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  • Mayors join to fight Route 130 traffic

    Cranbury, East Windsor leaders say the major cause for the traffic jams is a narrowing of the Turnpike just after Exit 8A. By: T.J. Furman    The mayors of Cranbury and East Windsor will be working together over the coming weeks and months to find a solution to a traffic build-up on Route 130 that both…

  • Driver ditches police and stolen car

    Police chased the car onto the Trenton Freeway before officers lost sight of it.    Someone driving a stolen car led police on a high-speed chase on Brunswick Pike Sept. 28, which ended when the pursuing officer lost sight of the vehicle on the Trenton Freeway, police said.    The car, a 1994 Acura Legend sedan belonging…

  • Realtors’ Briefs

    Sotheby’s expands ‘Domain’ publication; Tod Peyton attends Christie’s conference; Coldwell Banker raises scholarship funds; Weidel Realtors hosts annual food drive SOTHEBY’S EXPANDS ‘DOMAIN’ PUBLICATION    Just two years after launching Sotheby’s Domain, its 85,000 circulation, custom-published magazine, Sotheby’s International Realty has modified the publication’s content and increased its frequency based on the results of a reader…

  • Tally is $10K in door-to-door drive

    Half of Pennington left to go! By: John Tredrea    Scott Fort’s one-man fund-raising drive for the families of New City firefighters who died in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks continues to snowball.    "I’m up to $10,000," said Mr. Fort Tuesday. The money is going to the Leary Firefighters Foundation Fund for New York City’s Bravest.…

  • Faith is rewarded

    Confidence pays off for South Brunswick tennis team with CJ IV tourney victory over Old Bridge By: Rich Fisher    The South Brunswick High tennis team lost to Old Bridge earlier in the regular season and finished behind the Knights in last weekend’s Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament, but that all became a moot point on Tuesday.…

  • Lawrence boys need one for tourney

    Boys SoccerThe Lawrence High School boys soccer team stands on the verge on clinching a state tournament berth. By: Steve Feitl    All the Cardinals need is one more game, but a recent rash of losses has Lawrence head coach Keith Fithen concerned about what was considered a mere formality just a week ago.    "Now we’re…

  • New CHS parking lot could be ready by tonight

    For Back-to-School Night By: John Tredrea    Construction of a large new parking lot on the northwest corner of the grounds of Central High School (CHS) is nearly complete and was expected to be ready for tonight’s (Oct. 11) annual Back-to-School Night.    "The project is 95 percent complete," said David Tillou, construction manager of the work…

  • Presbyterian Homes acquires Chancellor Gardens

       Presbyterian Homes & Services, Inc., a not-for-profit, non-sectarian provider of retirement housing, has acquired the former Chancellor Gardens of Pennington, an assisted living community. The acquisition was completed on Oct. 1.    The community has been renamed Stony Brook Assisted Living.    The complex, which has been vacant since it was built a few years ago, is…

  • Local heroes our strength in troubled times

    Residents a godsend to our communities By:    He was part of a medical community that cared about its patients, making house calls and putting the person far above making a profit.    The late Dr. J. Howard Hornberger would have been proud of the villagers of Roebling who recently gathered to dedicate a new headstone at…