Category: archives
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Eggerts Crossing Road residents upset over duplex plan
Residents want single-family houses, not multi-family units. By:Lea Kahn Staff Writer Three years ago, a group of Rutgers University graduate students were invited into the Eggerts Crossing neighborhood to help create a vision to revitalize the area. The students, who were studying for master’s degrees in city and regional planning, prepared a report that recommended…
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Capturing nature’s beauty with ink and paper
What is there to observe when taking a hike through one of Lawrence’s many open spaces such as the Lawrence Nature Center? At the Nature Center, visitors may encounter a variety of habitats, including meadow, woods, and stream. Each of these is capable of supporting a unique group of plants and animals. But how does…
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Old-style baseball returns to festival
Crosswicks Village Festival set for Saturday By: Scott Morgan CHESTERFIELD Baseball’s back, by very popular demand. Not the baseball you’re used to seeing, of course. This is definitively old school as in Civil War-era rules. As in "Slide, Kelly Slide," or something A.G. Spalding would feel comfortable playing. There are no gloves in…
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Florence football’s 26th win in a row is for Cassidy
The Flashes wanted to win this one for Jimmy "Poppy" Cassidy, who passed away. By:Sean Moylan The entire Florence Township Memorial High School varsity football program did not have to search for inspiration to "get up" for this past Saturday’s home game versus an undermanned Trenton Catholic squad. The Flashes wanted to win this one…
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Library expansion nears completion
County officials expect work on the Bordentown Branch Library expansion project to finish behind schedule, but by year’s end. By: Scott Morgan With the projected due date for the completion of major construction on the Bordentown Branch Library expansion project nearing fast, Burlington County officials say they remain skeptical that the work will be finished…
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HHS defense stops Hunterdon Central
Raiders 2-0 after 22-7 triumph By: Rudy Brandl FLEMINGTON The Hillsborough High football team has made one thing clear during its 2-0 start the Raiders don’t mind winning ugly. Powered by another hard-nosed defensive effort, the Raiders spoiled Hunterdon Central’s first game on its new home turf field with a 22-7 triumph…
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Designing Women
A three-woman three-dimensional show at Ellarslie leaves the canvas behind. By: Ilene Dube Two years ago, ancient women divas, goddesses, ancestors, grandmothers and guardians began making appearances in the artwork of Morrisville, Pa., resident Susan Hogan. "I call them my queens," she says. The queens will be on view at Ellarslie, the Trenton…
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Manville booters finally break out
Team wins first game of season By: John E. Powers There was no way to tell when Manville High School boys’ soccer team would click offensively. But head coach Jim Chiariello sensed it was coming soon. The Mustangs had scored just one goal in their first four games which they lost to Jonathan…
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Power outage leads to student ‘adventure’
Rainstorm causes power loss at Brooks Crossing and students relocate to Indian Fields. By: Joseph Harvie Where were you when the lights went out? On Sept. 15, Brooks Crossing Principal Gary Abbamont was at the Deans campus of his elementary school when the main campus lost power due to a rainstorm, causing the school to…
