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  • Tour de Cure cyclists to support diabetes fight June 23

       The American Diabetes Association is challenging cyclists to help fight for a cure by participating in Tour de Cure, the premier cycling event to raise funds to find a cure for nearly 16 million Americans with diabetes.    On June 23, cyclists from around the area will gather at Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Lawrence Township facility (Route 206…

  • Thy Neighbor’s Basement

    The Wilverines hit local stages with blues-influenced electric folk. By: Daniel Shearer The Wilverines (left to right): David Voorhees, Dave Reynolds, Kevin Moon and Will Rhodin.    Major labels aren’t the only entities producing CDs with high production values.    In fact, the basement next door may harbor performers recording original material that sounds just as good…

  • Township seeks sewer talkswith Pennington

    Targeted areas include Morningside Drive, Timberlane, Penn View Heights, Ingleside and the Tree Streets. By: John Tredrea    Hopewell Township has asked Pennington to consider the possibility of allowing use of existing borough sewer lines to convey wastewater from a group of township neighborhoods surrounding the borough to the Pennington sewage treatment plant of the Stony…

  • N.E.’s Coutermarsh makes states

    Horner leads AHS golfers in Mercer County Tournament at Mountain View. By: Kyle Moylan    He was always on the invited list for the state golf tournament, it just took Andy Coutermarsh some time to get back with his RSVP.    With his round of 38 against Burlington Township on April 30, Coutermarsh clinched a spot in…

  • >Lindenthal is backfrom Afghanistan

    Titusville Marine is glad to serve his country By: John Tredrea    On Sept. 18, just a week after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, Marine Sgt. Pete Lindenthal Jr. was on his way to Kandahar, Afghanistan.    "I wanted to go and was glad I got the chance," said Sgt. Lindenthal, 26…

  • Cards stymied in county semis

    BASEBALL By: Mike Basford    If there was any consolation for the Lawrence High School baseball team as it walked off the field after a 2-0 loss to West-Windsor Plainsboro South in the Mercer County Tournament semifinals, it was this: It took a no-hitter for the Cardinals to go down.    The Pirates’ Justin Muir threw his…

  • Council approves budget

    Keeps tax rate at 2001 level By: Brian Shappell    The Township Council adopted a 2002 budget Tuesday which keeps the municipal tax rate at the 2001 level.    The spending plan was approved 4-1.    The $36.2 million operating budget, which is 2.9 percent larger than last year’s, maintains a tax rate of 43 cents per $100…

  • PLANE meets May 16 in Ewing to discuss airport plans

       Mercer County’s desire to attract a high-frequency-flight airline such as Southwest to Trenton-Mercer Airport is on the agenda of the next meeting of PLANE (People Limiting Airport Noise and Expansion), scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on May 16, at the Ewing Community Center, Hollowbrook Drive, south of Green Lane and the College of New Jersey.    Discussion…