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  • Lawrence church plans for transitional housing

    Meadowbrook Avenue site would go to homeless family. By: Lea Kahn    The Lawrence Road Presbyterian Church is planning to renovate a house on Meadowbrook Avenue that it expects to use as transitional housing for a homeless family.    The congregation purchased the three-bedroom house at 26 Meadowbrook Ave. from the estate of Stanley Bozowski earlier this…

  • Police propose $1.9M expansion

    Springfield Police Department is now housed in a two-room, 800-square-foot facility. By: Scott Morgan    SPRINGFIELD — The Township Council last week heard a $1.9 million proposal to expand police headquarters where the department currently occupies two small rooms some officers believe is not very conducive to police business.    "Our space is very, very limited," said…

  • Court lingers on car wash question

    But sewer line installed to edge of Mountainview car wash property By:Roger Alvarado    No decision is in sight on the court challenge to the planned Mountainview Car Wash on Route 206, according to the developer’s attorney.    Meanwhile, the attorney for Crown Car Wash — who filed the challenge — is crying foul over a sewer…

  • DISPATCHES by Hank Kalet: The music world loses a soul survivor

    DISPATCHES by Hank Kalet:Remembering the eclectic Ray Charles, a legend of American music By:Hank Kalet    When I think of Ray Charles, I think of his role in "The Blues Brothers."    The band — led by "Joliet Jake" and Ellwood Blues (John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd) — pay a visit to Ray’s Music Exchange, looking for…

  • Nucera continues to earn golf ‘shot(s)’

    By: Sean Moylan    Lauren Nucera’s willingness to take on any challenge has led to an ongoing stellar varsity golf career at Bordentown Regional High School.    "(A few year ago) I was on vacation with my father in Florida and he asked me if I wanted to play golf with him," said Nucera, a junior at…

  • Burlington victorious in Carpenter Cup opener

    By: Sean Moylan    The Burlington County Club shut out Jersey Shore, 3-0, in the opening round game of the Carpenter Cup Tournament played at the University of Pennsylvania on Monday afternoon.    Shawnee’s Sean Doolittle did a "lot" (three innings, 8 ks, 0 walks) to pick up the victory. Cherokee’s Brett Arnold provided a two-run base…

  • POLICE BLOTTER

    By:    Police responded to the Nevius Street Bridge construction site after receiving a call from a passing motorist stating that a construction truck on the site had been damaged at 8:30 a.m. June 2.    Police noted five windows on a blue Ford pickup truck parked about 250 feet south of the bridge were broken and…

  • Pennington property owners get 7-cent tax rate increase

    For the owner of a property assessed at $229,000, the borough average, this means a municipal tax of $1,465. By John Tredrea    The average Pennington homeowner will pay an additional $160 in municipal taxes this year after Borough Council adopted a $2.653,852 budget on Monday.    The budget, which is up $96,836 over the 2003 budget,…

  • For the June 17 issue

    Stephen Smilek III, Roosevelt "Rosie" Brown Jr., Evelyn Hurst Lenox, Hubert Cromwell Strayhorn, Leonard V. Cikana, Elizabeth Parker. Stephen Smilek III    BORDENTOWN — Stephen Smilek III, 56, died June 10.    Born in Trenton, he was a Trenton resident for most of his life before moving to Bordentown three and a half years ago.    A graduate…