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  • Dream Weavers

    Fiber artists offer ‘Contemporary Visions from Traditional Woven Arts’ at Hicks Art Center Gallery. By: Jillian Kalonick    A maze of spiraling fire escapes and bright blocks of color, Rita Gekht’s tapestry "Constructive Interlude" is easy to become lost in — exactly what happens when she is weaving, she says.    "It’s the dream of any weaver…

  • Monroe: remove concrete

    Ford Motor Co. asked to remove 12,000 cubic yards of contaminated concrete used at a construction site on Applegarth Road. By: Leon Tovey    MONROE — The township will ask that Ford Motor Co. be required to completely remove some 12,000 cubic yards of contaminated concrete used as fill at a medical office complex under construction…

  • Monroe boys dip but girls get better

    By: James McKeever    After back-to-back superb seasons, the Monroe boys bowling team dipped below the .500 mark this winter.    Call it a rebuilding year if you will, because the 2006-07 season has the makings of a bounce-back year for the Falcons.    "We have a solid nucleus back," head coach George Packard said.    As for the…

  • State aid is stable

    Monroe and Jamesburg school and municipal officials’ state aid predictions were on target. By: Stephanie Brown and Leon Tovey    School and municipal officials in Monroe and Jamesburg said there were few surprises when the state announced formula aid figures this week.    Under the proposed $30.9 billion state budget outlined by Gov. Jon Corzine on Tuesday,…

  • ‘The land beyond the forests’

    An unofficial amabassador, museum proprietor talks up Romania By: Michael Redmond    Back in the 1890s, when the Anglo-Irish novelist Bram Stoker was casting about for a suitably exotic location for a supernatural thriller, he settled upon Transylvania, which was then, as now, one of the most remote and least familiar regions of Europe. Stoker went…

  • No parking on Brooks?

    A public hearing on the proposed ordinance is scheduled for Monday. By: Melissa Edmond    The Borough Council will hold a public hearing Monday on an ordinance that could prevent parking on Brooks Boulevard.    The council unanimously introduced the ordinance at its March 13 meeting.    Mayor Angelo Corradino said that having cars parked on Brooks Boulevard…

  • Thomas Krasnansky

       HILLSBOROUGH — Thomas R. Krasnansky died March 12 in Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. He was 58.    He was born in Burlington and lived in Manville for many years, moving to Hillsborough in 1960.    Mr. Krasnansky worked as a mechanic most of his life, retiring in 2004 after being employed for 20 years Somerset Vehicle…

  • End of the run for coach

    Brian Jost will retire in June after 33 years of coaching cross-country and track and field at SBHS. By: Carolyn M. Hartko    The South Brunswick sports community had no way of knowing it at the time, but an injury to a Manhattan College sprinter in the late 1960s would have a profound effect on future…

  • Eyes on Haiti

    A photo exhibit at the Michener goes beyond the headlines into the ‘Heart of Haiti.’ By:Megan Sullivan    In the geographic heart of Haiti lies the Artibonite Valley, where its people face daily hardships, hunger and disease. Materially poor but rich in culture, the community lives with dignity despite deprivation. Their strength and hope is constantly…