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  • Washington candidates differ on recreation

    Committeeman Vince Calcagno says recreation is an important issue to voters. Challenger Mark Tobias says he hasn’t heard it mentioned. By: Mark Moffa    WASHINGTON — Committeeman Vince Calcagno gives himself high marks on the topic of recreation, an issue he says is important to township voters.    Mark Tobias, a former school board member and Mr.…

  • Marie Nelson DeRosa

    Marie Nelson DeRosa, 76, died Sunday, June 3 at Barbara E. Cheung Memorial Hospice at Roosevelt Care Center in Edison. Born in Lodi, she lived in Toms River and North Brunswick before moving to Kendall Park three years ago. She was the co-owner of Florentine Gardens Restaurant in River Vale. Her husband, Savino DeRosa, died…

  • Davis, Pallas, Bieling, Sulia advance to MOC

       With a 38-foot-5 throw in the shot put in Saturday’s NJSIAA Group III state championship round, Erica Davis became the first Northern Burlington County Regional High School girls’ track and field athlete to qualify for The Meet of Champions since 1996. By:Sean Moylan    Davis’ toss placed her sixth overall in the Group III competition and…

  • Editorial: A second salute to Roebling’s grand history

       Lately, many residents in the village of Roebling have been walking around with a mixture of excitement and pride.    As they should. The recent, national publication of the book "Images of America: Roebling" by Arcadia Publishing of South Carolina has proved to the nation what we locals already know — Roebling is a place of…

  • Board still unsure howto review Promenade order

    Planners hope to hear from judge before proceeding By:Laura Toto    The Planning Board is due to reaffirm acceptance of a traffic study for the Hillsborough Promenade application tonight, Thursday, as a result of last month’s court decision.    Hunterdon County state Superior Court Judge Roger Mahon’s ruling of May 24 rejected the Concerned Citizens for a…

  • Great Strides organizers thankcommunity for support with walk-a-thon

    To the editor    We had a little walk-a-thon to find a cure for Cystic Fibrosis You know, it just didn’t happen by osmosis. The funds were raised because of you and me As we worked together to help the kids in our community.    The CF kids and families were there laughing, walking, dancing to the…

  • MacFarland students’ script leads to anti-drug commercial

    BORDENTOWN CITY – A commercial written by 13 students at the school was selected to be shot as an anti-drug commercial by the Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey. By: David Koch BORDENTOWN CITY – Kids were getting high on camera at MacFarland Junior School May 31. Not high on marijuana or other drugs, but…

  • For the week of June 7

    By: John A. Genovesi    LAWRENCE — John A. Genovesi, 76, died Saturday, June 2, at Capital Health Systems at Fuld hospital.    Born in Chicago, he was a longtime Lawrenceville resident.    He retired in 1990 from the state Department of Transportation and Skillman Rehabilitation Center.    He was an Army veteran of World War II.    Son of…

  • We’ve met the enemy: He is us

    BOOK NOTES by Joan Ruddiman: Chris Crutcher is a familiar name to readers of young adult novels. By:    Chris Crutcher is a familiar name to readers of young adult novels. He’s known for incorporating his personal passion for swimming and his professional life as a family counselor into plots that feature disenfranchised and outright dysfunctional…