NOT FOR SALE!…Port Elizabeth is busy as usual but citizens, mindful of 9/11 and the war on terror, are in shock that the Bush administration approved a port deal Monday turning operations over to an Arab government-owned company. The political malaise is boiling over as officials of both parties are standing up to a defiant President. Locally, the man on the street has few printable words to say on the matter.

GOING OUT FAST AND STRONG…Capturing seven first-place finishes, seven second and eight third-place finishes, the Blue Devil girls swimming team beat Basking Ridge, 109-61, in the NJSIAA semifinals.

Sports: Blue Devil Swim Girls Splash Red Devils in NJSIAA Semis; No. 3 St. Patrick’s Outscores Blue Devil Hoop Boys; Lady Raiders Regroup, Stop Lion Cagers in UCT; Blue Devil Swim Boys Whip Mo’town in Semis; Rahway Trips Raider Boys In UCT Basketball
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Food & Music: Northside Trattoria’s Great Food, Talent Are Recipe For Success
Orchestra: Mother Nature Rolls Out White Carpet For Symphony’s Valentine
Books: Community Libraries Meet Variety of Patron Needs
History: Ethel Washington Book Celebrates County Black Americans in Images
Popcorn: The Pink Panther: Not The Cat’s Meow

Not the Same Old Story

PAY (STATION) TO PLAY…Captain John Morgan, shown above in April 2004, submitted his letter of resignation Tuesday as parking director, with two weeks notice, effective Friday, March 3. Captain Morgan will now become the national sales manager for the Metric Group, the company the town purchased the pay stations from for downtown parking lots.
 

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