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  • Man wanted on marijuana charges surrenders to police

    By Audrey Levine Staff Writer    HILLSBOROUGH — Millstone River Road resident Nicholas Tafaro, 30, wanted by police for running what investigators have said is a marijuana production facility at his home, surrendered to authorities Monday.    Mr. Tafaro was charged with first-degree maintaining a marijuana production facility, first-degree manufacturing marijuana and third-degree possession of a controlled…

  • ‘Lakeview Terrace’

    ‘Lakeview Terrace’

    The film’s characters are so caught up in justice and fairness, for themselves and those around them, they can’t seem to compromise to get it. By Bob Brown THE cul-de-sac in this Los Angeles suburb is anything but Mr. Rogers’ neighborhood. It’s a place where the tightly packed houses virtually force neighbors to invade each…

  • West Amwell man treated with cyberknife

    By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    WEST AMWELL — A West Amwell man was the first patient to complete a new treatment for prostate cancer at Capital Health System in Mercer County.    Joseph Ferguson, 61, of Rocktown-Lambertville Road, underwent cyberknife radiation treatment in August.    He is so pleased by the outcome and by how quickly he…

  • Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Howe Constable

    Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Howe Constable   Longtime Princeton resident and Princeton University’s first women’s squash coach,  Betty Constable,  83,  passed away Tuesday,  September 9, 2008.  She was born November 8, 1924, and grew up in Weston, MA  and, later, in New Haven, CT where she married her husband,  W. Pepper Constable,  Jr., in May 1950.  …

  • Mustangs give away home opener

    Mustangs give away home opener

    Loss to Dayton drops record to 0-2 by Shawn Tyrrell, Sports Writer    Last Friday night the Manville High football team was in a very giving mood when the school played host to visiting Dayton.    Perhaps the Mustangs were a bit too giving on the evening as they turned the ball over seven times making it…

  • ‘Ghost Town’

    ‘Ghost Town’

    Photo Credit: Sarah Shatz Tea Leoni (left) and Ricky Gervais in Ghost Town.

  • Police Blotter-Sept. 25, 2008

    Lambertville    Andres Lopez, 34, of Lambertville is being charged with theft after allegedly trying to steal a bicycle Aug. 18.    Police went to the South Union Street area about midnight after receiving a report a man was trying to steal a bicycle. Police said they saw Mr. Lopez trying to take the bicycle.    Police said Mr.…

  • Lady Mustangs scoring more goals

    Team still seeking first victory by John E. Powers, Sports Writer    Manville High School girls’ soccer team showed in their first two games that improvement has already been made since last season. Now, the Lady Mustangs would like to go beyond the improvement, the morale victory, and get some wins.    Manville opened its season last…

  • Jacqueline D. Urbish

    Jacqueline D. Urbish Age 74, of Holiday City West section of Berkeley Twsp. passed away Monday September 15, 2008 at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, Hamilton., NJ. Born in Llondovery, South Wales, U.K., she came to the U.S. in 1953 to marry her beloved husband, Frederick, and they lived in Perth Amboy, NJ before moving to…