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  • BORDENTOWN CITY: Community honors fallen hero

    BORDENTOWN CITY: Community honors fallen hero

    In honor of fallen solider Army Sfc. Benjamin Moore, from left, Deputy Mayor Heather Cheesman, Brian Maugeri, Nancy Maugeri, Vince Torpey, Mayor Lynch, Commissioner Zig´mont Targonski, and parents Amy Moore and Patrick Moore stand with the Honorary Member flag on Monday in Bordentown City. (Photo by Charley Falkenburg)

  • CRANBURY: Puppy love lessons

    CRANBURY: Puppy love lessons

    Submitted photo Isabel Kinney holds ALu, a puppy that may eventually assist the blind.

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: County $5K grant nets 22 arrests

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: County $5K grant nets 22 arrests

    File photo The Vincenza motel on Route 1 is one of several in the township serviced by a county law enforcement grant.

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Town ‘adopts’ a new sister community

    Mayor says community will help Sea Bright get back on its feet By Charley Falkenburg, Special Writer    ROBBINSVILLE — The municipality will be lending a helping hand to Sea Bright to assist the hurricane-battered shore town in getting back on its feet.    Mayor Dave Fried announced at the Jan. 10 Township Council meeting that Robbinsville…

  • LETTER: Time to tackle the national debt

    From: Gregory Cinque, Millstone Township To the editor:    If our federal government was a family that ran up a huge credit card debt and the family went to a financial adviser, what would the adviser do?    First, the adviser would do a thorough examination of the family’s current spending patterns, then establish a new curtailed…

  • ‘Just a few drops’

    Kenny Crandall Lambertville    Thank you, Kara Hughes, for the update on the problems with Lambertville’s water.    To express my reaction to the knowledge that Anabaena is present in our water is in one word called “scared.”    To think our water is unsafe cuts to the core. We rely upon this water to drink, bath, shower,…

  • UPPER FREEHOLD: Students compete in 3rd annual Spelling Bee

    UPPER FREEHOLD: Students compete in 3rd annual Spelling Bee

    Two-time champion Julian Tsang heads to regional competition By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor Déjà vu: (noun) A feeling of having already experienced the present situation.    UPPER FREEHOLD — He stood several inches taller and spoke with a deeper voice than his last time on stage, but Julian Tsang’s keen skills as a champion speller hadn’t…

  • Community Calendar: Jan. 17 edition

    Thurs., Jan. 17    Coffee, Doughnuts and a Movie: 1 p.m., Robbinsville branch of the Mercer County Library System, 42 Robbinsville-Allentown Road. Please register in advance online at www.mcl.org or call the library at 609-259-2150.    Snowman Tube Sock Craft: 4:15 p.m. to 4:50 p.m., Allentown library, 16 South Main Street. Grab a clean white sock to…

  • NEW HOPE: Winter Festival begins on Saturday

       NEW HOPE — The Lambertville-New Hope Winter Festival runs from Jan. 19-27 this year.    The festival will begin with the Fire and Ice Ball, to be held Jan. 19 from 7-11 p.m. at the New Hope Borough Community Room, 123 New St., New Hope.    This is an evening featuring live entertainment, dancing and festive food…