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  • NBC softball improves to 11-3; BRHS drops a pair

    The Greyhounds’ Kerry Lee compiled her fifth shutout of the season in the Pemberton game. By: Sean Moylan    Last Friday the fabulous Northern Burlington County Regional High School girls’ varsity softball team showed they were mere mortals with a 2-0 loss to Washington Township in the opening round of the Hammonton Tournament.    A day before…

  • Officials discuss ways to avoid outbreak of West Nile virus

    No cases of the virus infecting a person have been reported in Burlington County, but infected crows have been found, including 15 last summer. By: David Koch    MANSFIELD — With summer approaching, there is renewed public concern about the West Nile virus, a strain of encephalitis carried by mosquitoes that killed one New Jersey man…

  • Hindu Association set to unveil temple

    Five days of grand opening celebrations are scheduled to be held from May 9 to May 13. By: Matthew Armstrong    The Central Jersey Hindu Association is ready to unveil its new temple and community center.    Five days of grand opening celebrations are scheduled to be held from May 9 to May 13.    "The Indian community…

  • Squad sets record for responses

    The Rescue Squad’s day crew handled a record number of calls Monday, according to Chief David Gwin. By: Laura Toto    The total of 14 calls included responses for a head injury, two falls, an overdose, cardiac arrest, brush fire, seizures, a motor vehicle crash, a gas leak, dump fire, loss of consciouseness and respiratory distress.…

  • Former NFL players dare kids to dream

    Ex-Giants star Stephen Baker says hard work is the key to any success. By: Ken Weingartner    UPPER FREEHOLD — When Stephen Baker won a Super Bowl championship as a member of the New York Giants in 1991, it was the culmination of a lifelong dream.    But he never imagined that fulfilling a dream could be…

  • Norma F. Lindgren, 70

       Norma F. Lindgren, 70, died Sunday, April 29, at her home in Kendall Park.    Ms. Lindgren was born in Wisbech Cambs, England, and has lived in the United States since 1970 in the Somerset area.    She was employed by the Princeton Medical Center for many years.    She is survived by her mother, Marjorie Lee of…

  • Raising smart kids – in all ways

    BOOK NOTES by Joan Ruddiman: Emotional Quotient (EQ) has more to do with success than Intelligence Quotient (IQ), according to Daniel Goleman, who wrote the best-seller "Emotional Intelligence." By: Emotional Quotient (EQ) has more to do with success than Intelligence Quotient (IQ), according to Daniel Goleman, who wrote the best-seller "Emotional Intelligence." Goleman, a psychologist,…

  • Alive with nature

    American Impressionism: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum is on view at the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Museum in New Brunswick through May 20. By: Susan Van Dongen    When artists took their canvases from the stuffy academic studios and began to paint outdoors it was as if spring had arrived in all its glory.

  • All’s quiet on winning front

    AHS softball coach focuses on future games, not nine-game unbeaten streak. By: Kyle Moylan    Allentown High School softball coach Bob DiBernardo may not want to talk about it, but his team is currently on a nine-game winnings streak.    "I guess that’s true, but I really don’t talk about those type of things," DiBernardo said. "the…