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  • BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Man charged in burglaries

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — Police have charged a 19-year-old man in connection with seven car burglaries last week.    Andrew Brower, of Hamilton, was charged Feb. 4 with seven counts of burglary and theft, and also with possession of drug paraphernalia.    Police said they found Mr. Brower after investigating a rash of…

  • EAST AMWELL: Local fundraisers give aid to pediatric cancer cause

    EAST AMWELL: Local fundraisers give aid to pediatric cancer cause

    Pediatric cancer specialists, Dr. Peter Phillips (left) and Dr. Michael Fisher (right), accept a $15,000 check from cancer survivor Erik Zimmerman Jr. (second from left) and Susan Gherardi.

  • Parole Officers Teach Hospital Staff to Read Patients’ Gang Tattoos

    Parole Officers Teach Hospital Staff to Read Patients’ Gang Tattoos

    Display of gang paraphernalia seized by New Jersey State parole officers

  • WEST AMWELL: For park safety, dead trees will be removed

    Gary Robinson: Dead trees are “a hazard to park users, especially around the soccer and softball fields” By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    WEST AMWELL — Thanks to the efforts of the Community Forestry Committee, a township park soon will be safer for visitors and children playing ball.    The committee has won a $2,100 grant from…

  • LAWRENCE: Red-light runners could face tickets from smart camera

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer Motorists who pass through the intersection at Route 1 and Bakers Basin Road and Franklin Corner Road should be prepared to smile, just in case they are captured by the camera that is going to be placed there.     Lawrence Township has been chosen to take part in the state…

  • BETWEEN THE LINES: From the Feb. 12 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…

  • COMMUNITY CALENDAR: From the Feb. 12 edition

    Photography exhibit     Through Friday, Feb. 20 — Crafts Creek Spring Hill Brook Watershed Association will present a photography exhibit, “A Portrait of Mansfield Township” at the Mansfield Municipal Building, 24548 E. Main St., Monday through Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., through Feb. 20. A reception for the photographers will be held Friday, Jan.…

  • FLORENCE-ROEBLING NEWS: From the Feb. 12 edition

    By Peg Dotson Peg Dotson; Tel: 499-3807; Fax: 499-3807; E-mail: [email protected]    The Florence Township Band Boosters will be having a Burger King Night on Monday, Feb. 16, from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Burger King on Route 130 in Florence. Please mention that you are there for the band in order for it to…

  • LAWRENCE: Study spawns suggestions to calm traffic

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer Someday in the not-too-distant future, a roundabout — or traffic-calming circle — may sprout on Princeton Avenue near Knapp’s Cyclery, and the entrance to the Trenton Farmers’ Market may be realigned closer to Mulberry Street.     Around the corner on Spruce Street, several driveway entrances into the Trenton Farmers Market…