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  • Township will bill insurance companies for ambulance calls

    The insurance companies of residents who receive ambulance and transportation services from the Bordentown Township Emergency Medical Services will be billed for the services. By: William Wichert    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — The Township Committee awarded a contract on Monday to the firm that will oversee the new system of billing medical insurance companies for ambulance services…

  • Township opposes turnpike proposal

    Bordentown Township Committee expresses opposition to the proposed expansion of the New Jersey Turnpike. By: William Wichert    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — The proposed expansion of the New Jersey Turnpike is drawing its share of criticism from members of the Township Committee.    After questioning the impact of the turnpike expansion on the proposed Williams/Transco gas pipeline project…

  • Tooling Around

    Do it yourself at the Ultimate Workbench in Hamilton. By: Jim Boyle TIMEOFF PHOTOS/MARK CZAJKOWSKI A candlestick shaped on a lathe at the Ultimate Workbench in Hamilton. John Crowley, an instructor and foreman at the Ultimate Workbench, cuts a board for a cabinet with a table saw.    So you want to take up woodworking? First…

  • Residents say farewells to outgoing committeeman

    Mansfield residents pay tribute to Ray Stupienski, the committeeman who will leave office after his three-year term expires at the end of this month. By: William Wichert    MANSFIELD — Near the start of last week’s Township Committee meeting, more than 30 cheering people rose from their seats to pay tribute to Ray Stupienski, the committeeman…

  • Board set to vote on drug use survey

    Study responses would shape policy on testing By:Emily Craighead    The Board of Education will vote next week on whether to administer a drug use survey to Hillsborough High School students.    "I think we’ve spent a lot of time and energy researching it, so it would be a shame to let it go by the wayside…

  • Local car wash to benefit student

    Neighbors to soap and scrub cars to help pay student’s medical bills. By: Joseph Harvie and Melissa Hayes    Two South Brunswick residents have teamed up with Major Car Wash on Route 1 to raise money for Adam Abdallah, a seventh-grade student at Crossroads North, who has been diagnosed with leukemia.    Amy Tunison and Debbie McCann…

  • Wagon rides, visits from Santa, among upcoming Christmas events

    Local holiday events kick off with Columbus Village’s annual Christmas Light Tour. By: Scott Morgan    So it’s Christmas. Almost. And there are presents to buy and trees to festoon with ribbons and lights.    There are traffic and mall crowds, umpteenth reruns of Christmas movies and pleas to the winter gods for a blanket of white…

  • ‘The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou’

    Blend together Jacques Cousteau’s ocean adventures with ‘The Ballad of Cat Ballou,’ ‘The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie’and ‘Moby Dick,’ and you have Wes Anderson’s new film. By: Bob Brown    Here’s another signature Wes Anderson comedy. Mr. Anderson has developed, if not a formula, at least a vision of humor where laughter is generated within closed systems:…

  • NBC wrestling has depth, talent for great year

    By: Sean Moylan    An influx of talented young grapplers in the Northern Burlington County Regional High School coed wrestling program should help in filling the gaping hole created by the graduation of District Champions Chris Garofalo, Erik George and Ryan Buchanan last spring.    "We lost six guys who all had over 19 wins last year,"…