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  • Pinehicken, DVAA, Somerset advance in Walker tourney

    Rain washed out Sunday games, delaying completion of the preliminary round and the start of the trophy round    LAMBERTVILLE – A total of 11 games were played at Danbury Field over a seven-day period in the first round of the 20th annual Vic Walker Tournament.    The games were part of the tournament’s round-robin phase that…

  • State gives Stockton needed boost

    EDITORIAL    Three cheers for the state Legislature and our local lawmakers for recognizing that tiny Stockton needed a boost to pay for a new pumper-tanker.    The state has authorized giving Stockton $350,000, the bulk of the money the borough needs for the new fire truck.    That means savings to everyone, taxpayers included. The fire company’s…

  • Residents sue zoners over parking lot OK

    One-acre parcel is located just south of the Lambertville Station inn between the Delaware and Raritan Canal and state parkland By: Cynthia Williamson    LAMBERTVILLE – A trio of residents opposed to the planned conversion of a former propane gas storage facility into a parking lot are suing the city’s Zoning Board of Adjustment for allowing…

  • Hardware store seeks family flavor

    By: Kristy Klaus    WASHINGTON – As customers pull up to Robbinsville Hardware they are greeted by American flags waving in the wind and flower boxes full of pink and red geraniums.    Some choose to test out the rockers on the front porch on their way in, while others, who need that last bolt to finish…

  • Solving crimes

    City’s first detective says teamwork’s the key By: Sue Kramer    LAMBERTVILLE – He wanted to be a helicopter pilot for the Army.    Instead, Michael Bozsolak, 37, has been in law enforcement for 17 years, and he’s been a detective for two of his three years with the Lambertville Police Department.    "I hear these young people…

  • Allentown woman makes CASE for exchange students

    By: Frank C. D’Amico    ALLENTOWN – Every foreign exchange student needs a host family, and that’s when Ruth Demarest goes to work.    Ms. Demarest is the central New Jersey area representative for CASE (Cultural Academic Student Exchange).    Students in the program have to find a host family before the school year starts in September, so…

  • Life in the faster lane

    New camp at SBHS helps football players gain speed By: Rich Fisher    High school students never like the summer to get over fast.    But a group of South Brunswick High football players are hoping to get fast over the summer.    Viking head football coach John Coppola has brought Ed Ruisz’s Speed Training Camp to town.…

  • WEEKEND PICKS

    Foreign films; Free concert; A cultural celebration Foreign film to be shown    The South Brunswick Public Library, 110 Kingston Lane, Monmouth Junction, will kick off its "Foreign Film Festival," with a showing of the Academy Award winning film, "Life is Beautiful," today (Thursday), 7 p.m. in the library’s meeting room. Admission to the film is…

  • Night Out offers fun, safety tips

    Police Department will kick off this year’s National Night Out by visiting 12 neighborhood watch groups July 31 By: David Weinstein    South Brunswick will participate in a national community empowerment event at the end of the month, staging its annual National Night Out festivities for the entire community.    For more than a decade, the township…