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  • What to build, how to build

    Town considers new school, less housing to cope with growth By: Cara Latham    WASHINGTON — Faced with the overcrowding of both the Sharon Elementary and Pond Road Middle schools, the mayor said he is trying to minimize the impact of further development on the school district, even if it means elimination of the proposed Route…

  • Editor’s Journal (02.01.07)

    Print media struggles, continues to survive By: John Dunphy    Step into the world of the newspaper industry. But, just a little bit — we wouldn’t want to give all our secrets away.    If you have continued to be a loyal reader of print journalism, or have graduated to the media bites found on the Internet,…

  • Red cedars are recovering from ‘the attack of the pencil-makers’

    SPRINGHOUSE FARM JOURNAL By Heather Lovett    I’d hazard a guess that few people who use pencils in their everyday lives are aware of the deep debt of gratitude they owe to the eastern red cedar (Juniperus virginiana) of North America. Early in this country’s history, red cedar was the primary source of wood for pencils,…

  • Conrad takes Crossroads!

    North students sincere about a love of acting By: Bill Greenwood    As eighth-grader Alyson Hogan belted out the lyrics to "Spanish Rose" — an upbeat, sassy number in which her character, Rose Alvarez, embraces her Hispanic roots — she seemed to become one with the role, filling the Crossroads North stage with attitude and the…

  • Robbinsville girls’ basketball fighting for first win

    By: Sean Moylan    After weeks of struggling on the offensive side of the court, the Robbinsville High School girls’ varsity basketball team made a lot of its shots in its 58-37 home loss versus South Hunterdon this past Tuesday.    Jen Bryan gave one of her best offensive performances of the season with 13 points, including…

  • The Last Cowboy

    Princeton Public Library saddles up with a Clint Eastwood retrospective. By: Anthony Stoeckert    Few filmmakers enjoy the kind of prestige and reputation Clint Eastwood is currently experiencing. Since 2003’s Mystic River, the director has scored three Oscar nominations for Best Director, including a win in 2005 for Million Dollar Baby. He’s up this year for…

  • Resident killed in Route 28 accident

    Albert B. Faleski’s car crossed over the yellow center-line and struck an oncoming vehicle. By: Donna Lukiw    Cedar Street resident Albert B. Faleski, 79, was killed on Tuesday afternoon in Bound Brook after his car crossed over the yellow center-line and struck an oncoming vehicle.    The crash occurred at 12:57 p.m. at the intersection of…

  • Jones looking to work on tempo at NBC

    By: Sean Moylan    "What I want to focus on is us dictating the tempo of the game," said Northern Burlington County Regional High School girls’ basketball Coach Carolyn Jones, who’d like to see her team take more high percentage shots.    Over the last five years the Greyhound schedule has just gotten tougher and tougher. But…

  • Obituaries (02.01.07)

    A. Arthur Sugerman    A. Arthur Sugerman died Jan. 24 at Temple University Hospital. He was 77.    Mr. Sugerman was born in Dublin, Ireland, came to the United States in 1958 and practiced psychiatry in New Jersey for almost 50 years.    Since 1969, he had resided with his wife, the former Ruth Alexander, in Lawrence Township.…