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  • Hey, here comes that workin’ man – Jim Loper

    REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK By John Tredrea    In his song, "Workingman’s Blues," the great Merle Haggard says: "And I’ll be working, long as my two hands are fit to use." Then, just before the high-energy instrumental break on electric guitar, he cries: "Hey, here comes that workin’ man!"    It could be Jim Loper that Merle sees coming.…

  • Robert Heuer

       SUWANEE, Ga. — Robert Heuer died Feb. 21 at Gwinnett Medical Center in Lawrenceville, Ga. He was 80.    He grew up in Hackensack, moving to Hillsborough 24 years ago before settling in Suwanee, Ga., five years ago.    Mr. Heuer retired as a Chief Manufacturing Engineer from Thomas & Betts Corporation in Raritan, and now in…

  • Scott H. McCracken

       Scott H. McCracken, 92, of Monmouth Junction, died Sunday, March 5, in the University Medical Center at Princeton. Born in Huntington County, Pa., he lived there until 1955 and was a resident of Monmouth Junction since 1957.    He retired in 1979 with over 22 years of service as a machine operator from Triangle Conduit and…

  • Master Plan changes pondered by planners

    The Planning Board, prompted by a expansion proposal at Quaker Bridge Mall and the possible relocation of Capital Health Systems to Lawrence, is re-examining the township’s Master Plan. By:Lea Kahn Staff Writer In the past 11 years, Lawrence has undergone many changes and more change may be on the way. The Quaker Bridge Mall’s owners…

  • HHS opens ‘Kiss Me, Kate’

    Production continues with performances at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday. By: Tara Pokras    "Another op’nin’, another show," the cast of Hillsborough High School’s musical "Kiss Me, Kate" sang during last week’s opening performances.    It has been over five years since "Anything Goes," the last Cole Porter show performed by Hillsborough students, but "Kiss Me, Kate"…

  • Manville boys look to future after tough year

    All starters eligible to return next season By: Shawn Tyrrell        It seems not that long ago that the Manville high School boys’ basketball team was set to start the 2005-06 season and had high hopes to make big improvements from the year before that saw MHS post a dismal 3-18 mark.    Now that all…

  • Looming Large

    An exhibit looks at the implications of childhood obesity. By:Hilary Parker    Shelves filled with junk food, beguiling Trix commercials and empty playgrounds are so common nowadays that few people notice them, let alone photograph them. This is precisely the reason that photographers Joan Liftin and Craig Terry captured the images on film for the photo…

  • ‘The Rocky Horror Show’

    The Villagers takes on the infamous cult classic. By: Stuart Duncan    The Rocky Horror Show has become such a cult classic that one should begin by separating fact from fiction. It first saw the light of day as a 1973 stage musical in England, the brainstorm of Richard O’Brien, principally to cash in on the…

  • ‘Step Up to the Mike’

    New Jersey Theatre Alliance brings the spoken word of young poets to Crossroads Theater. By:Jillian Kalonick    Although she began writing poetry at the age of 7, Ariana Makoski had never heard of or participated in performance poetry until a couple of years ago, when she attended a slam in her hometown of South Plainfield.    "I…