Courier-News photos

• Hundreds of protestors flooded the George Washington Bridge in Washington D.C. on March 17 to protest the Iraq War.

• Anti-War protestors used signs, banners, and even costumes to get their message across at the pro-peace rally held in Washington D.C. on March 17.

• Supporters of the Iraq War had to be held back by police as they protested the anti-war protest in Washington D.C. on March 17.

• Virginia State Police arrest one of the anti-war activists trying to make their way to the Pentagon to protest the Iraq War.

• Joseph Conrad plays a little tune on one of his own handmade violins in his basement workshop. Conrad also makes violas, guitars, and cellos.

• Crossing Guard Barbara Santoro stays warm while snow flurries blanket Manville.

• Workers take pictures of the front of the train which plowed though a warehouse after de-railing.

• Kevin Parker, 16, practices hairstyling on a dummy during his cosmetology class at Somerset County Vocational and Technical School.

• Sahwn Muillago watches his grandparents, Allen and Shiela Meidhof kiss after renewing their vows after 60 years of marriage.

African drummers Dammone Afriye, left, and Kofi Donkor play a rhythmic beat for their audience at the Raritan Valley Community College. The performance was held to celebrate Black History Month.

• 17 year old semi-pro snowboarder Michael Sears is getting ready to compete in an upcoming snowboard competition in Oregon later this year.

• Certified Laugh Leader Yvette Halpin leads the students in her “Laugh Out Loud” class in an exercise. Halpin teaches students about the beneficial effects that laughter can have on one’s mental and physical well-being.

• Gov. John Corzine pumps his fist during a speech at a ribbon cutting celebrating the move of pharmaceutical company sanofi-aventis’s headquarters to Bridgewater.

• A customer of the TRU Salon & Spa in Flemington relaxes

while receiving a hot stone massage.

• Bonnie Fairbanks, dressed as Martha Washington, waits to introduced so that she may entertain the guests at a tea-party held at the Basking Ridge Country Club.

• Tai-Chi instructor Fran Maher helps student Carmen Maak into a defensive pose. Maher’s class caters to seniors, especially seniors with arthritis.

A young Bolivian dancer celebrates her heritage as part of the South American Heritage festival held in Bound Brook.

Chef Joseph Cranse prepares a meal in the kitchen of his new restaurant. The previouse building had been destroyed in a

fire.

Lindsay Grant hugs her mother as a demolition team knocks what is left of her burnt house to the ground. The fire occurred

days before Grant was supposed to wed her fiancée.

A goose flies off during the annual “Take a Gander” festival in Piscataway, New Jersey

Matt Dean hangs out on the newly built jungle gym of Kinder Day School. The previous playground was burnt by vandals,

who were later apprehended by the Bridgewater police force..

Laney Bloom,8, winner of the 10 and under NJ SWM award, races to finish first at a meet.