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  • Marshall’s 200th is feted

       Most have heard of the 1849 Gold Rush, which changed the face of northern California and drove westward expansion, but less are familiar with the name of the man who made the initial discovery.    He was James Wilson Marshall, who was born in 1810 and spent his formative years in Lambertville (1816-1834).    The James Marshall…

  • Students

    Merit scholarships By: centraljersey.com EVANSTON, ILLINOIS – Matthew D. Hartman, of Cranbury, was one of more than 1,900 additional winners of National Merit Scholarships financed by colleges and universities announced by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. These designees join more than 2,800 other college-sponsored award recipients who were announced in late May. Mr. Hartmann, whose…

  • ‘Cyrus’

    ‘Cyrus’

    It’s not the Duplass brothers’ best work, but it’s a lot better than most of what By Elise Nakhnikian FOR months after I saw The Puffy Chair at the 2005 South by Southwest film festival, I waited for it to open in our area so I could tell you about it. It wasn’t the best…

  • LAWRENCE: HomeFront adds rental units, this time in Hopewell

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    The two houses on Scotch Road in Hopewell Township, down the road from the Merrill Lynch campus near the I-95 exit, had been vacant for several years and were slowly deteriorating.    But HomeFront, a non-profit group based in Lawrence that helps homeless and low-income families, joined forces with Hopewell Township…

  • She’s One in Sixty Seven Million

    She’s One in Sixty Seven Million

    Cherry Valley’s Donna Cortina Fires Two Aces in one Round at TPC at Jasna Polana By HollyRock Miller Skillman, NJ July 13, 2010-According to Cherry Valley Country Club’s Director of Golf Allan Bowman, “the odds of making two hole in ones during the same round of golf are sixty seven million to one.” But that’s exactly…

  • Committee members must work together

    Jim Cann of Bordentown Township    I would like to respond to recent comments made by Mayor Bruce Hill and Committeepersons Michael Dauber and Anita Dimattia concerning the dire financial mess our township is in.    Mayor Hill complained at the last meeting that the 2009 Township Committee led by then Mayor William Morelli “set him up…

  • FLORENCE: Three charged in beating

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    FLORENCE — Three people were charged with beating a Florence woman with a baseball bat, police said this week.    Linda Ogbonnaya, 21, of Bordentown; Delphia Rollins, 24, of Maplewood Homes; and a 17-year-old Florence girl were charged June 27 with aggravated assault, conspiracy, possession of a weapon for an unlawful…

  • JOINT BASE: Base brush fire extinguished

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST — A fire on the base’s firing range consumed over 4,100 acres of unoccupied land before being extinguished early this week.    The brush fire began in the afternoon July 4 and consumed several hundred acres off Range Road before it was contained, but Joint Base spokeswoman Lt.…

  • POLICE BLOTTER: Week of July 15

       During a routine traffic stop on Helen Avenue at 1:29 a.m. J uly 13, police stopped a driver who was found to have an active warrant from the Trenton Municipal Court for $81. The driver, Sedrick Bailey, 25, of Lawrence, was taken into custody and released after posting bail. * * *    Police said that…