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  • Princeton Arts Council offering series of summer camps

       This summer, The Arts Council of Princeton will offer an array of engaging, weeklong summer camps in the visual and dramatic arts taught by experienced instructors in small classes. The individual weeklong camps, for ages 4 to 12, will begin in mid-June and continue until the end of August, with lots of fun and creative…

  • Split council approves builder’s settlement

    Third vote wins approval for plan to end one of two lawsuits against borough By:Roger Alvarado    The Borough Council Monday voted to pass a last-minute resolution entering the borough into a proposed settlement agreement allowing Brooks Townhouses, LLC, to build 10 townhouse units on its 1-acre site along 13th Avenue and Brooks Boulevard.    The council,…

  • Hopewell is county champion

    Spring track By: Jim Green    All the talk heading into this season centered on who the Hopewell Valley Central High School girls track team lost from its 2003 Group II championship team.    On Saturday, though, a new generation of Lady Bulldogs stars made a name for itself by doing something even last year’s great team…

  • Plan to study 6-acre zoning causes stir in Upper Freehold

    Two Upper Freehold Township group members relinquish positions in protest of 6-acre zoning proposal. By: Lauren Burgoon    UPPER FREEHOLD — That 6-acre zoning is an extremely sensitive topic in Upper Freehold was never more evident than over the last two weeks when two men quit positions on township groups in protest of renewed zoning discussions.…

  • Family holds on to memories

    Rare condition abruptly ends life of 32-year-old Chesterfield resident, Matthew Childs. By: Scott Morgan    BORDENTOWN CITY — On April 4, Matt Childs married his longtime sweetheart, Melissa Gombosi. On their honeymoon cruise, the couple planned their family — five or six kids whom they would raise in their house in Chesterfield.    Twenty-eight days later, on…

  • Green, Tsai honored as HHS scholar-athletes

    Seniors join county’s elite at dinner By: Mary Ellen Zangara        SOMERSET — The 21st Scholar Athlete dinner hosted by the Somerset County High School Principal’s Association was held Thursday night at the Double Tree Hotel in Somerset.    Thirty-four high school seniors from Somerset County were honored for their scholastics and athletics by the association.…

  • Two new positions created for police

    Bordentown Towship Committee votes in favor of creating deputy police chief and captain positions in Police Department. By: Eve Collins    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — The newly created positions of deputy police chief and captain now exist in the local Police Department, but officials say the jobs won’t necessarily be filled anytime soon.    The Township Committee voted…

  • Community Calendar

    Carnival    Thursday, May 13 through Sunday, May 16 — Holy Assumption School’s 34th annual Family Fun Carnival will be held at Hornberger Avenue, Roebling, on Thursday from 6 to 10 p.m.; Friday and Saturday from 6 to 11 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 6 p.m. Rides will be provided by Amusements of America.    Thursday…

  • Vikes give Tigers a tussle in GMCT

    By: James McKeever    Forget the seeds and throw out the team records.    Anybody who has followed the South Brunswick baseball team this season had a good idea that the Vikings were going to give South Plainfield all it could handle in Monday’s Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament game.    The Vikings were seeded 14th and brought a…