• Lawmakers urged to refrain from adding bill

    When it comes to politics, the best sign that you’ve got it right is when you’re being attacked from both sides. The long-awaited bill from the Senate Finance Committee, chaired by Sen. Max Baucus (DMontana), is drawing criticism from Democrats and Republicans alike, signaling that he may be on to something. More than 500 amendments…

  • That other Lori Clinch is stuck up

    Are We There Yet? • LORI CLINCH I, for one, am never bored. Generally speaking, I like to fill my spare time by taking care of the laundry that piles up in the corners, the dust that builds up on the tables and the ever-loving paperwork that looms daily on my horizon. I have my…

  • Photo

    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Musicians from J.P. Stevens High School enter the performing arena during the 22nd annual Marching Band Home Show, hosted by the J.P. Stevens Band Parents Association on October 4.

  • It’s official: Distracted drivers are a menace

    Coda Coda • GREG BEAN I was driving down the Turnpike yesterday when a car with U.S. government plates passed me, and the driver was madly interfacing with what looked like some sort of electronic device.   Well, I thought, President Obama might have signed an executive order prohibiting people driving government cars from texting…

  • NJ Libraries will Take A Snapshot of a Typical Day on Oct 7

    By Gary Cooper On Wednesday, October 7, 2009, libraries from across New Jersey will participate in another Snapshot Day, to collect photos and statistics of how libraries are being used, the number of people using them and how important libraries are to their communities.             Last February, the New Jersey State Library and the New Jersey…

  • PHOTO FEATURE: John Witherspoon School Carnival

    PHOTO FEATURE: John Witherspoon School Carnival

    Vanessa Miller, left, takes a slide at the John Witherspoon School Carnival on Saturday. Staff photo by Phil McAliffe

  • PHOTO FEATURE: John Witherspoon School Carnival

    PHOTO FEATURE: John Witherspoon School Carnival

    Leo LaPlaca and Gus Binnie try the basket toss at the John Witherspoon School Carnival on Saturday. Staff photo by Phil McAliffe

  • PRINCETON: SPOTLIGHT: John Calvin: Princeton Theological Seminary is celebrating a testimony of faith

    PRINCETON: SPOTLIGHT: John Calvin: Princeton Theological Seminary is celebrating a testimony of faith

    The Rev. Dr. Gordon Mikoski in Miller Chapel at Princeton Theological Seminary … ‘(Calvin’s work) illuminates what the Bible is about, what it means for how we live, and what God is calling us to do.’

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Design plans unveiled for K-5 school

    By Matt Chiappardi, The Packet Group    ROBBINSVILLE — School officials have unveiled conceptual designs for a K-5 school that they say would address the anticipated bulge in enrollment over the next five years.    The new school would be built on the grounds of the Pond Road Middle School and, at 90,000 square feet, would have…

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