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  • ONLY LGBTQ GROUP HOME IN NJ WANTS YOU TO SAIL AWAY!

    ONLY LGBTQ GROUP HOME IN NJ WANTS YOU TO SAIL AWAY!

    Come Aboard the River Belle to Support LifeTies

  • UPPER FREEHOLD: Residents requesting Harmony Hill Road paving

    By Jane Meggitt, Special Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — Harmony Hill Road, located off County Route 524, probably hasn’t changed much in over a century, since the time when horses rather than cars were the primary form of transportation. At the July 10 Township Committee meeting, Harmony Hill resident James Stephenson asked the governing body to…

  • POLICE BLOTTER: July 24

    Robbinsville Jason Rutherford, 30, of Robbinsville was charged with drunken driving after being stopped and arrested shortly after midnight on Monday, police reported. Mr. Rutherford was stopped by Patrolman Robert Morgano on Saxony Lane after responding to a 911 call about a possible intoxicated driver in the area of Route 526. Police said Mr. Rutherford…

  • SPRINGFIELD HAPPENINGS: July 24

    Packet Media Group The Springfield Township Council meets the first Thursday of the month at 7:30 p.m. for a work session and the second Wednesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. for a regular meeting. The Planning Board meets the first Tuesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. for a work session and the third…

  • South Brunswick 12U Girls Softball Team

    South Brunswick 12U Girls Softball Team

    By Cathy Butler The South Brunswick 12U Vikings Black Softball Team participated in the Mid-Atlantic Recreation Open tournament in Howard County,  Maryland July 12th & 13th.  To help pay for their trip the team sponsored several fundraisers throughout the year including a Pancake Breakfast with Tricky Tray and a Friendly Tournament .  The Vikings started…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Insulation ignites blaze

    ROBBINSVILLE: Insulation ignites blaze

    Firefighters at the scene of a fire at a vacant commercial building on July 17.  Photo by Amy Batista

  • LAWRENCE: Only one candidate for school board so far

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer With less than three days until the July 28 nominating deadline, only one township resident had filed to run for one of three open seats on the Lawrence Township Board of Education, according to Mercer County officials. Max Ramos, who lives on Woodlane Road, filed his nominating petition Tuesday. He…

  • HAMILTON: Civic center offers summer fun

    By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor HAMILTON — They waited for 25 minutes but the firemen never came. Thankfully, there wasn’t an emergency. Eleven Bromley Neighborhood Civic Center summer campers between the ages of 5 and 8 entertained themselves with hand jives like "Lemonade" and "Miss Mary Mack" and games of "Rock, Paper, Scissors" on the…

  • ALLENTOWN: Resident named assistant racing secretary

    ALLENTOWN: Resident named assistant racing secretary

    ALLENTOWN — Rob Pennington, an award-winning caretaker and activist for standardbred causes, has been named assistant racing secretary and program director for Freehold Raceway, effective August 2014. The Freehold meet begins on Thursday, Aug. 28. Mr. Pennington, a 34-year-old Ohio-native who currently lives in Allentown, was honored as the Harness Tracks of America Caretaker of…