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  • P-C 13s advance to winners’ bracket final

    WW-P also alive in District One action By: Justin Feil    HAMILTON — With a 6-2 win over West Windsor-Plainsboro on Monday, the Princeton-Cranbury 13-year-old all-star team earned another game with Nottingham, this one in the District One winner’s bracket final scheduled for Wednesday.    But Nottingham wasn’t to play the team that handed them their sole…

  • James C. England

       HILLSBOROUGH — James C. England died Friday, June 27, at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. He was 43.    Born in New Orleans, he resided in Manville for five years before moving to Hillsborough in 1998.    Mr. England was a self-employed artist. He was a member of the Manville Baptist Church.    Survivors included his wife, Laurel…

  • It’s a no show for the British!

    Battle of Monmouth anniversary celebration brings participants through Upper Freehold, Allentown area. By: Cynthia Koons    ALLENTOWN — The British aren’t coming. Not through Main Street in Allentown, at least.    But the New Jersey militia was still on the lookout.    A group of 40 walked about five miles on June 27 to represent New Jersey soldiers…

  • Parking prayers answered

    Employee permit system opens 39 spaces in church lot. By: Jennifer Potash    The metered Trinity Church parking lot will be converted to a permit-only lot aimed at downtown retail and restaurant employees.    The Borough Council voted 3-1 Tuesday to make the temporary change at the underused 39-space lot off Mercer Street. The permit system will…

  • Middle school opening delayed

    School expected to open early next year By: Eve Collins    MANSFIELD — Due to weather-related construction delays and school budget cuts, officials in the Northern Burlington County Regional School District are considering delaying the opening of the new middle school until February.    The Northern Burlington County Regional Board of Education will discuss delaying the opening…

  • LIFESTYLE: Turning back time

    Celebrating an anniversary with some Colonial culture and a camp out. By: Sharlee DiMenichi    Neither heat nor bugs could stop local Scouts from following in the footsteps of George Washington’s troops, who camped in a flax field in what is now Monmouth Junction on the way to the Battle of Monmouth in June 1778.    The…

  • Dayton Foodtown to close

       Foodtown on Route 522 is closing its doors for good. By: Sharlee Joy DiMenichi    The Foodtown supermarket on Route 522 in Dayton will close its doors for the last time, leaving employees to look for other work and sending shoppers to the store’s competitors.    A manager for the Georges Road market said the approximately 5-year-old…

  • Tale of Two Cities

    Romantic visions of Paris and New York are woven together in photocollages on view at the Brodsky Gallery. By: Ilene Dube    The U.S. dollar won’t take you very far in France this summer, but a Parisian experience is just a car drive away. The Brodsky Gallery at Educational Testing Service in Lawrence is featuring Emily…

  • Lawrence schools receive public relations award

    Busing problems alleviated throughout past school year. By: Brooke Olster    Lawrence Township Public Schools waswere awarded the 2003 Golden Achievement Award recently by the National School Public Relations Association in recognition of "exemplary public relations activity" for transportation services.    The national group is a dues-paying organization offering professional development services in public relations for school…