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  • Pastor looks ahead to her retirement

    Mildred Bender to retire after 18 years as a Methodist minister By: Chris Sturgis    BORDENTOWN CITY — As the sun sets on the ministry of the Rev. Mildred Bender, she says she is looking forward to a glorious new life as an artistic grandma by the sea.    The Rev. Bender, 65, has been pastor of…

  • Weston School to have class for multiply disabled

    The goal of the new class is to assimilate students into mainstream education as quickly as possible By: Sally Goldenberg and G. Natasha Zoe    The Weston Elementary School will be home to its first multiply-disabled class in September.    The class, which will have the capacity to instruct 12 students, is for students with two or…

  • Kane, Calvo reach state finals

    Spring track By: Jim Green    The Lawrence High School boys spring track team was 2-for-2 over the weekend at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s group championships.    Lawrence entered only two events at the meet in Egg Harbor on Friday and Saturday. And true to the Cardinals’ top-heavy nature, they placed in the top…

  • Graffiti may be gang-related

    Markings left on signs, bridge in Monmouth Junction. By: Sharlee DiMenichi    Gang members might have been the ones who painted threatening graffiti on signs and a bridge in the township over the weekend, police said.    The markings resemble potential threats to kill police officers recently painted on the Regal Theater on Route 1 in North…

  • Local girl scout seeks pet supplies

    Letter to the editor To the editor:    My girl scout troop is doing a supply drive for SAVE, Princeton’s nonprofit, no-kill animal shelter.    We are gathering Milk Bones, small cat bowls, dog toys (plush ones greatly appreciated), cat toys (they love the fuzzy mice), and dog chew bones and rawhides.    To donate supplies, please send…

  • For middle school club, serving others is TOPS

    Eighth-graders organizing fund-raising carnival to be held Saturday. By: Sally Goldenberg    Anyone attending the third annual carnival at the Hillsborough Middle School on Saturday can walk on Velcro, dunk teachers in a tank of water and ride ponies at the petting zoo.    The carnival is organized by TOPS (Together Our Peers Succeed), an eighth-grade community…

  • Timberlane trees with nests won’t be harvested immediately

    These trees will not be harvested until the end of June, when the nesting season is complete. Hopewell Valley Regional School District    The Hopewell Valley Regional School District — working with the Recreation Foundation of Hopewell Valley, Inc. — continues to move forward to develop the athletic fields on the Timberlane Middle School property.    Superintendent…

  • Adeline Mazur

       HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. — Adeline Ethel (Petrone) Mazur died Friday, May 23, in the Cherrelyn Health Care Center in Littleton. She was 92.    Born in Waterbury, Conn., she was a resident of Manville most of her life before settling in Highlands Ranch.    Mrs. Mazur was a homemaker and seamstress.    She was a former communicant of…

  • Gottel excels in Special Olympics Summer Games

    Florence’s Martin Gottel was one of thousands of competitors at the Special Olympics NJ Summer Games this past weekend. By: Sean Moylan     17 year old Florence resident Martin Gottel "officially" perfected the art of pitching out of a jam when he hurled four innings to pick up an 8-7 win for his BSC Pioneers…