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  • BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Census talk prompts split vote

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — The Township Committee has voted 3-2 to pass a resolution supporting the 2010 U.S. Census and committing to partner with the U.S. Census Bureau.    At its Monday evening meeting, the committee passed all other resolutions unanimously, but took time out to speak about the census resolution in…

  • BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Long-running swimming program wraps up another successful summer

    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Long-running swimming program wraps up another successful summer

    Phil McAuliffe Darina Allen, 6, of Bordentown City takes part in a swimming lesson at Southgate Apartments in Bordentown Township. Staff photo by Phil McAuliffe.

  • CHESTERFIELD: Scholarship honors teen’s memory

       CHESTERFIELD — A recipient has been selected for the first scholarship honoring a 13-year-old township boy who was killed last year.    Anthony DeCarlo, a member of the Northern Burlington Regional High School Class of 2009, received the $1,000 Devon Lucas Memorial Scholarship earlier this summer.    Mr. DeCarlo plans to attend the University of the Arts…

  • BEING GREEN: Building a better bat house

    By Vanessa Holt, Managing Editor    These winged creatures of the night may be commonly associated with Halloween, but you won’t actually see a bat in late October.    The world’s only true flying mammal, of which nine species reside in New Jersey, are all in hibernation by October, but their hibernation spots are threatened by a…

  • LAWRENCE: Swift progress

    LAWRENCE: Swift progress

    Chimney-like towers provide housing for these resourceful, fast-flying birds By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer What bird is among the fastest flyers and, when it is time to sleep, dives into a hollowed out tree or a chimney? The chimney swift, of course.     That’s what the audience of nearly a dozen children and their parents…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Downed wires close road

    By Davy James, Staff Writer    A set of low-hanging wires led to a chain reaction auto accident that luckily left no one injured, according to police.    At approximately 9:50 a.m. July 21, a tractor-trailer heading north on Route 535 near the intersection of Davidsons Mill and Cranbury South River roads clipped the low-hanging wires, which…

  • Initiative intimidates public officials

    Frank J. Chrinko, Kendall Park    The plight of small business owner Victoria Rogers of Giselle Dancewear is heart wrenching. After receiving a valid zoning variance to operate her low intensity ballet clothing operation just steps from Route 27 in Kingston, the variance was challenged by the group called the Kingston Initiative. This group of residents,…

  • SPRINGFIELD TOPICS: From the July 30 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. * * *    Reminder to all Northern Burlington HS and MS Athletes:…

  • MILLSTONE: Police Beat

       A vehicle on Quinn Road was reported vandalized July 24. Police said the vehicle’s windows were smashed and both front tires had cuts through the rubber portions. * * *    A black BMX bike valued at $300 was reported stolen July 8 from a Farmer Drive residence. The victim on July 20 said the bike…