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  • Park study to take three weeks

    Additional survey work began Tuesday By: Bill Greenwood    MONROE — Additional survey work on the proposed site of a new high school in Thompson Park is expected to be complete in three weeks, according to Ilene Grossman-Bailey, a senior archaeologist with Richard Grubb and Associates, of Cranbury.    Grubb and Associates began the extra work Tuesday…

  • Couples celebrate marriage, friendship

    Friends renewed their vows in a villa in Italy By: Madeleine Johnson    Not many couples get to celebrate 105 years of marriage.    But on June 27, three couples — Robert and JoAnn Bartoletti, of Cranbury; Michael and Marlene Lynch, of Titusville; and Michael and Carol Vedral, of Hamilton Township — renewed their vows in a…

  • H-EW 14’s place second in districts

    By: Sean Moylan    After posting an 8-3 win over Ewing on Friday the 13th at Bacon Field in Hopewell, the Hightstown-East Windsor 14-year-old Babe Ruth All-Star baseball squad appeared to be primed and ready to repeat as District One Champions. After all, winning two big games in one day is nothing new for this talented…

  • Tax case could cost borough $300K+ a year

    Owners of Minute Maid property seek huge reduction By: Vic Monaco    HIGHTSTOWN — The borough could lose hundreds of thousands of dollars a year in local tax revenue if the owners of the Minute Maid plant property are successful in a tax appeal they have filed.    The owners filed the appeal in April seeking to…

  • Eugene Bellina

       Eugene J. "Jimmy" Bellina, 85, died Friday, July 15, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick.    Born and raised in Newark, he lived there until moving to Edison in 1970 and finally to Clearbrook in 1999. He was owner and operator of his own oil supply and delivery business, Jimmy’s Oil Service, in Newark…

  • Story of a Body

    ‘Eccentric Bodies,’ on view at Mason Gross School of the Arts Galleries, presents the body as a canvas of experience. By: Ilene Dube    In Bailey Doogan’s charcoal drawings, a shapely woman with a voluptuous head of hair obscuring her face examines her naked wrinkled flesh. The images are titled, appropriately enough, "Self Exam in Nation."…

  • Elegant frozen desserts for summer affairs

    Frozen desserts used to be truly elegant fare at any time of year By: Faith Bahadurian    Give me a few extra minutes to kill and proximity to a bookstore, and chances are I’ll shortly be the proud owner of yet another cookbook. So on a frigid afternoon last winter I found myself browsing the well-stocked…

  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

    From the July 19 edition Don’t trash First Aid Squad To the editor: This past Thursday, I was in the post office in Allentown to get my mail. I glanced into the trash bin, located near the post office boxes, and was appalled by what I saw. There were numerous first aid mailers that had…

  • Lifelong love of hip-hop music spurs Rider professor’s new book

    Mickey Hess’ book, "Icons of Hip-Hop," was released in June. By: Olivia Tattory    It was on a Boy Scout camping trip that 8-year-old Mickey Hess discovered his love for hip-hop music.    Run DMC’s "Walk This Way" was playing and the lyrics intrigued him so much "that was it," said Dr. Hess, now 31, assistant professor…