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  • Islamic Society road gets nod

    Township Council approves the Islamic Society’s plans to build safer entrance. By: Melissa Hayes    The Township Council approved preliminary plans for an access driveway to the Islamic Society off Promenade Boulevard saying it would be much safer for patrons to enter there than from the current Route 1 South entrance.    "Anything we can do to…

  • Allentown, its rise and progress, Part 12

    HISTORICALLY SPEAKING    This week’s installment continues the descriptions of lot dimensions on the westerly side of South Main Street. Although Charles Hutchison included in his ledgers hand-colored maps, regrettably their inclusion here is impracticable. Fortunately, the collection can be viewed at the New Jersey Historical Society in Newark.     Of the 2½ acres, which Robert…

  • Sign theft victim has last laugh

    To the editor By:    I am a resident of Knopf Street in Manville. I’ve had a Bush/Cheney sign in my front yard for the past several weeks.    On Oct. 31 — two days before the election — I noticed the sign was missing.    In the spirit of forgiveness and human kindness, I feel I should…

  • Going out of business

    Mall renovations force store closings. By: Joseph Harvie and Melissa Hayes    Two longtime merchants in the South Brunswick Square Mall are being forced to close at the end of this month.    Pets, Pets, Pets and The Travel Center will be shutting their doors to make way for a 275,282-square-foot Home Depot that is expected to…

  • John Grindle

    By:    HILLSBOROUGH – John M. Grindle died Monday in the Medical Center at Princeton. He was 80.    Born in Penobscot, Maine, he lived in Green Brook for 20 years before moving to Hillsborough 15 years ago.    Mr. Grindle retired from Holman Label in Summit, where he was a printer.    He served in the U.S. Navy…

  • Invasion of the pulp collectors

    The comic and novel show Pulp Adventurecon was held in Bordentown Township on Saturday. By: Scott Morgan    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — Girls. So many girls. So many silver capes and metal bikinis. So many giant tentacles and laser beams and dinosaurs.    Everywhere you look, the buxom and the lantern-jawed are saving the world from mutants; but…

  • Clinic’s patients helped food drive

    To the editor By:    On Saturday, Oct. 30, the Family Chiropractic Clinic of Hillsborough had a "Treat for Treatment" day.    They donated treatments, examinations and X-rays in exchange for several canned or non-perishable foods. Rosaleen Church and Ping Li donated Reiki and Joyce Shotwell donated chair massages, Reiki and Aromatherpy in exchange for food.    This…

  • Leck, Ryan lift Allentown into today’s C.J. Group II final against Cinnaminson

    By: Kyle Moylan    Through 21 games this season, the Allentown High School field hockey team is undefeated (20-0-1).    Caitlyn Ryan made sure of 12 of those games by herself.    Ryan made seven saves this past Monday, leading Allentown to a 3-0 win over St. John Vianney in the Central Jersey Group II semifinals. The shutout…

  • New subcommittee could speed application process

    Bordentown City Commission creates the Development Review Subcommittee to expedite application process. By: Scott Morgan    BORDENTOWN CITY — The City Commission Monday created a new subcommittee within the Planning Board aimed at streamlining the route from application to final approval.    Dubbed the Development Review Subcommittee, the three-person board is designed to cut down the time…