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  • A Victorian Christmas at Lakeview

       The Jamesburg Historical Association is hosting the Victorian-themed "Christmas at Lakeview" on Sunday from 1 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. By: Stephanie Brown    JAMESBURG — Take a trip back to a time when Christmas was more about spending time with family and less about commercialism.    The Jamesburg Historical Association is hosting the Victorian-themed "Christmas at Lakeview"…

  • Daydreams and Decay

    Dolls, family heirlooms and another man’s trash turn into ‘Constructions’ by photographer Michael Becotte at the Michener Museum. By: Jillian Kalonick    In a decrepit dollhouse, standing out amid the warped floors and peeling paint, there is one lone resident — a giant paper doll that dwarfs the ancient abode, who is visible only from the…

  • Questions arise over development tenants

    Stop & Shop may limit competition at Montgomery Promenade. By: Jake Uitti    MONTGOMERY — Questions were raised at Monday’s meeting of the township Planning Board about what kinds of food stores would be allowed in the proposed Montgomery Promenade development on Route 206, given that the development has a lease with Stop & Shop, a…

  • MTHS gets ready to roll into season

    By: James McKeever    The Monroe Township High School boys bowling team searched all season long for consistent team play last year, and it showed in the Falcons’ final record of 11-13-1.    With several returning starters, the Falcons are looking to hurdle past the .500 mark this upcoming season, which starts Saturday with an appearance in…

  • Gonna Let it Shine

    Odetta won’t stop singing for human rights until the world is a perfect place. By: Susan Van Dongen    Even fictional beatniks have praised Odetta, named "the queen of American folk music" by Martin Luther King Jr.    There’s a funny scene in the John Waters movie Hairspray where the "hair hopping" teenagers are running from their…

  • Future looking bright after a strong sesaon

    Falcons lose just three from 12-7 team By: Ron Parent    For the past two seasons, the Monroe Township High School girls soccer team fielded a club with relatively few seniors yet still achieved considerable success, going 11-6-1 in 2005 and 12-7 in its recently-completed 2006 campaign, finishing third in the highly competitive eight-team Greater Middlesex…

  • Peace type

    He quietly strives for a better world By: Cara Latham    ROOSEVELT — Bob Silverstein has many heroes. Actually he has about 650 heroes, and the list is growing.    From Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. to those who might be lesser known like Congressman Dennis Kucinich, he has drawn portraits of them all and placed…

  • Sides talk pact

    Jamesburg teachers, board in negotiations By: Bill Greenwood     JAMESBURG — Negotiations for a new teachers contract are nearing completion, according to a Jamesburg Education Association representative.     Elena Strout, one of two presidents of the Jamesburg Education Association, said the only issue that still needs to be agreed upon is a salary guide. "We…

  • Monroe may OK plan for new light

    Light could be part of road improvements By: Stephanie Brown    MONROE — The township is poised to move forward with road improvements and a new traffic light for three roads near The Regency at Monroe on Buckelew Avenue.    The Township Council may approve a three-party agreement Monday with Middlesex County and Toll Brothers to make…