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  • EDITORIAL: Campaign ’08: Let the games begin for real

       Let the games begin.    No, not the Olympic Games. They’re history.    Not the Friday night high school football games, the Thursday-through-Saturday college games or the Sunday and Monday night NFL games. They’re mere spectator sports.    Not even the blatant gamesmanship of the Democratic and Republican national conventions. They’re just the exhibition season, the hype that…

  • Mary G. Mercantini

    BORDENTOWN – Mary G. Mercantini, 88, died Aug. 27 at her home with her loving family by her side.     Born in Raritan, she moved to Bordentown in 1944 following her marriage. She was employed at General Motors in Ewing, where she met her future husband Leo Mercantini. She also worked for the Crescent Sports…

  • ACLU claims many districts request information illegally

    By Stephanie Prokop, Staff Writer The American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey recently released findings alleging that approximately 20 percent of state public schools, including the New Hanover School District, are illegally asking for information containing the Social Security number of a child or a parent as a prerequisite for enrollment.     New Hanover…

  • Doris E. Stanger

       Doris Elizabeth Stanger of Lawrence died Friday at the Elms in Cranbury. She was 84.    Born in Lawrence, she was a lifelong township resident.    Mrs. Stanger was retired from Educational Testing Service in Lawrence.    Daughter of the late Charles and Hattie Maple Smith, she is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Carlton and Connie Stanger;…

  • ‘Traitor’

    ‘Traitor’

    Don Cheadle (left) and Jeff Daniels star in Traitor.

  • Linda M. (Krantz) Brokaw

       Linda M. (Krantz) Brokaw, 60, died Friday at home.    Born in Somerville, Ms. Brokaw had been a resident of Hopewell for 20 years.    She was a hearing reporter for the Office of Legislative Services, State of New Jersey.    Preceded in death by her father, Harry Krantz, she is survived by her husband, Kenneth Brokaw Sr.;…

  • ‘Traitor’

    ‘Traitor’

    This terrorist thriller attempts to show an Islam that deserves respect but the characters are mouthpieces for their respective sides. By Bob Brown WHAT if there were a counter-terrorist operative who was so deeply under cover that his government could not be sure he hadn’t turned, or that he himself hadn’t betrayed his own cause?…

  • ‘Bottle Shock’

    ‘Bottle Shock’

    Freddy Rodriguez stars in Bottle Shock.

  • Motorcycle driver treated at hospital and released

    Vic Monaco, Managing Editor EAST WINDSOR — A motorcycle driver from Browns Mills man received medical treatment after an accident on Mercer Street near Airport Road. Township police said Robert Michaelson, 57, was traveling east at 2:33 p.m. Aug. 29 when, in attempting to avoid a vehicle that was exiting a driveway, he hit the…