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  • ALLENTOWN: St. John Baptist Church welcomes new minister

    ALLENTOWN: St. John Baptist Church welcomes new minister

    Parishioners Marybeth and Richard Cardillo greet the Rev. Brian Woodrow after his installation Mass at St. John the Baptist Parish on June 30. Photo courtesy Bob Diszler

  • BORDENTOWN: 1,000 campers engage in color war

    Liberty Lake hosts annual spirit games By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor     What a joust can’t settle, a color war will.     Three knights dueled on horseback before drawing swords on the grounds of Liberty Lake Day Camp in Bordentown on July 19. When the battle between the red, white and blue knights ended…

  • ANNIVERSARY: Manzos celebrate 65 years

    ANNIVERSARY: Manzos celebrate 65 years

    Tony and Pat Manzo, formerly of South Brunswick, recently celebrated their 65th wed´ding anniversary. 

  • HILLSBOROUGH: State money coming for Route 206

    Grant intended to help make ‘safe corridor’    Three municipalities along Route 206 in Somerset County will receive $182,912 in state grants to promote safety along designated Safe Corridor highway segments.    The 10-mile stretch of Route 206 between mileposts 60 and 70 are covered. Two-thirds of that is in Hillsborough, between mileposts 63 (Belle Mead) and…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Juvenile allegedly robbed with fake gun

        Police arrested several residents for reportedly robbing a juvenile just before midnight Saturday.     The victim told police he accepted a ride home from a house party on Windsor-Perrineville Road. He told police he was grabbed around the neck, had a handgun pointed at him and had his cell phone stolen before he…

  • Reminder: Special elections near

        The governor has scheduled two special elections this year to fill a Senate seat in New Jersey vacated by the recent passing of Sen. Frank Lautenberg.     The Senate primary election will be held on Aug. 13. Those who are a member of a political party and those who wish to declare a…

  • EAST WINDSOR: Windsor Grande Cafe opens

        Mayor Janice S. Mironov and Township Council members joined restaurant partners Jimmy Manetas and Basil Karakatsanis in celebrating the grand opening of Windsor Grand Café last week.     The new restaurant is located in the former Clairmont Diner on Route 130 north, just south of Princeton Hightstown Road. The establishment has been remodeled…

  • ALLENTOWN: UFRSD looking to conserve energy

    Administrators and school officials have come up with potential ways to conserve energy in district buildings by David Kilby, Special Writer ALLENTOWN — Administrators and school officials have come up with potential ways to conserve energy in district buildings.    ”We’re trying to use every strategy and means that we could to reduce costs,” said Superintendent…

  • Local firefighters graduate Fire Academy

    Local firefighters graduate Fire Academy

        Firefighters from Hightstown and East Windsor were among the 30 most recent graduates of Mercer County Fire Academy.     The fire academy, which is directed by Mercer County Community College at Dempster Fire Training Center, celebrated the graduation on June 25.     According to James McCann, director of the fire academy, two classes…