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  • Helping to build better citizens

       Fred Vereen Jr. has watched the young residents of Eggerts Crossing Village grow from babies to adults in his more than two decades as the property manager of the affordable rental apartment and townhouse development. By: Lea Kahn    The youngsters graduate from high school and head off to college. But almost before you know it,…

  • Dead seal discovered far from Arctic home

    The animal did not appear to have been killed by a human or by disease, but had succumbed to age and weakness in remote waters. By: Vanessa S. Holt    FIELDSBORO — A badly decomposed harp seal was discovered on the banks of the Delaware River on Sunday and was determined to have died of natural…

  • Police lieutenant retires amid investigations

    Lt. Ralph Fiasco will retire from the Washington Township police force June 1, according to a memo posted in the municipal building Tuesday. By: Mark Moffa    WASHINGTON — Lt. Ralph Fiasco will retire from the township’s police force June 1, according to a memo posted in the municipal building Tuesday.    The memo, written by Township…

  • 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.    Like…

  • Hopewell loses prize to Pennington

    Boys LacrosseThe Hopewell Valley Central High School boys lacrosse team has fallen on some hard times. By: Matt Nalbone    The Bulldogs had three games this week and not only did they lose all of them, they lost something that has belonged to them since 1995. Hopewell and Pennington play every year in the Hopewell Valley…

  • Viva Zapata

    Global Cinema Café will screen Zapatista at the Princeton University Third World Center May 6 at 4 p.m. By: Ilene Dube    Ah, globalization. Great-tasting coffee for a few, impoverishment for the Third World masses.    Chiapas, Mexico, Jan. 1, 1994, just after midnight: NAFTA — the North American Free Trade Association — has become law. A…

  • For volunteers, a busy day in Tree City

    Six green ash, four white ash and 10 maple trees joined the varied population of Bordentown trees over the weekend through the labor of dedicated volunteers. By: Vanessa S. Holt    BORDENTOWN CITY — The Bordentown Shade Tree Committee conducted its annual spring tree planting on Saturday to observe Arbor Day, traditionally celebrated on the last…

  • Church takes first step toward center

    The United Presbyterian Church on Millstone Road has been cleared by the Planning Board to add 10 acres from an adjacent farm. By: Frank C. D’Amico    MILLSTONE — The United Presbyterian Church on Millstone Road has been cleared by the Planning Board to add 10 acres from an adjacent farm.    At its April 25 meeting,…

  • Charter study debate continues

    Committee members split over whether to explore change of government in Washington. By: Mark Moffa    WASHINGTON — Township Committee members last week continued to discuss whether voters should be asked if they want the municipality’s form of government changed to another, possibly nonpartisan, form.    Mayor Dave Fried and Committeewoman Cathy St. John clarified their positions…