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  • Turnpike eyes massive toll increase

    Florence, Bordentown officials weigh in By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer The New Jersey Turnpike Authority will hold public hearings later this month on its plan to more than double tolls on both the Turnpike and the Garden State Parkway by 2023, with rate increases to begin taking effect as early as next year.     The…

  • Florence M. Sullivan

    FLORENCE — Florence M. Sullivan, 93, died Sunday at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton.     Born in Maine, she was raised in Trenton and a lifelong area resident. She was a graduate of the first class of Trenton High School and was a retired secretary from the Delaval Co. in Trenton.     She…

  • Prank preceding fatal fall angers woman’s son

    By David J. Addis of Chesterfield I have just finished reading the draft of my mother’s obituary. Over the past month as I have talked to patients, read the sympathy cards and gone through her things, I have realized what a truly good, sweet and kind person my mother was.     While others are feeling…

  • 260-acre Plumsted farm preserved

    260-acre Plumsted farm preserved

    Land area bigger than Seaside Heights, says Mayor Ron Dancer By John Dunphy, Managing Editor    PLUMSTED — The township added No. 32 to its list of preserved farms late last month with the acquisition of the Grant farm, a 260-acre property off Colliers Mills Road, Route 539 and Long Swamp Road.    Mayor Ron Dancer made…

  • Bad decision on Clean Elections

    Phyllis Salowe-Kaye and Jim Walsh, NJ Citizen Action NJ Citizen Action is deeply disappointed with the decision by Speaker Roberts to put New Jersey’s 2009 Clean Elections program on hold. This action will temporarily stall efforts to change New Jersey’s current election financing system, which has left us with candidates who are mostly self-financing millionaires…

  • Cards to host Pirates on gridiron

    By Tim Falls    Is it the Lawrence High School football team’s turn?    The Cardinals have battled back and forth with West Windsor-Plainsboro South over the past few seasons and open against the Pirates this year with a home game at 1:30 p.m. Saturday.    ”We’ve had some really great games against them,” said Lawrence head coach…

  • Stop enactment of flexible flow plan

    Richard Green, Lambertville The following is an open letter to New Jersey and Pennsylvania officials:    As you know, Sept. 24 is when the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) will vote on the proposed Flexible Flow Management Plan (FFMP), or its surrogate, the amendments to the Water Code.    I am asking you to act now to…

  • Events in North Hanover, Fort Dix mark Sept. 11

    By Stephanie Prokop, Staff Writer Two events are scheduled in the Northern Burlington County area today to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.     North Hanover School District will remember those who were affected by the attacks as part of the nationwide “America Supports You Freedom Walk” this morning.     The…

  • RHS, AHS football kick off season on Saturday

    BY: Sean Moylan Sports Writer     ”We’re sort of a Jekyll and Hyde football team this preseason. Sometimes we look better than others,” said Robbinsville High football coach Jason Gray, whose Ravens, luckily, looked great in their most recent scrimmage versus Jonathan Dayton.     Some inconsistency, however, is going to be inevitable with a football…