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  • Between the lines

    By: centraljersey.com The Bordentown City LiBrary, 18 E. Union St., is offering the following programs: FOR CHILDREN Music To Move By-Thursday, Aug. 19, at 10:30 a.m. for babies and children birth to 4 years old. Babies and children birth to 4 years old are invited to a special music program presented by Ann Wild. She…

  • Things to do

    Monday, Aug. 23 By: centraljersey.com Preschool storytime: 10:30 a.m., crafts and stories for ages 3-5, Cranbury Library, 23 N. Main St. Open tech hours: 2 p.m., help with tech questions, Cranbury Library, 23 N. Main St. Wednesday, Aug. 25 Date night: 6:30 p.m., Gil & Bet’s Ice Cream stand, sponsored by Cranbury Lions Club. Thursday,…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: All areas of library reopened as flood repairs continue

    By Davy James, Staff Writer    All public areas at the South Brunswick Public Library have been reopened after last week’s flood, but work still is ongoing in the library’s rear offices to repair the damage.    A broken water pipe caused extensive damage and forced the library to close Aug. 5. At around 9:30 p.m. Aug.…

  • Praising a column on marriage equality

    Russell McTague of Lawrenceville     The Lawrence Ledger and Hank Kalet, author of the recent article entitled “Equal protection will rule” (Aug. 12), are to be praised and thanked for publishing and writing, respectively, regarding equality and justice for all.    I am a 73-ear old man in a 42-year committed relationship with another man, age…

  • Local EEX swimmers shine at state meet

    By: centraljersey.com Two Eastern Express (EEX) swimmers from Pennington placed at the New Jersey Swimming Long Course Junior Olympics held July 29 through Aug. 1 at Rutgers University. Hosted by Scarlet Aquatics, this long course meters event featured the best swimmers from all over the state. In the Senior Division, Paige Anderson, 15, finished fourth…

  • 2010 Hambletonian winner Cream Ridge-bred

    By: Ken Weingartner – Special Writer When Jimmy Takter won the $437,000 Merrie Annabelle Stakes with his 2-year-old filly trotter Thatsnotmyname on Aug. 7 at the Meadowlands Racetrack, he might have felt like he finally captured his great white whale. Several races later, he reeled in an even bigger fish. That is because Takter’s Muscle…

  • Lightning strike destroys township barn

    By: Davy James – Staff Writer A lightning strike led to a barn on a township-owned parcel on Friendship Road burning down early Monday evening. At 5:57 p.m., South Brunswick police received several 911 calls reporting a structure on fire located near the corner of Friendship and New roads. Officers arrived to find a barn…

  • CONTACT providing hot line for Iraq, Afghanistan veterans

    By: centraljersey.com CONTACT of Mercer County, the nonprofit volunteer organization that provides free and compassionate listening, crisis intervention and safety services to those in need, is reaching out to military returnees from Iraq and Afghanistan and to their families with "It’s About Hope," a free 24/7 crisis hot line, "any time for any reason." Stories…

  • LAWRENCE: Lawrenceville School grad competes in Cryan tourney

    By Justin Feil, The Packet Group    Emma Levy has made it a point to play in the James E. Cryan Memorial Tournament every summer that she can.    The Princeton Junction resident’s success in the tournament that remembers a Levy family friend, Jim Cryan, started when she was 12. She paired with her father, Len, to…