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  • BORDENTOWN: Scottie girls win CJ I bowling

    By Justin Feil, The Packet Group    Winning the South Jersey Group I girls bowling championship is nothing new for Alaura Jones, but it was extra special this season.    ”This was one more sentimental because it’s my senior year and a lot of people didn’t think we’d have a chance,” said the Bordentown Regional High School…

  • Pennington’s historic character: Let’s protect this asset

    By: centraljersey.com The crossroads of Main Street and Delaware Avenue have witnessed the growth of Pennington from a Revolutionary-War-era village to a modern town with a beautifully intact historic core. A variety of forces threatens the unique streetscape and structures within the borough. Teardowns and modern development could easily destroy any one of the historically…

  • Doug Carman

    By: centraljersey.com Lori and Jack Mollin compete with other somewhat. Neither the Mollins nor their personal trainer would deny that. The active West Windsor couple usually channels that at the gym where they push to outdo one another as they work on their aerobics, strength and balance training. And it keeps them together even as…

  • David Kilby

    By: centraljersey.com A cell phone can be used for much more than making calls. It can be used as a GPS, a web browser, a calculator and a camera – and a canvas for artistic drawings. The Blue Rooster Bakery and Cafe on Main Street in Cranbury is displaying the artwork of Rich Tarpinian, of…

  • Broadway Trip
  • Rec wrestlers take on two foes

    By: centraljersey.com Manville wrestled Somerville prior to the Manville High School match last Thursday and Shane Demeter at 67 pounds had a first-period pin. His fall was at the 0:29 mark. Conor Riggs came out at 80 pounds and with two takedowns and a two-point near fall took a 6-1 lead into the second. After…

  • Revision would help nursery

    By: centraljersey.com A local business to be affected by the construction of a Route 206 bypass would get a break if an ordinance revising a land development regulation is passed March 8. The Township Committee has introduced an amendment that allow nurseries and garden centers in the HOO (Home Office Occupation) district as a conditional…

  • LAWRENCE:Town asks for donations for fireworks gala

    Own the skies By Lea Kahn    Donors to the Lawrence Township Fourth of July fireworks display may be able to see their name in lights.    Well, not really — maybe just the fireworks shell that they “purchased” with their donation.    Township officials are raising money to put on a fireworks show at Rider University, partly…

  • POLICE BLOTTER

    Lambertville and West Amwell    Lambertville City police reported:    — A Ferry Street resident was the reported victim of a strong-arm robbery on Jan. 29.    Officers Memolo and Gramlich went to the residence at 5:50 p.m. after receiving the report of an unknown male suspect, who had forcibly broken into the residence and assaulted the female…