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  • Work stopped on three developments

    Officials stated that the construction at southern end of Bordentown Township near Rising Sun Road was out of compliance with soil erosion and sediment controls. By: Eve Collins    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — Three developers in the township were ordered on Monday by state and county officials to stop work on their projects.    Officials with the Burlington…

  • Pennington boys ousted from counties by Lawrence

    Boys basketball By: Jim Green    After a week in which his team was eliminated from both the county and state tournaments, Pennington School boys basketball coach Bernie Gurick had nothing but good things to say about his team.    The seventh-seeded Red Raiders received 10 points and eight rebounds from center Kenny Love but lost a…

  • NBC girls place second in county bowling event

    By: Sean Moylan    Only two weeks ago, the Northern Burlington County Regional High School girls’ varsity bowling beat Pemberton to earn a piece of the Liberty Division title. Then, in last Wednesday’s (February 18th) BCSL Open, those two giants of South Jersey squared off again. Only this time, Pemberton came out on top, 2483-2413.    For…

  • Dr. Seuss spread the joy of reading

    BOOK NOTES by Joan Ruddiman    Tuesday, March 2 marks the 100th birthday of Ted Geisel who, as the beloved Dr. Seuss, turned kids onto reading. Though the centenary birth date is worthy of note, more importantly the legacy this man left to generations of readers — past, present and future — is worthy of celebration.…

  • Lawrence High senior tackles ‘war-games’

    Ragazzo attends youth on defense and diplomacy. By: Lea Kahn    Faced with reports of rival guerrilla groups striving to gain control of a no-man’s-land between Colombia and Panama, and the prospect of ricin in the hands of unknown persons in Colombia, United States government "official" Joseph Ragazzo had to decide on a course of action.…

  • Community Calendar

    Clothing drive    Thursday, Feb. 26 and Friday, Feb. 27 — A clothing drive will be held on Thursday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 6 to 7 p.m. and on Friday from 9 a.m. to noon at Holy Assumption School in Roebling. Bag items and drop off behind the school at McGrath Hall. Blood…

  • Third time not a charm

    After beating Old Bridge twice, Vikes fall in GMCT semifinals By: Carolyn M. Hartko    EDISON — It was final four and out the door for the South Brunswick High School girls basketball team in this year’s Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament.    Seventh-seeded Old Bridge (17-8) knocked off the sixth-seeded Vikings, 49-37, in the first of two…

  • Feb. 25, 6:56 p.m.: Marriage and intolerence

    Marriage is a religious institution. The government should stay out of it. By: Hank Kalet    Well, he’s gone and done it. President George W. Bush has endorsed a dangerous and divisive amendment to the U.S. Constitution that is designed to make gays and lesbians into second class citizens.    And the reason has less to do…

  • ‘Clouds’

    Princeton University’s Theatre Intime takes a rocked-up trip back to 423 B.C. for this Aristophanes work. By: Stuart Duncan    The year is 423 B.C. The place is Athens, Greece. It is a morning in late March, and many citizens of the city, about 15,000, are up early. They have dressed in the best tunics and…