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  • Township supports West Trenton rail study

    Committee approves resolution backing county move By:Roger Alvarado    The Township Committee Tuesday unanimously approved a resolution in support of a county study that would determine how viable it would be to reactivate the West Trenton Rail Line.    The Hillsborough town center plan calls for the restoration of the rail line.    Currently, NJ Transit is looking…

  • PERCEPTIONS: Finding meaning in the madness

    There are lessons to be learned post-election. By: Steve Feitl    So perhaps the young voters really did come out for Sen. John Kerry.    At least that’s the opinion of one article I read this week in the post-election deluge. It argued that the get-out-the-vote campaigns did rally young voters, most of whom cast their support…

  • ‘The Incredibles’

    Pixar’s tale of superheroes sent to the suburbs is a love letter to a perpetually squabbling family that turns out to be anything but dysfunctional. By: Elise Nakhnikian    "That was a great movie, right?" piped up an excited preschooler in the audience for The Incredibles — but that was after Boundin’, the goofily uplifting Pixar…

  • Super Funk

    Brought together during a New Orleans jazz festival, the members of funk supergroup The Frequinox realized they should take their act on the road. By: Jim Boyle Funk supergroup The Frequinox will groove at Conduit in Trenton Nov. 17.    The supergroup is a rare and beautiful thing in the music business. Take a bunch of…

  • Late night argument leads to charges

    By:Roger Alvarado    Farm Road resident Joel Mesa Ruiz, 27, was charged Monday with aggravated assault, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and resisting arrest after he allegedly tried to stab his neighbor early Sunday, police said.    The incident occurred at about 4:40 a.m. Sunday, when Mr. Ruiz and fellow Farm Road resident Oracio…

  • Students hope to sweeten soldiers’ morale

    Monmouth Junction kids hold candy drive. By: Melissa Hayes    Dressed up in her spider-web girl costume while trick-or-treating, Hannah Sichel decided that she wanted to do something different with her Halloween candy this year.    Hannah, a fourth-grader at Monmouth Junction School, and her mother, Joan Sichel, decided that they would donate a portion of her…

  • Family ties lead officer to Lawrence Police

    Bianca Lampley always eyed law enforcement career. By: Lea Kahn    Growing up in a family of police officers made choosing a law enforcement career the natural choice for Bianca Lampley — the newest member of the Lawrence Township Police Department.    And it is a choice that the 22-year-old rookie police officer has not regretted. Not…

  • Two flu clinics scheduled for November

    Township Department of Health to administer over 400 flu vaccinations to age-specific tiers and those with chronic conditions. By: Melissa Hayes    South Brunswick will hold two flu vaccine clinics the week of Nov. 29 for township residents which fit the eligibility criteria. The dates and times of the clinics will be announced and depend on…

  • Hopewell Valley seniors get tips on creation of center

    West Windsor center director tells group: "Come up with a proposal you can all agree on. Then you can go forward with a united front." By John Tredrea    The veteran director of West Windsor Township’s senior center has advised a growing group of Hopewell Valley seniors who want a full-service center here to come up…