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  • New principal wants Plumsted to be county’s best district

    Richard Caldes will begin work as New Egypt High School’s new principal Sept. 1. By: Marisa Maldonado    PLUMSTED — Richard Caldes is used to fulfilling multiple roles. At Point Pleasant Beach High School, a school with about 425 students, his title of assistant principal also came with the roles of athletic director and director of…

  • Students plan summer SEEDs for science

    High school students tackle research projects over the summer at Rider University. By: Kate Herts Staff Writer Project SEED sounds like a green-thumb advocacy group. Or maybe one of those charity drives where people pay to plant trees in a loved one’s name.    In reality, Project SEED — Science Education for the Economically Disadvantaged —…

  • Concert to benefit veterans

    Veterans Helping Veterans Blues Festival is scheduled to be held Aug. 13 outside the American Legion hall in Florence. By: Scott Morgan    FLORENCE — It didn’t work last year, despite how hard Robert Bates had tried. He’d wanted to bring the blues to Broad Street and raise some money for a few local families dealing…

  • YMCA cancels annual carnival

    Scheduling conflicts force South Brunswick YMCA to cancel annual fundraiser. By: Melissa Hayes    The South Brunswick Family YMCA will not have a summer carnival this year because of scheduling conflicts.    The carnival, an annual fundraiser, had been originally scheduled to run from June 28 through July 2, but the company that provides the rides had…

  • Police Beat

    BORDENTOWN CITY    Police charged two city residents with drug-related offenses after a phone tip led them to a man and woman on Crosswicks Street on Aug. 6.    Police found 41-year-old Robin Gaines and 41-year-old Randy Brown walking along the 100 block of Crosswicks Street around 1:45 a.m. After getting permission from Ms. Gaines to search…

  • For the Aug. 11 issue

    Esther P. Brown, Steven Leigh Bell, Gary Edward Kater, William F. Latham, Thomas Edwards, John J. Garecht, Naomi L. Kerr, Mary C. Wolfe. Esther P. Brown    LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Esther P. Brown (nee Platt), 88, of Louisville, Ky., died on Aug. 5 at Suburban Hospital in Lousiville. Born in Haddon Heights, she lived in Roebling…

  • Letters to the editor

    For the Aug. 11 issue. Committee’s action may have negative consequences To the editor:    I would like to comment on the North Hanover Township meeting of July 28 and in particular to the committee’s action to adopt Ordinance (2005-09) zoning classification change from RA (Residential Agricultural) to C-1 (Commercial).    During the public hearing relating to…

  • Florence baseball 10’s 2nd in E.W. tourney

    By: Sean Moylan    After not making it out of pool play in the District 12 tournament, it would have been easy for the Florence 10-year-old Little League All-Star baseball team to have just gone through the motions in the East Windsor Tournament. Instead the entire Florence squad re-dedicated itself, practiced hard, and it discovered that…

  • This Week

    Thursday    Water and meteors: Ken Najjar will present "From the Creek to Your Home," a program on water at 7 p.m., at the Lawrence Nature Center, in Drexel Woods Park, on Drexel Avenue.    Following the program, David Bosted will lead a talk on meteors. Visitors are encouraged to bring chairs and watch the meteor showers…