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  • Rock on!

    Lawrence teenager takes a turn as a singer-songwriter for his senior class project. By:Lea Kahn Staff Writer    While Jacob Waters’ classmates spent the last six weeks of their high school careers working as a teacher’s aide in an elementary school classroom or as an automobile mechanic, the Ivy Glen Drive resident was busy making music.…

  • Community Center fix eyed for fall

    Center expansion could come in the near future By: Joseph Harvie    The expansion of the Community Center in Woodlot Park on New Road could begin as early as the fall, Councilman Joe Camarota said Wednesday.    Mr. Camarota said that a structural analysis of the center, conducted by the Schoor DePalma engineering firm of Manalapan, was…

  • Hillsborough High Spring Athletic Awards

    Raiders ruled again in spring season By: Rudy Brandl    Hillsborough High entered the spring scholastic athletic campaign with a tough act to follow. The spring of 2005 saw HHS teams capture many conference and county titles as well as a State Group 4 baseball championship.    How could the Raiders possibly top their finest overall spring…

  • Stockton to have required revaluation

    The state mandated that the borough have the revaluation because its assessed values have fallen to 70 percent. By: Linda Seida    STOCKTON — A revaluation of every property in the borough will begin after the July 4 holiday and extend through August.    Appraisers from the firm hired by the borough to perform the revaluation, Realty…

  • Utility won’t halt clear-cutting of trees

    But PSE&G said it would meet with a yet-to-be-formed committee in West Amwell before work is done next year. By: Linda Seida    WEST AMWELL — After meeting for nearly four hours, PSE&G representatives, residents and environmentalists found some common ground, but not everyone thought it was enough.    Residents and environmentalists are outraged by the 2.5…

  • ‘Click’

    The overweening sentimentality of Adam Sandler’s latest hobbles its humor. By: Bob Brown    Adam Sandler, heir to a Jerry Lewis brand of zany comedy, has turned to family values for his latest film. Actually, Sandler has been turning in this direction for some time, trying to escape the cruder image of Happy Gilmore and The…

  • ‘Superman Returns’

    Watching the Man of Steel in these cynical times is a simple, sunny exercise in nostalgic wish fulfillment. By: Elise Nakhnikian    The first spectacular save the big guy makes in Superman Returns is to stop a jet in mid-crash. After he straightens it out of its spiral to park it gently on a baseball diamond…

  • Delaware River towns brace for flood

    Hundreds of people evacuated; numerous bridges closed. By: Linda Seida    Hundreds of people were evacuated along the Delaware River throughout the day and into the evening Wednesday, while a handful of households opted to stay put rather than desert their homes during the third major flood in less than two years.    The Delaware River Joint…

  • The Magic of Love

    New Jersey Opera Theater’s SummerFest presents a season of fully staged comedies filled with trickery, temptation, love potions and ghosts. By: Hilary Parker    Opera has been around for nearly 400 years. It’s filled with chandelier-shaking arias, bedecked with elaborate costumes and bursting with epic romances from the heart-wrenching to the side-splitting.    Given the sheer size…