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  • A piece of fire history

    Area sisters donate 200-year-old bucket to Hope Fire Company. By: Lauren Burgoon    UPPER FREEHOLD — The donation of a rare piece of antique equipment to the Hope Fire Company has officials there hoping area residents will scour their attics and basements for more links to the company’s past.    Area sisters Laura Schooley Steward and Roberta…

  • For the Feb. 12 issue

    David A. Garber, Rose M. Slavin, Joanne Pitcherello, Laura M. Bachman, Sharon Olsen-Goble, Alfonso Fanelli, Joseph Reeder Jr. David A. Garber    SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP — David A. Garber, 47, died Feb. 5 at his home.    Born in Mount Holly, he had lived in Jobstown all of his life.    He was a master woodworker and farmer. He…

  • Lawrence couple’s legacy benefits township

    Students can apply for TCNJ scholarships. By: Lea Kahn    A handful of Lawrence Township residents who attend The College of New Jersey can look forward to having at least a portion of their college expenses paid for through a newly established scholarship fund.    The late Helen Banks, who lived on Lawrence Road with her husband,…

  • Bordentown City joins resolution opposing nuclear plant

    City passes an increasingly popular resolution aimed at convincing the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission not to grant an operating license extension for Oyster Creek. By: Scott Morgan    BORDENTOWN CITY — As the nation’s oldest active nuclear power plant gets ready to turn 40, a growing number of area communities want to make sure the Oyster…

  • Loveless offers Lawrence’s military history

    Veterans committee head meets with senior club. By: Lea Kahn    For more than 300 years, Lawrence Township has contributed its fair share of men to fight and protect the British colony of West Jersey, the American State of New Jersey and the United States of America.    That’s the message that was delivered to more than…

  • NFL draft prospects work out at Lawrenceville

    Rutgers’ Jones among those trained at Lavino Field House By: Jim Green    Potential NFL Draft prospects have many hurdles to pass on the way to becoming successful pro players, not the least of which being those they must clear — literally — at the league’s scouting combine next week.    Hundreds of draft-eligible football players will…

  • DISPATCHES: An unnecessary war, an unnecessary death

    DISPATCHES By Hank Kalet: Local hero dies to settle President Bush’s personal vendetta. By: Hank Kalet    This was not going to be a political column.    I thought there would be plenty of time for that later, after we’ve had time to digest the way what happens on the international scene can hit home in a…

  • Columnist on target about halftime show

    To the editor By:     Thank you Minx McCloud for being so clear about what was truly horrifying about the Super Bowl halftime show.    As I wrote to Michael Powell, head of the FCC (and son of Secretary of State Colin Powell — can you spell nepotism?) the investigation of the exposure of Janet Jackson’s…

  • Students make sure mail gets through

    Neither rain nor tardy slips can keep these carriers from completing rounds By:Mary Ellen Zangara    Through rain and snow and sleet and hail — outside — the mail at Weston School will never fail. The Wee Deliver program continues in the third grade and the entire school takes part in sending mail.    The learning program…