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  • Flyers quickly turn to litter

    To the editor By:    I came home tonight to find a scrap piece of paper urging me to vote for the school board and taxes to rise and a mail truck sitting in front of the house.    I didn’t make it in time and she left. I opened the mailbox after removing this piece of…

  • Con artists burglarize Route 31 residence

    Hopewell Township police warn residents to be wary of con artists going door-to-door offering help. By John Tredrea    The Route 31 home of a 77-year-old man was burglarized last week, prompting Hopewell Township police to warn residents to be wary of con artists going door-to-door offering to do things such as yard work.    Township police…

  • Councilman calls for firing of employee

    By:Roger Alvarado    Councilman Tom Weiss says Joe Ketusky, the borough’s public safety coordinator, should have been fired by the borough "on the spot" for publicly questioning Borough Clerk Phil Petrone’s credibility earlier this month.    The comment occurred at the council’s April 12 meeting after landowner Dean Shepherd questioned the way the council handled an exchange…

  • Princeton cafe to serve up fashion show

    By: Jennifer Potash    Small World Coffee, usually home to patrons seeking a caffeine fix, will turn into a fashion runway Tuesday.    Chantal Palmer, a Princeton Borough resident, will launch the spring and summer line of her women’s clothing label, Victoria KitKat, Tuesday evening at the invitation-only fashion show at the coffee house.    Rouge, the Witherspoon…

  • Naar rebounds with two consecutive wins

    Boys tennis By: Jim Green    Aaron Naar wasn’t about to let one disappointing match spoil his season.    Naar was riding a four-match winning streak when he suffered a three-set loss to Allentown’s Brendan Roth on April 19. The defeat was extremely difficult for Naar, who has worked hard to put himself in a position to…

  • TV show helps nab fugitive

    Man wanted for allegedly stealing more than $500,000 in merchandise from tractor-trailers in South Brunswick. By: Matthew Kirdahy    After 16 months and five features on the "America’s Most Wanted" TV show, the police got their man.    New York City police arrested fugitive Douglas Aigen, 38, at 3:30 p.m. Friday when NYPD Officer Al Panopoulos saw…

  • All Singin’, All Dancin’

    ‘Ain’t Misbehavin" celebrates the music of Fats Waller with jazz, swing, stride, boogie-woogie and everything in between. By: Daniel Shearer PHOTOS COURTESY BRISTOL RIVERSIDE THEATRE Choreographer Sharon Halley and D’Ambrose Boyd rehearse Ain’t Misbehavin’ in Bristol, Pa.    Thomas "Fats" Waller might have lived longer if Dr. Phil had been around to give him some advice…

  • Campaign reforms on table

    Township Council discusses revised donor rules. By: Matthew Kirdahy    The Township Council discussed changes Tuesday, but took no formal action, on a draft ordinance designed to limit campaign contributions made by individuals and companies doing business with the township.    Township Attorney Don Sears said the changes include eliminating proposed restrictions on campaign contributions made by…

  • Lawrence redevelopment draft report set

    Planners hear Brunswick Pike plan this Monday. By: Lea Kahn    A tree-lined boulevard with a landscaped center median, decorative street lights and benches is envisioned for a one-mile stretch of Brunswick Pike, between Mayflower Avenue and the Brunswick Circle, and a Ð-mile stretch of Whitehead Road between Brunswick Pike and the Route 1 overpass.    Township…