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  • DISPATCHES: It’s not just about housing

    By Hank Kalet, online editor    How does that old cliche go? “Where there’s a will, there’s a way.”    This is especially true when it comes to the debate over affordable housing and the reforms signed into law by Gov. Jon S. Corzine over the summer.    Everyone is at fault in this mess — from the…

  • MANVILLE: Jimenez captured by marshals in Puerto Rico

    By Eileen Oldfield Staff Writer    The U.S. Marshals Service located Manville resident Juan Jimenez, 24, on Dec. 11 in Puerto Rico and charged him with the stabbing death of Plainfield resident Dennis Gaitan, 20, the Union County Prosecutors Office announced.    The federal marshals charged Mr. Jimenez in a Ponce, Puerto Rico, motel that afternoon, according…

  • LHS boys hoops looks to improve

    The Lawrence High boys’ basketball team will open the season Friday night at Princeton with hopes of improving on last year’s 5-18 record and competing for a CVC Valley Division championship.     Cardinals’ coach Pat Tarrant is entering his 19th year at the helm of the program and has a roster that includes six seniors…

  • MANSFIELD: Heavy truck ban easier to enforce under rule change

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    MANSFIELD — The Township Committee has amended an ordinance to make it easier for police to ticket trucks weighing more than 10 tons when they find the vehicles driving on restricted roads.    After its second reading and public hearing at the committee’s Dec. 10 meeting, the ordinance passed by a…

  • LAMBERTVILLE: City OKs spending for improvement projects

    By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    LAMBERTVILLE — The City Council authorized more than $600,000 in expenditures Monday for two projects and scheduled public hearings for plans to authorize an additional $435,000.    The council passed an ordinance that allows $345,000 to be spent on the reconstruction of Highland Avenue, which also includes drainage work. Most of…

  • Katharine Morgan Terry Church

       MEDFORD — Katharine Morgan Terry Church, 98, of Medford Lees died Dec. 11 at her residence.    Born in Orange, she spent the first few years of her life in the Matanzas province in Cuba on her parents’ sugar plantation. A liturgical artist, she maintained the Katharine Morgan Terry Studio in Bordentown designing for churches and…

  • Community efforts preserve open space

    Ralph Tolomeo Vice-Chair, Bordentown City Environmental Commission To the editor:    The visions for the Blacks Creek Greenway in Bordentown City presented by the students of the Environmental Design Class from Delaware Valley College (PA) at last Tuesday’s (Dec. 9) open house were very impressive.    Our town was fortunate to be the recipient of this pro…

  • Ronald G. Nahass, MD, FACP, FIDSA, Wins Physician Humanitarian Award

    Ronald G. Nahass, MD, FACP, FIDSA, Wins Physician Humanitarian Award

    Pictured, from left to right, are: Barry S. Rabner, President and CEO, Princeton HealthCare System; Ronald G. Nahass, MD, FACP, FIDSA, winner of the 2008 Distinguished Physician Humanitarian Award; Michael Wong, MD; and John S. Chamberlin, Chairman, 2008 Distinguished Physician Humanitarian Award Committee and Chair Emeritus, Princeton HealthCare System Board of Trustees, at the 2008…

  • Gift of Parenthood

    Gift of Parenthood

    Default Help new parents unwind with a bottle of wine and hand-painted wine glasses, such as Blue Tulip’s Holiday Cheer set ($19.95).