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  • Jill Dickinson

    By:    MILLSTONE — Jill L. Dickinson died May 21 at home. She was 55.    She was born in Somerville and had lived in East Amwell for 17 years before moving to Millstone in 1993.    Ms. Dickinson was employed as caretaker at Amwell Valley Hounds in Ringoes for 15 years. She was also a former bus…

  • Pennington baseball squad finishes season on high note

    Pennington baseball By: Mike Molaro    Its season ended sooner than it had wanted, but the Pennington School baseball squad finished on a positive note with a come-from-behind 8-7 triumph over visiting Ewing on May 12 in the consolation round of the Mercer County Tournament.    The seventh-seeded Red Raiders (10-8) scored five runs in the bottom…

  • Kids get to know cops through cards

    Bordentown Township Police Department holds a police trading card contest, a competition aimed at improving the department’s relationship with its youthful residents. By: William Wichert    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — The township Police Department is looking to make the friendly faces of its officers something that local kids can take home with them.    For the first time…

  • ‘There is reason to hope’

    Millstone family searches for cure for son’s rare genetic skin disorder. By: Lauren Burgoon    MILLSTONE — While pregnant with her second child, Theresa Liao kept experiencing a strange feeling, a sort of mother’s intuition, that something wasn’t quite right with the baby.    Ms. Liao didn’t have any logical reason to worry. After all, she and…

  • Reenactment set Monday at Old Methodist Cemetery

    Four actors will impersonate persons buried at the cemetery after the Pennington Memorial Day Parade. By Jack Davis    Editor’s Note: What was life like in Hopewell Valley in the 18th and 19th centuries?    Find out at an historical reenactment that will take place at the Old Methodist Cemetery on Pennington-Titusville Road on Memorial Day, May…

  • Nurses thanked for contributions

    To the editor By:    The Executive Board of Somerset County School Nurse Association wishes to thank the Somerset County school nurses for their contributions to the health and well-being of their school communities.    May 11 was National School Nurse Day. School nurses are healthcare specialists who are child health experts in our schools. The caring,…

  • South springs upset before getting upset

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    The worst the seeding, the better the results for the South Brunswick High softball team.    The door has been shut on the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV tournament for the Vikings, but the window is still open in the Greater Middlesex Conference tourney.    The Vikes followed a stunning 2-0 upset of…

  • Memoral Day parade to honor past and present veterans

    The parade begins at 10 a.m., Saturday at Stonicker Drive and Princeton Pike and concludes at Veterans Park. By:Lea Kahn Staff Writer Military veterans — from World War II through the present day — will be honored Saturday when the annual Memorial Day parade steps off promptly at 10 a.m., according to township Superintendent of…

  • Gas station fight gets some refueling

    Windsor residents appeal zoning board decision to allow EZ Auto to build a Mobil station at the corner of Church Street and Route 130. By: Lauren Burgoon    WASHINGTON — Windsor residents are going to court to fight a township zoning board decision allowing a gas station in their neighborhood.    The residents, represented by attorney Jack…