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  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: A home ‘base’ for summer fun

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: A home ‘base’ for summer fun

    Friends ham it up at BASE Camp at Indian Fields Elementary School. Staff photo by John Keating

  • FLORENCE: Gateway from the past to the future

    FLORENCE: Gateway from the past to the future

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    FLORENCE – Walking up the path toward the Roebling Museum, it’s hard not to imagine the thousands of workers who took the same route as part of their daily trek.    For decades, every day – and many nights, during times of high production – thousands of workers would come in…

  • Tough Guys and Doting Parents

    Tough Guys and Doting Parents

    Scrat, the nut-chasing squirrel, eyes a new object to pursue in Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs.

  • LAMBERTVILLE: New police car, ‘gas guzzler’ or hybrid?

    Local environmentalists and police disagree on the answer By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    LAMBERTVILLE — Can a police car be both environmentally friendly and capable of performing a fast pursuit and other police functions?    That’s the question facing the city as it prepares to buy a new car for the Police Department to replace one…

  • LAMBERTVILLE: Police tell residents to lock vehicles and remove valuables

    ”Whatever it is, it’s reckless to just leave property exposed like this,” Director Bruce Cocuzza said By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    LAMBERTVILLE — Following the recent burglary of eight vehicles in Lambertville, police have again issued a warning for residents to lock their cars and trucks and not leave any valuables inside.    ”In an ideal…

  • LAWRENCE: Schools to offer American Sign Language

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer     Seeking options for students to fulfill a state requirement to learn a world language, the Lawrence Township public school district plans to offer American Sign Language to Lawrence Middle School and Lawrence High School students in the fall.     The township Board of Education approved the appointment of an…

  • BETWEEN THE LINES: From the July 30 edition

       The Burlington County Library Bordentown Branch Youth Services Department offers a variety of programs. Registration is necessary for all programs. A Burlington County library card is required. For children’s programs, registration begins two weeks in advance at the library or by calling 298-0622. For children    Wii For Tweens — Mondays, Aug. 3 and Aug. 17…

  • Seminary professor applies scripture to modern world

    Jeremy M. Hutton, assistant professor of Old Testament at Princeton Theological Seminary, will present series on the first four Sundays in August at 5:30 p.m.    Presbyterian churches in Mt. Airy, Stockton, Ringoes and Titusville have partnered to present a new series of summer lectures designed to offer church members and area residents an opportunity to…

  • LAWRENCE: Blight threatens summer’s bounty

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer When one of Matt Conver’s employees approached him last week and told him some of the tomato plants were black and had an unusual odor, he was fairly certain he knew what was wrong.     The tomato plants at the Cherry Grove Organic Farm, off Carter Road, had contracted late…