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  • Crosswicks skirmish a part of history

    A bridge in Crosswicks marks the spot where British troops and Revolutionaries tangled 225 years ago. It’s part of the historic "Road to Monmouth" being recreated this year. By:Vanessa S. Holt    CHESTERFIELD — For two weeks, close to 20,000 British soldiers marched in a line 12 miles long across New Jersey, traveling through communities like…

  • Cops nab 1st-graders in playground escape

    School officials and parents try to find out how students were able to leave school grounds. By:Sally Goldenberg    A parent wants to know how it is that two 7-year-old Sunnymead first-graders were able to walk away from recess, cross busy Route 206, trek more a mile to the Commerce Bank and generally go missing for…

  • ‘Worst road in Lawrence’ due for work

    Lewisville Road will be dug up and reconstructed. By: Lea Kahn    Lewisville Road — which township officials have said is the road in the worst condition in Lawrence Township — is slated to be dug up and reconstructed this summer.    About a dozen residents attended a public hearing on the project last week.    Most of…

  • Mustangs suffer first baseball loss

    Rutgers Prep serves notice with 10-0 thumping By: Rudy Brandl        Different pitchers on a different day can produce a different result.    Manville High is hoping that baseball rule comes into play this Saturday when Rutgers Prep comes to town for Somerset County Tournament action. Prep shocked the Mustangs last Friday afternoon with a 10-0…

  • Man wants justice for death of wife

    Former mayor Edward Hawley faces charges in municipal court for the accident two years ago that claimed the wife of John Marshall. By: Linda Seida    WEST AMWELL — Widower John Marshall says he doesn’t want to send to jail the man who was responsible for his wife’s death two years ago.    What he wants is…

  • April 30, 3:35 p.m.: Advice for fighting city hall

    Read my Grassroots column in the Progressive Populist. By: Hank Kalet    In my regular column in the Progressive Populist, I offer some thoughts on traffic, Route 92 and why it pays to be vocal when fighting city hall.

  • Police Blotter

    Lambertville    A Bryn Mawr, Pa., woman was released without bail after being charged with drunken driving April 21.    Marsha Renee Brown, 55, of Morris Ave., turned from Bridge Street onto South Main Street at 11:15 p.m., driving south in the northbound lane from the intersection of Bridge and Main to Ferry Street, police said.    Ms.…

  • LOOKING AHEAD

    Check out some notable events happening in the coming weeks in Central Jersey and beyond: • Watershed Organic Farm, 260 Wargo Road, Pennington, open house, May 18, 2 p.m.; farming demonstrations, children’s activities, field and greenhouse tours, cookbook sales; [email protected]; (609) 737-8899. • June Fete, Washington Road, West Windsor, June 7, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Auxiliary of the…

  • Stockton OKs seeking grant for tract

    Borough says Green Acres money would be used to try to buy My Ben tract, site of a planned 44-unit development. By: Linda Seida    STOCKTON — You can’t win if you don’t play.    That was the message state and local officials tried to convey to residents during a public hearing Monday to discuss whether the…