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  • Titusville fetes July 4

    ‘Lady Liberty’ Brooks Bachinoff, 8, of Titusville rides his bike, which was trimmed to resemble the Statue of Liberty. He and others were hits at the Titusville July 4 parade, which always focuses on children’s decorated bikes.

  • Board OKs assistant principals

    The Board of Education hired six assistant principals for the district’s elementary and middle schools By: Nick D’Amore    The Board of Education hired six assistant principals for the district’s elementary and middle schools, Monday.    At the same time, the board tabled a plan to reorganize its in-school administrative staff, which would have required the hiring…

  • Monroe U-12 softball team on fire so far

    By: The Monroe Thunder Under-12 girls softball team continues to play well early in the traveling season, having gone 15-2 overall and 4-0 in the Central Jersey Fastpitch League.    Monroe defeated league rival East Brunswick, 16-2, as a four-run first inning provided all the runs winning pitcher Carly Keane would need. Carly also added two…

  • Post 148 looking for someone to ‘pitch’ in

    Team needs to win five of next six games to qualify for Mercer County American Legion playoffs. By: Neil Hay    In baseball, pitching is the name of the game.    But other than Matt Pustay, the Hightstown pitching staff is a bunch of no names.    It has come down to this: for Hightstown Post 148 to…

  • Getting the scoop

    Upper Freehold resident operates dog waste removal service. By: Mark Moffa    UPPER FREEHOLD — They hear the jokes and puns all the time.    "Is business picking up?" "Is it crappy work?"    But the operators of Major Doody’s Dog Waste Removal Service are used to it by now.    Mike Champion of Upper Freehold began the business…

  • Edition of July 11, 2002

    Donald A. Allen    Donald A. Allen, 93, died Monday at Virtua Memorial Hospital, Mount Holly.    Born in Hopewell, he was a lifelong resident.    He owned Allen’s Atlantic Service Station on the Pennington Circle from 1942 to 1967.    Mr. Allen was a member of Calvary Baptist Church of Hopewell, Amwell Lodge 12 Free and Accepted Masons,…

  • A week of food, fun and fund raising

    South Brunswick Family YMCA carnival brings in $22,000 in a week By: Brian Shappell    YMCA volunteers had to close the gates on the Y’s 2002 summer carnival Saturday at 11 p.m.    And like any good party, more than 50 people were still around at the end complaining that the festivities had to be brought to…

  • Congregation raises $1 million for Israel

    Perrineville Jewish Center project exceeds expectations. By: Scott Morgan    MILLSTONE — Solidarity can go a long way. Just ask the congregation of the Perrineville Jewish Center, which recently raised $1 million to aid Israel.    That’s right, a million — twice what the project’s coordinator, Wendy Heifetz, was banking on.    Ms. Heifetz said in April that…

  • ‘Sunshine State’

    Pitch-perfect performances combine with John Sayles’ meaty roles in his film about land development on a Florida island.   [PG-13] By: Bob Brown    The license plate says, "The Sunshine State," but what illuminates the true Florida? In John Sayles’ film, Florida is the lowland that once was mangrove swamps and mosquitoes. It’s the developers’ artificial dream of…