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  • QUICK PICKS

    By:Staff Folk concerts    Outta Sights & Sounds and the Twin Rivers Community Trust will present The Kennedys in a coffeehouse performance at 8 p.m. Saturday at the twin Rivers Community Room, Abbington Drive, East Windsor. Tickets are $10. On Feb. 3, The Burns Sisters Band will perform at 8 p.m. at the community room. Tickets…

  • For Bert Simon, helping othersis just a walk in … every park

    German man hopes to walk the equivalent of journeying to the moon to help children By:John Patten        HIGHTSTOWN — If Bert Simon could find a less expensive way to travel across the United States, he would probably gladly hang up his walking boots.    But since the 30-year-old native of Munich, Germany, is helping to…

  • Township to test park for toxic soil

    CRANBURY — An engineering firm will begin testing the 22 deteriorated waste drums found in Cranbury-Millstone Park. By: Brian Shappell    An engineering firm will begin testing soils around deteriorated waste drums found near a Millstone River tributary to find out if soil in the area has been contaminated.    Township Engineer Cathleen Marcelli of Killam Associates…

  • Marian Williams

    By:Staff    MOUNT HOPE, W.Va. — Marian Charlotte Williams, 56, died Jan. 9 at home.    Born in Sun,W. Va., she lived in Monmouth Junction for 35 years before returning to West Virginia.    Mrs. Williams was a homemaker.    She was a member of Sun Missionary Baptist Church and the 700 Cub Christian Broadcasting, Virginia Beach, Va.    Daughter…

  • EDITORIAL: New drivers face convoluted route to obtain license

       The New Jersey Legislature probably had all the best intentions when it passed a law changing the age and eligibility requirements for getting a driver’s license in the Garden State, effective Jan. 1, 2001.    The new law establishes a hierarchy of licensure — starting with a special learner’s permit, followed by a provisional license and…

  • Ragucci provides WW-PN with glimpse of future

    Junior wrestler is 5-0 for young Knights team By: Bob Nuse    While James Ragucci has been enjoying a modest amount of success on the wrestling mat this year, he goes through each match and practice session with a small glimpse to the future.    Ragucci, a junior at West Windsor-Plainsboro High North, is off to a…

  • Franklin Washington

       MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Franklin L. Washington, 51, died Monday, Jan. 15, at Martinsburg Veterans Hospital.    He was born in Patterson, Ga.    Mr. Washington was an Army veteran of the Vietnam War.    He was a member of Macedonia Baptist Church, Patterson.    Son of the late John and Mildred Washington and brother of the late Alfred, he…

  • Cobra chopper coming to VFW

       Pilots from the New Jersey Army National Guard will come into Manville Saturday flying the same type of helicopter the United States used for attack in the Vietnam War. By: Eric Schwarz    The event is part of the annual ritual held by the Veterans of Foreign Wars Thomas F. Kavanaugh Post 2290 to mark the…

  • Township signs three-year deal with local EMTs

    The EMTs have been working without a contract since 1996.    Lawrence Township’s four emergency medical technicians will receive pay hikes for the first time in more than four years following Township Council’s approval of the contract this week. By: Lea Kahn    Township Council unanimously approved the contract between itself and the Lawrenceville Professional Firefighters Association,…