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  • Kendall Park mall loses planned anchor

    Renovations to move ahead. By: Brian Shappell    A development plan to renovate the Kendall Park Shopping Center is now without an anchor store.    Gold’s Gym had originally been slated to be the anchor store, but ILKP, the center’s owner, and Gold’s Gym have mutually agreed to terminate a lease agreement signed last fall, said Bonnie…

  • Warrior softball team clinches postseason berth

    New Egypt’s first-year squad accomplishes goal of reaching the state playoffs. By: Kyle Moylan    Goals are kind of pointless unless they are placed high, can be a challenge to obtain.    Before this season, New Egypt High School Coach Carolyn Eckhardt and her first-year softball team set a goal of making the state tournament.    "We had…

  • Police seeking manfor threatening girl

    By:Alec Moore    Police are looking for a man who made threatening statements to a 13-year-old girl. The man made the statements as the girl was walking home by herself from an April 27 party at the Somerset Park Townhouse Complex on Merritt Drive, police said.    Police describe the Hispanic man as having an olive complexion,…

  • For the week of May 16

    Rose Tarnecki, Sylvia Constantini Klocke, Walter R. Mastalesz, Norman Comfort, Richard G. Slade, Ida Isabella Fine, Clara Hall Boring, Nellie Mattaliano Lombardo, John F. Gillespie Jr., Louis Francis Esposito, Elizabeth Ann Pascucci, Lena L. Tammaro, Paul V. Kelly Jr., Margaret Hoffner Pavlica. By: Rose Tarnecki    HAMILTON — Rose Tarnecki, 82, died Friday, May 10, at…

  • Hold the applause until the recession’s end

    LEDGER FORUM    The Gross Domestic Product, better known as the GDP, made a jump for the improved just this last quarter — 5.8 percent. This is the biggest quarterly jump since the economically ideal year of 1999. The consumers are optimistic that the finial nail is being put into the recession’s coffin, but is this…

  • $1.2 million cut from school budget

    Township Committee also considering $261,000 cut in municipal budget By:Alec Moore    By a 7-1 vote, the Township Committee voted to cut the district’s $81 million budget — which was rejected by voters last month — by $1.2 million, an amount the committee had proposed cutting two weeks ago.    But the committee’s decision did not sit…

  • HORSE PLAY: Gregory gets win No. 3,000

    Area resident reaches harness racing milestone with triumph at Freehold Raceway. By: Ken Weingartner    Jeff Gregory might not possess the name recognition of other drivers in harness racing, but that’s fine with him. The 35-year-old East Windsor resident is quite satisfied with the career he’s made for himself.    And why not? Mr. Gregory on May…

  • Plumsted backs state tax reform convention

    Supports idea because of a general ‘dissatisfaction with the way taxes are being done right now.’ By: Scott Morgan    PLUMSTED — Property taxes are a sore spot for communities across the state. So much so that state legislators and officials have rallied to garner support for a constitutional convention to reform the way local property…

  • For the week of May 16

    Rose Tarnecki, Sylvia Constantini Klocke, Walter R. Mastalesz, Norman Comfort, Richard G. Slade, Ida Isabella Fine, Clara Hall Boring, Nellie Mattaliano Lombardo, John F. Gillespie Jr., Louis Francis Esposito, Elizabeth Ann Pascucci. By: Rose Tarnecki    HAMILTON — Rose Tarnecki, 82, died Friday, May 10, at St. Francis Medical Center, Trenton.    Born in Trenton, she was…