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  • Life-saving demolition

    Rescue Squad demonstrates techniques to driver ed classes. By: Donna Lukiw    Unsafe driving can have many devastating consequences including being trapped in a car with a broken leg or neck or even death.    As 600 driver education students from Hillsborough High School gathered in the high school parking lot Monday members of the Hillsborough Rescue…

  • Dayton man sings in the Christmas spirit

    Larry Campanella will perform at the New Brunswick tree lighting on Nov. 28. By: Kara Fitzpatrick    Even on a sultry July day in Palm Beach, Fla., Larry Campanella can get into the holiday spirit.    The Dayton resident spent two months this summer recording his second Christmas album, "Can’t It Last a Little After Christmas" —…

  • New choices for holiday shopping

    Expanded Triangle Center offers more variety. By: Donna Lukiw    If you’re looking for more local shopping options, stop by the expanded Triangle Center at Route 206 and Triangle Road.    After grabbing some coffee and an egg, ham and cheese breakfast roll at Wawa in Triangle Center, you can stroll through the stores — including several…

  • Community calendar for the week of Nov. 24

    By:     Holiday celebration    Saturday, Nov. 26 — Fernbrook Farm Education Center, 150 Georgetown Road, Bordentown, will sponsor a winter holiday celebration from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.    Activities include hiking through woods to look at active wildlife and learn how creatures endure the cold season, games and activities for all ages, wreath making, ornament…

  • POLICE BLOTTER

    By:    Laura L. Cribb, 32, of Lebanon was charged with driving while suspended at 12:15 a.m. on Nov. 16 while driving in the parking lot of the Rustic Mall, police said.    Ms. Cribb was processed at the scene and released. ***    At 10:50 p.m. on Nov. 17 Jason L. Bickar, 34, of South 17th Avenue…

  • Committee to look at Wal-Mart plans

    Wal-Mart is seeking approval for a 149,149-square-foot store at Spruce Street. The Screening Committee of the Planning Board will review the plans at aDec. 1 meeting. By:Lea Kahn Staff Writer Revised plans for a Wal-Mart store, proposed for the site of two automobile dealerships at 1060 and 1100 Spruce St., are headed for a review…

  • Communities welcome winter with annual tree lightings

    Tree-lighting celebrations slated in Burlington County By: Scott Morgan and William Wichert    With the holiday season upon us, the nights in northern Burlington County are about to get brighter.    Holiday tree-lighting celebrations start Saturday night, when Bordentown City makes things seem an awful lot like Christmas. Where Farnsworth Avenue meets Crosswicks Street, Bordentown City Gardens…

  • Town with a rich history deserves historical society

    Friends of Washington Township set to create historical society (Nov. 24) By: Lauren Burgoon    WASHINGTON — Washington is a town with a rich history: It boasts buildings that predate the Revolutionary War, a 19th century one-room schoolhouse, and even a mention in one of Benjamin Franklin’s diaries. Yet it is the only town in Mercer…

  • Obituaries for the week of Nov. 24

    Daniel Pinto, Jacqueline Castaldo Dupont, Helen A. Francis, Joyce A. Stalcup, James F. Schaefer, Sylva Quijano Arriba Daniel Pinto    LAWRENCEVILLE — Daniel Pinto, 86, formerly of Washington Township, died Nov. 5 at Tandem Health Care of Lawrenceville.    Born in San Fele, Italy, he was a lifelong Trenton-area resident. A U.S. Army veteran of World War…