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  • The Restaurant Belt

    In 2005, the TimeOFF Bucks County food reviewers delighted in dishes at an array of fine establishments. Compiled by Matt Smith TIMEOFF PHOTOS/MATT SMITH TimeOFF’s reviewers enjoyed meals at new spots such as Earl’s in Lahaska (above) and old favorites like The Brick House in Newtown (below).    Looking back at the year’s top restaurant reviews,…

  • Allentown church looking to expand

    Church officials will propose a two-story addition (Dec. 29) By: Marisa Maldonado    ALLENTOWN — Skyrocketing membership and expanded programs at the Allentown Presbyterian Church have sent church officials looking to make more room for new parishioners.    Church officials will go before the Planning Board next month to propose a two-story addition that would house multi-purpose…

  • DISPATCHES by Hank Kalet: Remembering to help those in need

    South Brunswick reaches out to the 208 township families living below the poverty line. By: Hank Kalet    South Brunswick is a relatively prosperous community.    At least that’s what all the statistics say. The medium household income in the township, according to the 2000 U.S. Census, is $78,737 — nearly double the national median of $41,994.…

  • Letters for the week of Dec. 29

    U.S. judge’s ruling on intelligent design was the right decision To the editor:     I want to applaud U.S. District Judge John E. Jones III of Harrisburg, Pa. for his decision in the Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District case regarding intelligent design, a supposedly scientific theory that was proposed to be taught as an…

  • ‘For every acre we had preserved, we lost 100 to sprawl’

    THE STATE WE’RE IN By Michele S. Byers    As a rule, Americans are mostly suspicious of government, and value local decision-making, an institution fondly referred to in New Jersey as "home rule." Maybe it goes back to our Revolutionary roots. But where land-use policy and decision-making is concerned, New Jersey’s reliance on local governance has…

  • EDITORIAL: A 2006 agenda for the council

    The Township Council needs to pass the rental inspection ordinance, fund the Human Intervention Trust Fund, make a decision on the Van Dyke Farm, decide what to do about the community center, and get serious about the Grange Building.    Here are five items we believe the Township Council needs to address in 2006:    1. Pass…

  • Cardinal girls team still finding its way

    Lawrence girls basketball By: Jim Green    The Lawrence High School girls basketball team clearly is ahead of where it was at this point last year. It’s just that the Cardinals haven’t progressed quite as much as coach Gregg Zenerovitz might have hoped.    Lawrence dropped to 1-3 Friday with its second straight loss, a 48-34 defeat…

  • Nancy Seney

       Nancy Seney, 44, of Dayton, died Monday, Dec. 26, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick.    Born in Trenton, she was the daughter of the late Richard and Joyce Ciffranic Rosetty. She is survived by her husband of 21 years, Joseph John Seney; two sons, Joseph John Seney Jr. and Nicholas Ryan Seney;…

  • Out of Character

    Nim Ben-Reuven displays his ‘cultish’ illustrations at Small World Coffee in Princeton. By: Hilary Parker    Nim Ben-Reuven is a regular at Small World Coffee. His duct tape wallets are popular gift items for sale at the Princeton coffee shop where he once worked, and it’s a place where everybody really knows his name. Whether sitting…