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    Many tree squirrels, as seen here in Stokes State Forest, Branchville, make their nests on branches. This squirrel asked her family if they would rather live indoors or outdoors. Their reply? “What are you, nuts?” BILL PATRICK/www.maiseyimages.com

  • Don’t trample on rights granted by Second Amendment

    This letter is in response to Dennis Levinson’s recent Your Turn guest column attacking the National Rifle Association (NRA) as being a terrorist organization responsible for the Newtown, Conn., massacre. I am an NRA member, but not a gun owner. I believe every lawful American has the God-given, not government-given, right to own a gun(s).…

  • Sen. Buono receives support in her bid for governor

    Last night I met state Sen. Barbara Buono at a gathering at a neighbor’s home. I was impressed by this dignified dynamic lady. Sen. Buono provides a striking contrast in personality and policy positions to the incumbent Governor. She is pro-choice, pro women’s rights, pro meaningful approaches to gun violence, pro increasing the minimum wage,…

  • Teen author’s persistence bears fruit with publication of novel

    BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer Billy Wetzel PLUMSTED – Writing a novel is something many Americans wish they had the time to do. For New Egypt High School student Billy Wetzel, 17, the process that led to the December release of his novel “Michael Durbin: An Olympian Tale” ran alongside his daily life of school,…

  • Program for gifted pupils gets new look in Millstone

    BY MAUREEN SHAMES Correspondent MILLSTONE — The Millstone Township School District’s program for gifted and talented pupils is constantly evolving, and now it has a new structure. Michelle Falanga, who teaches gifted and talented pupils, spent the past year helping to develop the new structure for the program, and she gave a presentation about the…

  • Child’s small voice makes big impact with president

    Max Gomez, 10, of Marlboro, was invited to White House after writing on gun control BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer In photo at left, Max Gomez, 10, of Marlboro, is joined by his sister, Veronica, and parents, Barbara and Michael, at a White House press conference during which President Barack Obama addressed the issue of…

  • School district awaits state aid figures from Trenton

    Goal for Millstone K-8 board is to hold general fund tax levy stable in 2013-14 BY MAUREEN SHAMES Correspondent Officials in the Millstone Township School District are anxiously awaiting word as to how much state aid will be available to support the 2013-14 school year budget that is currently in its development stage by administrators…

  • Then and now: Lessons from the Selma march

    Activists say issues like income inequality, voter ID show civil rights struggle not over BY KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer The Rev. Gillbert Caldwell, to the left of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., marches during a 1965 protest for racial justice. PHOTO COURTESY OF REV. GILLBERT CALDWELL AND THE CHURCH WITHIN A CHURCH MOVEMENT According to…

  • Me? Forget a birthday? Impossible!

    ARE WE THERE YET LORI CLINCH A lthough growing older doesn’t necessarily appeal to me, I like my birthday. I enjoy the days leading up to it, the winding down that follows, and if I can stretch celebrations out for a month, I’m all kinds of happy. I don’t just love my own birthday, I…

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