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  • EDITORIAL: Filing deadline for board hopefuls is just days away

    By Ruth Luse, Managing Editor    Fourteen area school board seats will be filled April 21.    Those elected that day will have a say in the future operation of one of the four local school districts involved.    Those who hold them will help oversee the use of the individual district’s money and the manner in which…

  • LAWRENCE: Lawmakers study sign ordinance

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer In the weeks following the New Jersey state Supreme Court’s ruling that a portion of Lawrence Township’s sign ordinance violated First Amendment rights to free speech, township officials have acknowledged the need to change the ordinance.     Last week, Barnett Road resident Falk Engel stepped forward and offered to help…

  • LAWRENCE: Adath Israel plans Purim play

    On Sunday, March 8, at 11 a.m., Adath Israel Congregation will present an original Purim Shpiel (comic play) entitled “Aint Misbe- haman” with the collaboration of Hazzan Art Katlin, Shelly Rossman, and Steven Weiner of the congregation. The shpiel is made up of an original script backed by recorded music from Broadway, Motown, Beatles, and…

  • Millstone Township Performing Arts Center presents!
  • BETWEEN THE LINES: From the Feb. 26 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. Please note that registration begins two weeks prior to the date of the program.    The address for the Bordentown Library is 18 East Union St., Bordentown. Registration can…

  • Boy Scout concerned about Police Department

    Ryan Quinerly of Springfield Township To the editor:    My name is Ryan Quinerly and I live in Springfield Township. I am 13 years old and a Boy Scout with Troop 112 in Jacobstown. I am currently working on my communications merit badge. One requirement is to attend at public meeting. I attended a Springfield town…

  • MANVILLE: Undercover officer hit by vehicle

    MANVILLE: Undercover officer hit by vehicle

    An undercover officer was seriously injured when he was struck by a vehicle on South Main Street. Staff photo by John Patten

  • Grandmother’s message to world’s grandchildren

    Bertha Toussaint of Lawrenceville To the editor:    My name is Bertha Toussaint. I am the grandmother of 17 grandchildren. I live in Lawrenceville, where most of my grandchildren live and go to school. First, let me thank you all for making me proud and happy, and I also want to let you know that…

  • LAMBERTVILLE: South Franklin residents seek solution for speeding

    By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    LAMBERTVILLE — Concerned about speeders, South Franklin Street residents planned to meet Wednesday (Feb. 25) with city officials and an engineer at the Justice Center to brainstorm a deterrent.    Resident Paul Gorecki told the mayor and the City Council his car was smashed and totaled by a driver who lost…