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  • MANVILLE: High schoolers help Weston celebrate Cinco de Mayo

    MANVILLE: High schoolers help Weston celebrate Cinco de Mayo

    First-graders Amber Kesolitz and Mari Cruz show the masks they made during Weston School’s Cinco de Mayo celebration on May 1. Photo by Mary Ellen Zangara

  • CRANBURY: Police seek robbery suspect

    CRANBURY: Police seek robbery suspect

    The suspect as seen in this security camera footage.

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: Housing conversion bill, opposed by Robbinsville, vetoed

    By Sean Ruppert, The Packet Group    Gov. Jon Corzine has conditionally vetoed a housing bill that had been strongly opposed by local officials.    The Age Restricted Housing Conversion Bill (S-2577 and A3772) would have allowed developers — under certain conditions — to bypass the normal local approval process for converting a planned age-restricted development into…

  • PRINCETON: EW’s Jackson decries environmental injustice

    By Greg Forester, The Packet Group    PRINCETON — East Windsor’s Lisa Jackson, administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, laid out her plans to fight for environmental justice for low-income Americans and use so-called green jobs to help reinvigorate the economy during a speech at the Woodrow Wilson School of Princeton University.    Ms. Jackson, who…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Teenager questioned about gun threat

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    A teenage boy was taken into custody today at Hillsborough High School after an administrator alerted the school’s resource officer that the student had made a verbal threat at 12:36 p.m. concerning the possible use of a gun.    The Hillsborough Police Department responded to the scene, and the student was…

  • PLUMSTED: Police Beat

       Thomas Carr, 18, of New Egypt, was charged Friday with disorderly conduct for allegedly setting a roadway on fire with gasoline. Police said they were called to Holly Hill Drive in reference to a possible fire. When they arrived, police said a resident said he saw a fire in front of his house and thought…

  • Movie Times: May 15-21

    EAST BRUNSWICK MEGA MOVIES (732-651-6342): Angels & Demons (PG13) Fri., Mon.-Wed. 12:10, 1:05, 2:10, 3:25, 4:15, 5:20, 6:30, 7:30, 8:30, 9:40, 10:35; Sat.-Sun. 11:05, 12:10, 1:05, 2:10, 3:25, 4:15, 5:20, 6:30, 7:30, 8:30, 9:40, 10:35. Terminator (PG13) Wed. 11:59 p.m. Star Trek (PG13) Fri. 12:25, 1:25, 2:20, 3:20, 4:20, 5:10, 6:15, 7:15, 8:10, 9:10, 10:10,…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Pop Warner program taps 11 locals for scholars award

    HILLSBOROUGH: Pop Warner program taps 11 locals for scholars award

       Eleven Hillsborough Dukes players were recognized as regional and national Pop Warner Scholar Athletes at the Eastern Region Banquet, March 28, as part of the National Pop Warner Little Scholars program.    The top winners will be honored at the 49th annual National Pop Warner Little Scholar Banquet, May 22- May 23 at Disney World, Fla.…

  • NBC baseball fights way into state playoffs

    By: Kyle Moylan Sports Editor     With a 4-5 record following action on Saturday, May 2, the Northern Burlington High School baseball team anxiously awaited for a chance to get back on the field, win a game, improve to .500 and earn a spot in the state playoffs.     Then it rained. It rained. It…