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  • Town denies Wawa plan

    The zoning board denied a proposal by Wawa to build a convenience store and gas station at the intersection of Route 522 and Cranbury-South River Road. By:Al Wicklund    MONROE — The zoning board denied a proposal by Wawa to build a convenience store and gas station at the intersection of Route 522 and Cranbury-South River…

  • Gold’s Gym/Princeton Packet Athlete of the Week

    MHS’ Grover ends record-breaking baseball career By: Bob Nuse    Eventually, Zoran Milich runs out of things to say about Jason Grover.    "By the time his career is over, he’ll have just about every one of our school records," the Montgomery High baseball coach said. "He’s had a great career."    Sometimes it’s easy to overlook the…

  • Hun graduate Rice helps Rollins to D-II tennis title

    National championship is first for Tars since 1991 By: Justin Feil    The odd man out often gets forgotten, but sports try not to make that the case.    The NBA created a Sixth Man Award just so guys on the cusp of starting have something — other than starting — to look forward to. The American…

  • Park set to be restored by neighborhood panel

       BORDENTOWN CITY — Several generations of Bordentown children have grown up playing in Second Street Park, but deteriorating equipment and potential safety hazards have brought a number of city residents together to try to spruce up the park and make it a safe place for both kids and adults to play. By:Vanessa S. Holt    The…

  • Baseball rally falls just short in CJ 1 quarters

    Mustangs can’t come all the way back at Highland Park By: Rudy Brandl    HIGHLAND PARK — It won’t be easy for the Manville High baseball team to follow the rest of the Central Jersey Group 1 playoffs. The coaches and players probably shouldn’t even pay attention to the results.    Last Friday’s gut-wrenching elimination at Highland…

  • ‘George Washington’

    This impressionistic coming-of-age drama, featuring a stark Southern setting, is artfully shot and imaginatively executed but has nothing to do with the first president of the United States.   [Unrated] By: Kam Williams    George Washington, the directorial debut of 24-year-old David Gordon Green, might have the most misleading title in years. This artfully shot, imaginatively executed, super-realistic…

  • LIBRARY HAPPENINGS

       Follow this column concerning special events being planned at Hillsborough Public Library, located in the Municipal Complex, South Branch Road and Beekman Lane, 369-2200    Library hours are from 9:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday, and 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Book sale    The May 13 book sale was a huge success. By 10 a.m. book lovers…

  • Edition of May 31, 2001

    Dorothy Drake Oldis    Dorothy Drake Oldis, 99, died Saturday in Dover, Maine.    She was born in Ewing and was a teacher in Trenton and Hopewell Township for 30 years, retiring in 1964.    Mrs. Oldis graduated from Trenton High School and Trenton Normal School. She was a member of Pennington Presbyterian Church, National Education Association and…

  • Odessa Lee

       TRENTON — Odessa Lee, 64, died Tuesday, May 29, at Capital Health System at Fuld hospital.    Born in Waycross, Ga., she was a longtime Trenton resident. She retired from the dietary department of Capital Health System at Fuld hospital.    She was a member of Wayne Avenue Baptist Church and attended Waycross public schools.    Daughter of…