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  • EDITORIAL: Zoning board should nix Eckerd plan

    EDITORIAL: With three other drug stores currently within two miles of the proposed store site, an Eckerd would increase traffic on Route 27, which is an already overtaxed road.    The Zoning Board of Adjustment has an opportunity tonight (Thursday) to avoid worsening traffic on an already overtaxed roadway.    The board will review an application from…

  • Cards shoot down Northstars in MCT

    Lawrence boys basketball By: Jim Green    The Lawrence High School boys basketball team looks like a squad ready to make a push for a county championship.    The Cardinals opened the 2005 Mercer County Tournament with a strong 60-43 win over Nottingham on Monday night at LHS. It was the third consecutive win for Lawrence, which…

  • State officials launch business disaster plan

    Agency aims to help small-business owners weather a crisis. By: Roger Alvarado    Roger Seiberg, who owns a business specializing in sales, parts and service for used appliances on South Main Street, was left "running in circles" in the aftermath of Hurricane Floyd, according to Mayor Angelo Corradino.    At the time, Mr. Seiberg along with other…

  • Wild About Saffron

    A million square feet of fabric, 5 thousand tons of steel, $20 million – it all adds up to ‘The Gates.’ By: Jillian Kalonick TIMEOFF PHOTOS/JILLIAN KALONICK New Jerseyites have exactly two more weekends to get a glimpse of Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s ‘The Gates’ in Central Park    It is not wrapping.    The artists Christo and…

  • OBITUARIES: Patricia Romagna

    Patricia Romagna Patricia Ann Criss Romagna, 61, passed away Sunday, Feb. 13 at Saint Peter’s University Hospital in New Brunswick.    Born in New Brunswick, she resided in this area for many years. She was predeceased by her husband, John Romagna, who passed away in 2002; her daughter, Diane Romagna, who passed away in 2000; and…

  • Moore bowls 648 series in states

    By: Sean Moylan    Although the Northern Burlington County Regional High School boys’ varsity bowling team was good this year (8-6-1), it did not dominate as it has in previous years.    Yet match after match one bowler stood out as a pillar of excellence — Bill Moore.    This past Saturday at the NJSIAA Sectionals, Moore made…

  • Drew’s boys top NBC in local rivalry

    By: Sean Moylan    Even before the Bordentown and the Northern Burlington girls’ varsity basketball teams had dressed for their mid afternoon game on Saturday, Sam McDuffie could be found in the Bordentown gymnasium.    Although the Scotties’ junior superstar varsity basketball player’s game wasn’t scheduled at the school until 2 p.m., he had been at the…

  • Cardinal girls run into juggernaut

    Lawrence girls basketball By: Jim Green    Lawrence High School girls basketball coach Gregg Zenerovitz knew his squad was facing an uphill battle in its Mercer County Tournament first-round matchup with cross-town power Notre Dame.    After all, the 14th-seeded Cardinals had been beaten by the third-seeded Fighting Irish 58-35 in a regular-season game 10 days earlier.…

  • AHS calls suspension data misleading

    Allentown High School principal says suspension numbers reported in Department of Education report cards are incorrect. By: Lauren Burgoon    UPPER FREEHOLD — When the Department of Education report cards on schools’ performance came out earlier this month, Upper Freehold administrators were shocked to see Allentown High School’s suspension rate. The number of students suspended last…