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  • EAST WINDSOR: New trees take root in township

    EAST WINDSOR: New trees take root in township

    First phase of reforestation plan begins By Doug Carman, Staff Writer    EAST WINDSOR – A Jackson contractor is in the process of planting 4,400 trees at three different spots near Etra Lake, including one large area that will soon become East Windsor’s newest public park, Mayor Janice Mironov said.    Laborers with Down to Earth Landscaping…

  • LAMBERTVILLE: Police: 35,000 hit town for Shad event

    By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    LAMBERTVILLE — About 35,000 visitors poured into the city for the two-day Shad Festival early this month.    But local police recently said much of the celebration was orderly with one jewelry theft from a vendor and only minor problems requiring their attention.    If Police Director Bruce Cocuzza could have asked…

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  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Sports News & Notes

    By Rich Fisher, Special Writer    The South Brunswick Soccer Club U14 Fire won back-to-back games over the Westfield Rangers. In game one, South Brunswick dominated in a 4-0 win as Harrison Welsher scored two goals while Harrison Kudwitt and Ramy Badawy scored one each. The defense of Alexi Rissiotis, Nick Marna and Joe Mastro held…

  • Feminist Masked Avengers: Guerrilla Girls, Guerrilla Girls BroadBand, Guerrilla Girls On Tour! at Rutgers

    Feminist Masked Avengers: Guerrilla Girls, Guerrilla Girls BroadBand, Guerrilla Girls On Tour! at Rutgers

    By Nicole Ianuzelli Contact: Institute for Women and Art, Rutgers University 191 College Avenue, 2nd Fl., New Brunswick, NJ 08901 732/932-3726 x 15; [email protected] Feminist Masked Avengers: 30 Early Guerrilla Girls’ Posters Donated by founding member Liubov Popova to the Miriam Schapiro Archives/Rutgers University Libraries Recent Work by Guerrilla Girls, Guerrilla Girls BroadBand, Guerrilla Girls…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Resident arrested for stealing trumpet from car

    By Mary Brienza, Staff Writer    Kendall Park resident Kenneth Arhakos, 29, was arrested Monday for allegedly taking a trumpet from a vehicle in the township public library parking lot on April 28.    Mr. Arhakos had allegedly taken the trumpet and then went to a New Brunswick business and sold it, according to police.    Police spokesman…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Local man charged in drug store robbery

    By Packet Staff    HILLSBOROUGH — Police charged a Monmouth Junction man Saturday with the armed robbery of the Walgreen’s drugstore on Route 206 at the Raider Boulevard intersection.    At about 6:46 p.m., a caller reported to township police that there was some type of problem between the pharmacist and a customer.    Officers responded and found…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – NJ housewife visits eatery

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – NJ housewife visits eatery

    By Charles W. Kim, Staff Writer    Reality television celebrity Melissa Gorga from the Bravo network’s “Real Housewives of New Jersey” came to town Saturday to help host a Cinco DeMayo celebration at the El Dorados restaurant in Monmouth Junction.    ”I am going to do anything they (the restaurant) want me to do today,” Ms. Gorga…

  • LAMBERTVILLE: Opinions on bridge toll hike vary

    By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    LAMBERTVILLE — Opinions differ over whether traffic conditions in Lambertville will be affected by the toll hike that will go into effect on seven bridges operated by the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission.    The concern is that when the Route 202 bridge fare increases to $1 from 75 cents,…