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  • TANGENTS: The energizing effect of third-graders

    John Saccenti, Managing Editor    It had been a long time since I participated in a fire drill, but there I was Monday morning, filing out of my daughter’s elementary school with students and teachers.    The alarm’s nightmarish screech had caught me off guard, and I froze for a few minutes as hundreds of girls and…

  • SPRINGFIELD TOPICS: From the Aug. 27 edition

    Jen Kokotajlo Jen Kokotajlo     Tel: 410-7338     [email protected]    Deadline for submitting items for this article will now be Sunday evening. Anything submitted after may not be included in the following edition. Any questions please contact me, [email protected]. Thank you for your understanding. * * *    Attention all parents. The first day of school for…

  • FLORENCE-ROEBLING NEWS: From the Aug. 27 edition

    Peg Dotson Peg Dotson     Tel: 499-3807     Fax: 499-3807     E-mail: [email protected]    A car wash will be held Saturday, Aug. 29, from 1-5 p.m. at Roebling Bank, Route 130 and Delaware Avenue. Suggested donation $5 car, $7 truck. * * *    Francis W. Robbins American Legion Auxiliary Post 194, will have a meeting Wednesday,…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Physician eyes improved prognosis for island

    Spinal surgery for teen first step By Melissa L. Gaffney, Staff Writer    ROBBINSVILLE — Most people who go on island vacations escape to forget their everyday lives. But, for Dr. John Tedeschi and his wife, Sheree, visiting the Caribbean island of St. Lucia earlier this month proved to be more of a humanitarian trip than…

  • JAMESBURG: Neighbors chip in to help

    By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writers    JAMESBURG — It seems to be one of the oldest and more obsolete concepts in existence, however, reviving the time-honored tradition of “neighbors helping neighbors” through a modern tool is the challenge one Jamesburg resident plans to meet head-on.    Darren Larsen decided to take action Sunday night after images of…

  • An ailing GOP can’t succeed in NJ politics

       After suffering its worst defeat in a presidential election since 1964, the Republican Party has some thinking to do.    If it wants to reassert itself in the Northeast, the Rust Belt, the West Coast, Florida and the half-dozen swing states it ceded to Barack Obama last Tuesday, the GOP will have to decide whether to…

  • COMMUNITY CALENDAR: From the Aug. 27 edition

    A weekly listing of community events. Movie night     Saturday, Aug. 29 — The next family movie night is Aug. 29 in St. Mary’s parking lot, Bordentown City, weather permitting. The movie begins at dusk. Bring your own chairs, blankets, food, drinks and guests. Our feature film is “Horton Hears a Who.” Cancer benefit    …

  • All residents have to bear fiscal burden

       The only real surprise in last week’s announcement that the state’s anticipated budget deficit has ballooned from $400 million to $1.2 billion is that the situation isn’t even worse.    Then again, with seven months remaining in the current fiscal year, there’s plenty of time for the gap between revenues and expenditures to grow a lot…

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: They came for Emily and peace

    Benefit concert held for slain Roosevelt woman By Matt Chiappardi, The Packet Group    EAST WINDSOR — Some came from more than 100 miles away, not only to pay tribute to their slain friend, but also to kick off an international campaign to carry on her efforts for social change.    Late last week, about 200 people…