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  • LAWRENCE: Bostock looks back at time on council

    LAWRENCE: Bostock looks back at time on council

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    After spending most of his adult life working for state and federal officials, the last thing Township Councilman Bob Bostock had ever considered was running for elected office himself — particularly at the local level.    Mr. Bostock was accustomed to working in Washington, D.C., first with the late Rep. Dean…

  • Bayshore drone intercepts Japanese whaling fleet before any whales are killed

    Bayshore drone intercepts Japanese whaling fleet before any whales are killed

    By Elena Bagarozza Woodbridge, NJ – Bayshore Recycling Corp’s (Bayshore) donated drone Nicole Montecalvo helped the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS) catch a Japanese whaling fleet December 25, 2011 before any whales were killed. The drone, released by the Sea Shepherd ship the Steve Irwin, will help track and follow the Japanese factory ship, the…

  • POLICE BLOTTER: Dec. 29

       Someone pried off the hasp and the padlock behind an Alcazar Avenue home between 3 p.m. and 7:58 p.m. Dec. 18, but nothing was reported missing. The homeowner’s daughter noticed the shed door was open and notified the victim. ***    Po Yuk Chan, 66, of New York City was charged with shoplifting at 5:58 p.m.…

  • local marine enjoys in afganistan

    local marine enjoys in afganistan

    By South Brunswick Marine John VanLiew deployed in afganistan sharing a Christmas photo

  • CRANBURY: Rainy or starry night, Christmas show goes on

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer CRANBURY — Now in its fifth year, the Christmas Light Spectacular on Main Street in Cranbury keeps adding new custom decorations each year, but this year, it added a special guest appearance by a Grammy nominee. Judy Pancoast, Grammy nominee for best musical album for children and a internationally renowned…

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  • FULL MOON HIKE IN DREXEL WOODS!

    By Teresita Bastides-Heron Join the Friends of the Lawrence Nature Center for a January Full Hike in Drexel Woods!  Will the resident great horned owls be hooting their familiar ‘who, who, who, who’ for us to hear as we quietly walk the forest, lit only by the glowing rays of a waxing full moon? Chillu…

  • GUEST OPINION: Courting colleges

    By Stephen Mayer    My office is across the hall from the guidance department at Robbinsville High School, which means that bright yellow stars noting college acceptances begin to appear on the wall in late November through April. When high school seniors are able to post their star, they are officially ending a period of high…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Sharbell wins lawsuit to build all-age housing

    By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor    ROBBINSVILLE — Sharbell’s plan to convert 150 yet-to-be-built senior citizen units to all-age housing, which was torpedoed by the Planning Board earlier this year, is apparently back on track now that a judge has sided with the developer.    The developer’s “conversion application” for the Gordon-Simpson tract project had been the…