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  • Allentown ready to parade on Memorial Day

    53rd parade could be biggest one yet By: Purvi Desai    ALLENTOWN — The 53rd Allentown Memorial Day Parade could be the biggest one yet.    "It’s the biggest and best Memorial Day parade in central — if not all — of New Jersey," said Richard Switlik, member of the Allentown Lions Club, which organizes the parade.…

  • Community Calendar

    For the week of May 25 Book fair    Thursday, May 25 — A book fair will be held in the cafeteria of Bordentown Regional High School, Dunns Mill Road, from 6 to 9 p.m.    Barnes and Noble will provide a range of titles including children’s books, young adult and adult fiction and nonfiction, best-sellers and…

  • Jogan’s joy memorable

    By: Rich Fisher    If they ever do a remake of the movie Groundhog Day and decide to cast a female in Bill Murray’s lead role, Alana Jogan would gladly audition as long as the repetitive day was Saturday, May 20, 2006.    "It’s a day to remember forever," a beaming Jogan said. "That’s what it is."…

  • LETTERS

    From the issue of May 25, 2006. Go after parents for bomb scares To the editor:    South Brunswick High School has been in the headlines with three bomb scares in a short period of time.    As a resident and taxpayer, I found out the cost of missed instructional time due to bomb scares.    There were…

  • Critics and Visionaries

    ‘Indian Paintings of the New Millennium’ helps to map the diaspora. By: Megan Sullivan    In the last few decades, India has experienced a burgeoning modern art movement. Whether addressing cultural values, ethnic identities, or political, social and environmental issues, contemporary South Asian artists of all types have made India the vibrant art scene it is…

  • Novice athletes enjoy big meet experience

    Pierrot claims two medals By: Rudy Brandl    While Manville High’s top track and field athletes spent the week preparing for the Central Jersey Group 1 Championships, many of the younger members of the team wrapped up their season by competing in the Novice meet at Bound Brook.    Second-year head coach Michelle Mongillo entered a dozen…

  • Cardinals excel near end

    BOYS TENNIS By: John E. Powers    Pat Tarrant, the head coach of the Lawrence High School boys’ tennis team, has watched with pride as the Cardinals have matured in the season’s waning days.    The Cardinals, who started the week with a 10-9 record, were scheduled to finish the season by completing a suspended match with…

  • Council to decide fire district’s fate

    Petitioners call for its dissolution By: Purvi Desai    WASHINGTON — Township Council will have to schedule a public hearing on dissolving the fire district after receiving a petition to do so last week.    Mike McGowan, a fire commissioner who was not representing the Board of Fire Commissioners, submitted the petition containing 456 signatures, said Township…

  • Lone Bugler sees that veterans get final honors on Memorial Day

    Bugler pays homage to Civil War lore By: Cara Latham    According to legend, in a battlefield near Richmond, Va., in the summer of 1862, Daniel Butterfield, a Union general during the Civil War, lost about 600 men — part of the numerous casualties experienced during the Seven Days Battles. The significant loss of so many…