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Crash occurs in Bordentown Township. By: Dave Koch    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — A fatal car crash at the intersection of Route 528 and Route 130/206 the afternoon of Oct. 4 left two people dead and tied up traffic for almost three hours, police said.    Joseph Rette, 82, of Upper Freehold died Friday at Cooper Hospital University…

Field hockey team seeking county respect By: Rudy Brandl    Somerset County Tournament action kicks into more serious gear this weekend with the second round games in soccer and field hockey.    Hillsborough High’s soccer teams earned high seeds, so they won’t be playing until the quarterfinal round on Oct. 20. Both the top-seeded boys (7-0) and…

FootballFor the first time in a month, the Lawrence Cardinals enter a football game this weekend as something other than the underdog. By: Steve Feitl Orlando Kane (9) blocks a point-after attempt. Staff photo by Robyn C. Stein    The Cardinals (1-4) visit Princeton (0-5) at 2 p.m. Saturday.    Lawrence recently completed the roughest four-game stretch…

By: Ruth Luse    The recent resignation of Hopewell Township Committeewoman Kathleen Bird has left a vacancy on the governing body.    At the regular meeting of the committee on Oct. 18, the four current committee members plan to vote on the appointment of a new committeeman to fill the balance of Ms. Bird’s term, which ends…

Girls SoccerThe Lawrence High School girls soccer squad qualified for the state tournament last season for the first time in 15 years. By: Mike Molaro    The Cardinals enjoyed their run to the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group III championship game and focused on returning this year.    After a win-one, lose-one pattern started to develop early on,…

Cross CountryWith the Mercer County Championships and NJSIAA Central Jersey Group III Meet looming in the near future, the Hopewell Valley Central High School girls and boys cross country squads are rounding into prime form. By: Mike Molaro    The Lady Bulldogs raised their record to 7-0 on Tuesday by defeating Hightstown, 15-46, and Princeton, 19-40,…

The Planning Board will meet 8 p.m. Monday in the Lower Level Conference Room of the municipal building. By: Lea Kahn    The Planning Board will consider an application Monday for construction of five office buildings in Phase V of the Princeton South at Lawrenceville development, located on Princess Road.    First Industrial Development Services LP is…

   More than 6,000 people, mostly women and children, benefited from services provided by the Resource Center for Women and Their Families ojn Homestead Road in the past year.    "We received 5,600 calls on our hotline last year, and provided free, emergency shelter, counseling and other support to about 850 people," said Cathy Cummings, the center’s…

From East Windsor, Hamilton, Hillsborough, Hopewell, Pennington, Princeton, Princeton Junction and Yardley EAST WINDSOR    Felix Quist-Natter, branch manager, announced that two sales associates at Weichert, Realtors’ East Windsor Office have been honored for their accomplishments in August.    Betty Dziegielewski led the office in listings and dollar volume throughout August.    Kirk Hummel led the office in…