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  • BORDENTOWN CITY: Old City Hall reopens for weekend festivities

    BORDENTOWN CITY: Old City Hall reopens for weekend festivities

    By Christina Whittington, Special Writer    BORDENTOWN CITY — This past weekend one of the city’s most important historical landmarks opened its doors to the public allowing visitors the chance to look inside.    The Old City Hall, a 19th century building adorned with a clock tower, is located at 11 Crosswicks St. Major restoration work began…

  • MANSFIELD: Northern seniors graduate

    MANSFIELD: Northern seniors graduate

    Seniors graduate from Northern Burlington County Regional High School on June 15 in Mansfield Township. (Photo by Phil McAuliffe)

  • POLICE BLOTTER: Week of June 22

    East Windsor    Police said they arrested ad charged a 65-year-old man with driving while intoxicated after he struck a tree with his car on Arborwood Court at 10:52 p.m. on June 13.    Richard Toranto of Brick, N.J., fled the scene to Old York Road, where police recovered his vehicle.    Mr. Toranto was also charged with…

  • CRANBURY: Town scores AAA bond rating

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer    CRANBURY — The Township Committee found out last month it received another AAA Standard & Poor’s bond rating.    The township has maintained the highest financial rating, used to determine the market value of the town’s debt and the interest it would be charged, since 2009.”The credit rating is a report…

  • MANSFIELD: Northern seniors graduate

    MANSFIELD: Northern seniors graduate

    Seniors graduate from Northern Burlington County Regional High School on June 15 in Mansfield Township. (Photo by Phil McAuliffe)

  • FLORENCE: Seniors graduate

    FLORENCE: Seniors graduate

    Deirdre Ryan Seniors graduate from Florence Memorial High School on June 18. (Photo by Deirdre Ryan, www.deirdreryan.com)

  • SPRINGFIELD: Community bands together for family of fire victim

    UPDATED REPORT By Jen Samuel, Managing Editor    SPRINGFIELD — Members of the community are rallying together for the wife and son of Lawrence Metzger, 52, who died after his home engulfed in flames a week before Father’s Day.    A past president of the Springfield Township Fire Company, Mr. Metzger is survived by his wife of…

  • CRANBURY: Student pens winning play

    CRANBURY: Student pens winning play

    By Kaitlyn Kanzler, Special Writer    CRANBURY — Cranbury School sixth grader Jason Li got to see his hard work come to life not once, but twice.    On June 15, several eighth grade students, directed by English teacher Elizabeth Grimaldi, presented ‘The Time Traveler,’ a play written by Jason to the fifth grade class.    ”We were…

  • FLORENCE: Seniors graduate

    FLORENCE: Seniors graduate

    By Jennifer Bradley, Packet Media Group    FLORENCE — Graduates of the Class of 2012 shined on Monday.    With a sense of happiness and pride for all to see, 109 seniors celebrated the occasion surrounded by friends and family as Florence Township Memorial High School educators looked on.    Of the 109 seniors, the young women dressed…