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  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Local daughter, mom win blueberry bake-off

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Local daughter, mom win blueberry bake-off

    Scorching temperatures didn’t deter blueberry lovers from across New Jersey from coming out to Terhune Orchard’s annual blueberry festival on July 6 and 7. By Kelly Velocci, Packet Media Group Scorching temperatures didn’t deter blueberry lovers from across New Jersey from coming out to Terhune Orchard’s annual blueberry festival on July 6 and 7.    The…

  • STOCKTON: Anniversary of Centre Bridge fire approaches

    STOCKTON: Anniversary of Centre Bridge fire approaches

    The July 22, 1923 fire began when a lightning bolt hit the wooden span during an evening thunderstorm By John Tredrea, Special Writer    STOCKTON — Monday (July 22) will mark the 90th anniversary of a legendary fire that destroyed the Centre Bridge-Stockton Bridge over the Delaware River, according to Joe Donnelly, Delaware River Joint Toll…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Science students work hard to be whizzes in competitions
  • HILLSBOROUGH: Democratic Alliance hears sheriff hopeful

    Senate campaign surrogates also attend meeting    Richard Arline, Democratic candidate for Somerset County sheriff, addressed the Hillsborough Democratic Alliance at its July 10 meeting. He spoke about the issues and the prospect of getting a Democrat elected into county government.    Mr. Arline has a record of public service that spans the military, education and law…

  • EAST WINDSOR: Student recognition

       Resident Claire Parolski has landed a summer internship with the New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice.     Ms. Parolski is a sophomore majoring in accounting and criminal justice at King’s College, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. She is also a member of the college’s Student Alumni and Accounting associations.

  • POLICE BLOTTER

    Hightstown      Police arrested Delfino Vasquez-Perez, 35, of Kellington Drive in East Windsor, on July 10 at 11:15 p.m. and charged him with impersonating a public official.     Officers were dispatched to Tavern on the Lake, 101 Main St., for a report of an individual purporting to be a police officer and displaying a police…

  • Sourland Music Festival planned for Saturday at country club

    Event is July 20, with rain date of July 21    Two events, sponsored by the Sourland Planning Council (SPC), are coming up.    The first is the 10th annual Sourland Music Festival.    The second is the second annual Sourland Spectacular Bicycle Tour.    The Sourland Music Festival will take place on the polo fields of the Hillsborough…

  • MCCC’s Barbara Behrens Earns National Recognition for Advanced Proficiency in Physical Therapy Education

    MCCC’s Barbara Behrens Earns National Recognition for Advanced Proficiency in Physical Therapy Education

    Barbara Behrens, coordinator of the Mercer County Community College Physical Therapist Assistant program.

  • BORDENTOWN JOTTINGS

    Through Fri., Aug. 23     Artist Michael Malzone will be part of the fourth annual exhibit, “Along the Delaware River and Crosswicks Creek.” at the Artful Deposit gallery, 201 Farnsworth Avenue, Bordentown City, through Fri., Aug. 23. Call 609-298- 6970 or visit the gallery blog at: www.artfuldeposit.blogspot.com/. Mr. Malzone has been a professional artist over…