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  • Spring storms keep summer fun at bay

    Parents, teachers try to keep kids busy indoors By: Eve Collins        BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — Residents need only look through their windows at their soggy gardens and healthy lawns to realize that the area has needed the rain it has been getting.    But with all the recent spring rain following a harsh winter, one might…

  • D&R canal walks Saturday highlight birds, moonlight

       Two walks along the Delaware & Raritan Canal sponsored by the D&R Canal Watch will be held Saturday: an early-morning bird-watching walk and a moonlight walk.    The 3.2-mile bird walk will begin at 8 a.m. at the Turning Basin Park off Alexander Street in Princeton Township. Led Lynn Hunt, the walk will follow the towpath…

  • Andreyko soars to third place in M of C long jump

    Manville resident moves up three notches By: Rudy Brandl        SOUTH PLAINFIELD — Franklin Andreyko didn’t mind finishing third in last Thursday’s NJSIAA Meet of Champions, as long as he reached a new personal-best.    The Hillsborough High junior long jump star knew what he was up against and entered the competition with realistic expectations. Facing…

  • WW police slate fourth-annual Citizens Academy

       WEST WINDSOR — The township Police Department is now accepting applications for its fourth-annual Citizens Academy.    The program, which gives community members a chance to interact with police, gain insight into some officer responsibilities, understand methods of conducting investigations and other duties, will run for 10 weeks starting Sept. 3.    Classes will be mostly held…

  • Only enforcement keeps roads safe

    To the editor    Gov. James E. McGreevey’s plan to improve road safety is a scheme to acquire more money by doubling fines for speeding and other traffic violations.    This will not accomplish anything without a major police crackdown on bad driving. Gov. McGreevey assigned a task force of police, transportation engineers and others to come…

  • Nicholas Senko Jr.

       MANVILLE — Nicholas Senko Jr. died Tuesday, June 3, in Somerset Medical Center, Somerville. He was 85.    Born in Manville, he lived in Hillsborough before settling in Manville many years ago.    He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.    Mr. Senko was a retired letter carrier with the US Postal Service in Manville,…

  • Township purchase plan goes forward

    House is part of redevelopment project. By: Lea Kahn    An ordinance authorizing the purchase of a three-unit apartment house at 1950 Brunswick Pike, and a bond ordinance to pay for it, were introduced by Township Council last week.    Township Council has agreed to buy the house, which belongs to Princeton residents Larry and Lynne Styles,…

  • Bike to Work Day set for June 20

       The Greater Mercer Transportation Management Association will hold the first Bike to Work Day of the 2003 season Friday, June 20 from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. by the Palmer Square kiosk on Nassau Street.    The event coincides with national bike-commute awareness activities designed to encourage bicycling to work, school or transit. A Bike to Work…

  • Crawford: Courageous competitor

    RUDE AWAKENING By: Rudy Brandl    SOUTH PLAINFIELD — Erin Crawford is the finest track and field athlete never to win a Meet of Champions gold medal. She’s also one unbelievably courageous competitor.    It’s hard to call her unlucky, because she has achieved so much in the past few years, but I can’t recall any outstanding…