

       FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP — Jacqueline Ciluffo died Aug. 4 at the Regency Heritage Care Center in Franklin. She was 84.    Mrs. Ciluffo worked as a secretary for the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office and worked for Middlesex County Division of Vocational Service for many years.    Survivors include a son, Arthur Spivack of Jamestown; two daughters, Geri (Spivack)…

  • Harriett Kimple

       Harriet Halbert (Merrill) Kimple, 88, died Friday, July 20, after a brief illness    Her husband, Jim, her son, John, and granddaughter, Alison, were with her when she died.    She was the daughter of Whitney and Gertrude Merrill of Brooklyn, N.Y. Ms. Kimple graduated from Parsons College, Fairfield, Iowa, where she met James "Jim" Kimple. They…