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  • SPORTS: Florence’s Fillmyer fuels Post 26’s fire

    SPORTS: Florence’s Fillmyer fuels Post 26’s fire

    Florence’s Heath Fillmyer dives to stop an errant throw against Audobon in the 2012 NJSIAA Group I Quarterfinals at The College of New Jersey. (Courtesy photo)

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Township teen revives boy, 7, in pool incident

    By Peter Sclafani, Staff Writer A 7-year-old boy narrowly escaped death at the Governor’s Pointe pool in North Brunswick last week thanks to a vigilant lifeguard who jumped into the water and pulled his body out of the pool.    Jake Burgess, a 17-year-old Hillsborough High School student, happened to be the lifeguard on duty at…

  • EAST WINDSOR: Twin Rivers Day returns

    EAST WINDSOR: Twin Rivers Day returns

    Kids cool off and enjoy a ride down the large waterslide during Twin River Day on Sunday in East Windsor. (Photo by Amy Batista)

  • SPRINGFIELD: Farmers support the troops with triumph

    SPRINGFIELD: Farmers support the troops with triumph

    From left, “Boots” Gancarz (left), on a 1958 Ford Model 850 tractor, and Bob Major, on a McCormick Farmall tractor, prepare for the start of the Tractor Parade on July 15 in Springfield. (Photo by Deirdre Ryan, www.deirdreryan.com)

  • Police: Robber nabbed nearly one year later

    Police: Robber nabbed nearly one year later

    East Windsor Police Department received these surveillance videos capturing a suspect seen robbing and fleeing from Welsh Farms Convenience Store last August. According to police, the man has been identified as Angelo Murray who was recently arrested by the Newark Police Department Fugitive Task Force. (Couresty photo)

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Eagle Scout’s stage project gets approval

    HIGHTSTOWN: Eagle Scout’s stage project gets approval

    Janice Carson, an opponent of the stage being built at Association Park, congratulates Ryan Lanphear, 17, after the Eagle Scout project was unanimously approved by the Borough Council on Monday. (Photo by Jen Samuel)

  • Police: Robber nabbed nearly one year later

    Police: Robber nabbed nearly one year later

        EAST WINDSOR — Police have charged a Newark man for the robbery of a township store after he was able to allude law enforcement for nearly one year.     The Newark Police Department Fugitive Task Force captured the man who stole $14,741at gun point from the Welsh Farms Convenience Store, according to a release…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Eagle Scout’s stage project gets approval

    HIGHTSTOWN: Eagle Scout’s stage project gets approval

    Scouts showcase solidarity for borough teenager By Jen Samuel, Managing Editor    HIGHTSTOWN — Ryan Lanphear, 17, was all smiles after the Borough Council unanimously approved his Eagle Scout project to build a community stage at Association Park.    Prior to the vote, Councilwoman Selena Bibens said, “I am 100 percent behind this,” which caused a roaring…

  • WILMINGTON: Jersey Bandits unites for win at Pony Nationals

    WILMINGTON: Jersey Bandits unites for win at Pony Nationals

    While in the Pike Creek area of Wilmington, Del., Alyssa Korch, of Bordentown, looks on as her teammates of the Jersey Bandits battle in the Pony Nationals on July 13. (Photo by Jen Samuel)