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  • This Week

    Thursday    Book discussion group: Get your summer reading off to a running start — running with the bulls, that is. The Lawrence Headquarters Branch of the Mercer County Library System will host a book discussion group on "The Sun Also Rises," by Ernest Hemingway at 7 p.m.    Read the American masterpiece that put Pamplona on…

  • Assistant principal gets a head start

    Crossroads North gets a new assistant principal. By: Melissa Hayes    Kim Ferry said her first week as assistant principal at Crossroads North was just the change of pace she was looking for.    "It went well. I like the atmosphere here a lot. I like the energy of the school," she said. "I had some down…

  • Gardens highlight June house tours

    Tour hits 12 historic homes in the Village of Roebling. By: Scott Morgan    ROEBLING — With Loretta Varga, enthusiasm is in no short supply. Especially when it comes to home and garden tours.    Simply put, she loves them. She’s loved them for almost 50 years; loved them since she first toured the homes around Cape…

  • Hopewell Township gives nod to senior advisory group’s formation

    Similar action was taken by Hopewell Borough Council on June 2. By John Tredrea    The Hopewell Township Committee voted Monday to establish a Valleywide Senior Advisory Board (SAB).    A similar resolution was OK’d by Hopewell Borough Council on June 2.    Larry Mansier, chairman of the Hopewell Valley Senior Center Planning Committee (HVSCPC), a grass-roots group…

  • MOST THINGS CONSIDERED: Writer takes on the battle of bulges with a vengeance

    MOST THINGS CONSIDERED By Minx McCloud Raw vegetables are worth the extra burp.    OK, this time I’m really doing it.    I’m losing weight. I put off writing this column until I knew if it was "taking" or not, but I’ve lost almost 40 pounds since February, and it appears that I’ve discovered a whole new…

  • Route 130 fixes set for fall

    N.J. Turnpike and Route 130 are facing construction. By: Joseph Harvie    Road improvements near N.J. Turnpike Exit 8A and on Route 130 should begin this fall, according to state Department of Transportation officials.    The plans include placing signs to guide trucks from Turnpike Exit 8A, retiming traffic signals, and infrastructure changes to Route 130 that…

  • Capital Health Systems to sponsor Farmers Market

    An online auction drew no takers for the sponsorship. A lowtech method, namely the telephone, carried the day. By:Lea Kahn Staff Writer The Trenton-based Capital Health Systems has won the honor of sponsoring the Lawrenceville Farmers Market — but not through its submission of a bid to online auction house eBay.    Capital Health Systems resorted…

  • Lois Molesko

    By:    MANVILLE — Lois Molesko died June 6 at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. She was 81.    She was born in Jacksonville, Fla., and lived in Manville since 1955.    Mrs. Molesko worked as a cashier for Shop-Rite in Manville for 25 years, retiring in 1990.    Survivors include two sons, Jeff of Hillsborough and JT of…

  • Murder trial is set

    Boretsky faces death penalty. By: Joseph Harvie    The trial of a Kingston man accused of stabbing his wife to death in 2002 is set to begin Oct. 12, according to defense attorney Joe Benedict.    Mr. Benedict said the trial was supposed to begin last year, but was delayed because the Middlesex County prosecutor’s office argued…