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  • BREAKING NEWS: Holmes and Powers tied for second Lawrence council seat

    The fate of two outstanding provisional ballots must be determined by a judge.    While Rick Miller’s re-election to Township Council seems imminent, a count of 22 provisional ballots has revealed a two-way tie for the second council seat between Democrat Michael Powers and Republican Mark Holmes.    The ballots were counted Friday morning by the Mercer…

  • Robert T. Manlio Sr.

       EAST WINDSOR — Robert T. Manlio Sr., 63, died Friday, Nov. 2, at home.    Born in Philadelphia, he lived in East Windsor.    He graduated from St. Joseph’s College with a bachelor’s degree in accounting and was a self-employed accountant.    He was an Army veteran, serving in Japan and Europe during the Vietnam War.    Mr. Manlio…

  • Sarnak socks Red Bank twice in CJ III girls soccer tournament

    By: Bob Nuse    As the Princeton High girls’ soccer team has worked its way through this amazing season, one thing has remained constant. Each and every game the Little Tigers give the supreme team effort.    Freshman Zoe Sarnak leads the team with 13 goals, including the two she scored Thursday in a 3-1 win over…

  • Hulfish North is at center of the storm in borough

    After more than a decade, the project remains unbuilt and the acrimony between borough officials and Palmer Square seemingly unabated. By: Jennifer Potash    After more than a decade, the unfinished Hulfish North development remains a grassy wasteland and the bare roof of a parking garage as seen from Paul Robeson Place.    And negotiations between the…

  • Bordentown girls’ soccer to play for SJ Group I title today

    Team to play for title at Pennsville By:Sean Moylan    Thanks to Bonnie Greene’s five playoff goals and some extraordinary team play, the Bordentown Regional High School girls’ soccer team (seeded 6th) will play for the NJSIAA Group I South Jersey title at Pennsville (seeded 4th) today (Thursday).    Bordentown Coach Dominick Castaldo built this year’s team…

  • Veterans to honor those who served

    Of the 5 million suriving veterans of World War II, about 150 live in Lawrence. By: Lea Kahn    "Patriotism is the ‘in’ thing," said Nicholas Loveless, chairman of the township Veterans Memorial Committee. "It wasn’t for 20 years, but now it is."    Committee members hope that spirit of patriotism translates into a high turnout at…

  • ‘Endurance’

    This documentary retraces the path of a daring-but-doomed 1914 Antarctic expedition.   [Unrated] By: Kam Williams

  • East Delaware Avenue residents want sidewalk extended

    Pennington officials accept petition, say they’ll consider plea By: John Tredrea    Pennington residents living on a nearly half-mile section of East Delaware Avenue that lacks sidewalks say they want them installed on their side of the busy road as soon as possible.    About a dozen residents who want the sidewalks attended Monday night’s Pennington Borough…

  • Klueber chases down Fox for Skyland title

    Boys take second in team standings By: Rudy Brandl    Mike Klueber is happy he listened to his coach.    Klueber was about to let Hunterdon Central’s Jon Fox go past him and settle for second place at last Friday’s Skyland Conference Cross Country Championships at Deer Path Park in Readington. Then, after hearing some encouragement from…