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  • Rabies clinic set Nov. 4

    Site: Hopewell Township Public Works facility    Hopewell Township Public Works Facility will be holding free rabies vaccination clinic for dogs and cats on Saturday, Nov. 4, 10 a.m. to noon at 203 Washington Crossing-Pennington Road, Titusville.    Dogs must be on leashes, cats in pillow cases or easily-opened cases.    Township dog licenses are due during the…

  • Led by Borota, Florence heading to the playoffs

    N. Burlington, Bordentown also getting prepared for state boys’ soccer action By:Sean Moylan        At times, the Flashes have struggled mightily this season – constantly looking for scores from a source other than Adam Borota.    Yet faced with an all-important game at Medford Tech last Thursday – a game that would qualify the Flashes for…

  • Bedtimes stories

    Greenbrook School holds a Family Read Aloud Night By: Amanda Bok    It was 7 p.m., hours after school had closed, and the sun had already set.    Amid the evening darkness, Greenbrook elementary school students – wearing pajamas and toting their pillows, blankets and stuffed animals – made their way back to school and into an…

  • This family tree is full of monkeys

    MOST THINGS CONSIDERED by Minx McCloud    My father’s cousin Jean, the matriarch of the family, recently turned 90, so on Sunday, 115 family members and friends gathered at a banquet hall in Connecticut.    I have not seen these folks since I was in college, so most of them were complete strangers to me. My cousin-twice-removed,…

  • VFW rethinking rental policy after recent incident

    ‘White supremacist’ group had tried to use hall By:Eric Schwarz    Officers of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2290 will review post policies for renting its building in the wake of last week’s confrontation over the Nationalist Movement’s planned meeting at the post.    John Kucek, a certified public accountant and a member of the post, had…

  • Parent upset by coach’s alleged racial slur

           Bordentown Regional High School Sophomore Eric Arroyo, 16, has been playing football for a number of years. It is a game that his father, Eric, said his son loves playing.    But despite his son’s love of football, Mr. Arroyo said Eric is considering not playing for the Scotties next season because of the alleged…

  • John W. Mikita

       HAMILTON – John W. Mikita, 76, died Oct. 18 at Capital Health System at Fuld hospital, Trenton.    Born in Trenton, he lived in Mercerville 46 years.    He retired in 1989 after more than 42 years with Demag Delaval Steam Turbine Corp., Trenton.    A Navy veteran of World War II, he participated in D-Day operations and…

  • Lawrence has its own ‘Flying Farmer’

    Wade Hendrickson takes championship at Bridgeport    They call Wade Hendrickson "The Flying Farmer" – but he confines his flying to the dirt race car tracks at the East Windsor and Bridgeport speedways, and not the friendly skies overhead. By: Lea Kahn    Mr. Hendrickson, who lives on his family’s farm on Cold Soil Road, was dubbed…

  • Foul odors in Bordentown City can now be reported

           BORDENTOWN CITY – In response to complaints about "foul air" in and around the city, Mayor Zigmont Targonski provided several numbers this week where residents can call to report odors. By:Vanessa S. Holt    BORDENTOWN CITY – In response to complaints about "foul air" in and around the city, Mayor Zigmont Targonski provided several numbers…