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  • Arts Council of Princeton potters enjoy interim space

    Making do in temporary quarters in Rocky Hill By: Kara Fitzpatrick    In light of a major expansion and renovation to the Arts Council of Princeton building, the organization packed up and moved last fall to the conTEMPORARY Art Center. While the bulk of the classes and workshops are held at the interim location in the…

  • Gerald E. Petty

       Gerald Elwood Petty, 68, of Morganton, N.C., formerly of Jamesburg, died Saturday, Aug. 19, at Frye Regional Medical Center in Hickory, N.C.    Mr. Petty was born on April 26, 1938 in New Brunswick to the late Kenneth Petty and Evelyn Donniger Petty. He was an Army veteran, and retired in New Jersey as a vending…

  • Carved in Clay

    Every picture tells a story in the ceramic murals of Katherine Hackl. By: Ilene Dube    For some of us, life can be like a Jackson Pollack painting: a dribble of some red over here, a trail of green over there, maybe a big white splotch dominating the center. We may find passions for pursuits leading…

  • Princeton professor wins top prize in mathematics

       Princeton University Professor of Mathematics Andrei Okounkov was awarded the Fields Medal, often thought of as the Nobel Prize equivalent in the field of mathematics, on Tuesday at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Madrid, Spain.    Since 1936, when the prize was created by Canadian mathematician John Charles Fields, Fields Medals have been given every…

  • Senior citizens learn and paint

    Art seminar inspired by one of history’s greatest artists By: Candice Leigh Helfand    MONROE — Senior citizens were invited last week to learn about one of history’s greatest minds.    Artist and inventor Leonardo da Vinci was the topic of a seminar held at the Senior Center Aug. 18, and those in attendance not only learned…

  • Katrina victims still need help of area church members

    By: Dick Brinster    EAST WINDSOR — Larry Haddock charted the horror of Hurricane Katrina as it slammed into the Gulf Coast and immediately thought there had to be some way he could help.    Nearly a year later, the East Windsor resident got his chance as one of 14 communicants from three Lutheran churches in the…

  • Police dispatcher charged with overstaying her visa

    Entry to country was legal, sources say By: Stephanie Brown    JAMESBURG — A borough police dispatcher was released on bond after federal immigration officials arrested her on Aug. 7 for overstaying her visa.    Agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested Isabel Ferreira, 28, of South River, charging her with being in the country illegally, said…

  • Crime low in Monroe, Jamesburg

    Reports show crime rates to be some of the lowest in county By: Stephanie Brown    Jamesburg and Monroe have two of the lowest crime rates in Middlesex County, according to the 2005 Uniform Crime Report released by the state.    The annual report lists the number of crimes reported to the New Jersey Uniform Crime Reporting…

  • Press Forum

    Should Jamesburg create a historic preservation ordinance? Should Jamesburg create a historic preservation ordinance?