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  • LAWRENCE: Woman allegedly assaults teacher

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer A Pennington resident was charged with aggravated assault and other charges Monday after she confronted another woman at 3 p.m. at a private school whom she believed was having an affair with her husband, according to police Lt. Charles B. Edgar.     Andria Fort, 50, of South Main Street, Pennington,…

  • Benefit planned for family

       BORDENTOWN CITY — A fundraiser is slated for Sunday, Dec. 21, for the Inman family, which lost its three-story Willow Street house in a fire last week.    The Record Collector, 358 Farnsworth Ave., will host the event from 5 to 8 p.m. Visitors will be able to bid on items donated by local businesses, or…

  • Obituaries-Dec. 11, 2008

    Joseph Crilley     CARVERSVILLE, Pa. — Joseph J. Crilley, 88, a noted Bucks County based artist, died Dec. 4, at his home in Carversville, Pa.    Mr. Crilley worked mostly in oils. He often painted the local scenes of life in the New Hope-Lambertville area, the buildings, the people and the natural scenery.    In the summer, he…

  • DISPATCHES: A Jersey tradition

    by Hank Kalet, Online Editor    There’s nothing like a crisis to get New Jersey legislators moving.    Too bad they rarely move until the crisis occurs — especially when it is a crisis of their own making.    Consider the constitutional amendment that state Sen. Stephen Sweeney is proposing that would prohibit the state from dipping into…

  • BURLINGTON COUNTY: Plan focuses on more farm preservation

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    The Burlington County Agriculture Development Board recently released an update to the 1998 Farmland Preservation Strategic Plan which calls for the preservation of 200 more farms over the next 10 years, including over 10,000 acres in the Northern Burlington area.    Included in that amount are 1,823 acres in Chesterfield, 327…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Students spearhead book donations for Salvation Army

    HILLSBOROUGH: Students spearhead book donations for Salvation Army

    Mike Harrington, a Salvation Army representative, takes boxes of donated books from Woods Road School students Elias and Hannah Winters, Monday. Staff photo by Eileen Oldfield

  • Twice as Nice

    Twice as Nice

    Gifts that give back make a world of a difference to those in need By Joanne Degnan    THE decorating, the cooking, the parties, the traveling and the relatives can all add stress to the holidays, but nothing causes more angst than the hours spent trying to find the perfect gifts for people who already have…

  • POLICE BEAT

    Plumsted    Andrew Roberson, 21, of Harker Street, was charged Nov. 25 with disorderly conduct. Police said they and the New Egypt Fire Department were responding to a brush fire on the street at 2:30 a.m. and Mr. Roberson was being loud and using profanity toward authorities. He was intoxicated and uncooperative, police said. * *…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Holiday program gets gifts into hands of needy

    by Davy James, Staff Writer    With the economy in trouble and unemployment rising, the spirit of giving is needed now more than ever to help less fortunate families make this holiday season a good one.    That’s why the South Brunswick Food Pantry is running its Adopt-A-Family program to help provide gifts for children in need…