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  • Pair linked to robbery

    Men face assault charges in gas station holdup. By: Joseph Harvie    Police charged two township men this week with the May 8 robbery of Kwik Farms Mobile K on Route 27 and the aggravated assault of a 61-year-old gas station attendant who worked there.    Police said Kevin Christian, 23, of Sand Hills Road was charged…

  • Bordentown Post 26 battles way back over .500 mark

    By: Sean Moylan    In danger of falling out of playoff contention before the season even reached full flight, the Bordentown Post 26 American Legion squad rolled off three consecutive victories to get right back in the thick of things.    Bordentown made a statement on Tuesday afternoon in Trenton by crushing Mitchell Davis, 19-2. The statement…

  • Beautiful Behemoths

    California Girl Kate Graves finds a way to save Trenton’s architectural past through sculpture. By: Susan Van Dongen California girl Kate Graves finds a way to save Trenton’s architectural past through sculpture.    Kate Graves grew up in Santa Barbara, Calif., a kind of fantasy land to Easterners annoyed with blight, overcrowding and bad attitudes. In…

  • THE STATE WE’RE IN: State needs robust recycling program

    THE STATE WE’RE IN By Michele Byers Recycling rate in New Jersey needs to improve.    What’s the state of our recycling effort?    When the Statewide Mandatory Source Separation and Recycling Act was passed in 1987, it set a goal of recycling 50 percent of New Jersey’s municipal solid waste. Until 1995 we did pretty well…

  • Courtesy busing stays for this year

    Nonhazardous routes targeted for 2006-07 By: John Tredrea    No courtesy busing routes in the Hopewell Valley Regional School District will be eliminated in 2005-2006, but nonhazardous courtesy routes will be studied for elimination for 2006-2007.    That was the recommendation of an ad hoc committee accepted by the school board earlier this month.    "We have to…

  • County: traffic light won’t help downtown

    County officials say a traffic light at the intersection of Church Street and Main Street in Allentown would make the congestion worse. By: Marisa Maldonado    ALLENTOWN — This tiny borough is known as the town that people drive through on their way to the Jersey Shore. And with the start of summer officially here, more…

  • Farmers market debuts Sunday

    A cornucopia of Lawrence produce and meat as well as baked goods may be found at the Lawrenceville Farmers Market, to be held every Sunday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., from June 26 to Oct. 2 in the parking lot of Lawrenceville Fuel Co. on Gordon Avenue. By:Lea Kahn Staff Writer    Aiming to bring…

  • TOWNSHIP BRIEFS

    By:Melissa Edmond Historical house gets new moniker    It’s not the Vanderveer House anymore – it’s now called the Van der Veer-Harris house now.    At the June 14 meeting, Township Administrator Kevin Davis said Farewell Mills, the historic preservation consultant, determined the house on Route 206 should be referred to as Van der Veer-Harris based on…

  • Florence LL 12’s to open play June 29

    By: Sean Moylan    The Florence 12 year-Old Little League All-Star baseball team hopes that a plethora of pitching can lift the club over the top in District 25.    "Out of 12 kids, I have 10 kids who pitched on a regular basis for their team," said Chris Pukenas, who’ll manage Florence’s 12’s this season.    …