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Police blotter
Brian Sullivan, 25, of Brookside Lane, was charged with driving while intoxicated and careless driving after a witness reported seeing his vehicle driving erratically on Brookside Lane at 2:31 a.m. July 25. According to police, neighbors reported they heard tires screeching and a loud crash as a car appeared to strike the curb. They said…
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Colin A. Henry
Homasote Co. vice president Colin A. Henry of Princeton died Wednesday at the University Medical Center at Princeton. He was 87. Born in Crosby, England, he resided in Canada from 1950 and 1960. He then moved to Princeton, where he lived for 40 years. He retired as vice president of the industrial division of…
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Photo exhibit presents life ‘After Katrina’
On display through September at New Egypt Welcome Center By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer PLUMSTED — The physical damage caused by Hurricane Katrina may have been limited to the South, but its effects were felt throughout the country. One local photographer has documented the physical ravages of the storm to keep it in the minds…
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Recently discovered artifact to be on display at museum
Believed to be at least 8,000 years old By Jessica Ercolino, Staff Writer ROBBINSVILLE — A township artifact presumed to be at least 8,000 years old will soon be on display at the New Jersey State Museum in Trenton. Township Council unanimously authorized the submittal of a 3-inch stone tool called a “flake” to the…
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MHS principal quits
By Eileen Oldfield Staff Writer Manville High School Principal Mary McLoughlin will only spend a month at the high school this September before leaving the district to take a job in another district. The Board of Education accepted Ms. McLoughlin’s resignation at its Tuesday meeting. Her resignation letter was submitted July 29. Ms. McLoughlin was…
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Florence Pop Warner getting squads ready
BY: Sean Moylan Sports Writer A former star lineman for the Florence Township Memorial High varsity football team, Joe Fitzpatrick Jr. already has experience coaching with the Florence Flashes 160-pound Pop Warner football team. Yet this season will be much different than others for Fitzpatrick Jr.. Because this season, for the first time ever,…
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Pair will walk 39.6 miles for cancer funding
By Audrey Levine Staff Writer Melissa Reilley, of Whalen Street, remembers her most emotional experience at the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer when she walked with a United States Marine in New York City last year. She said he carried a flag signed by his fellow Marines who pledged their support to their comrade as…
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Real estate a hard sell in Cranbury
Owners have difficult time mmoving homes By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer CRANBURY — Cranbury yards have seen a recent trend, for sale signs are going up faster than they are coming down. At its peak this year, Cranbury had 41 residential houses on the market in July, said Josh Wilton, a manager at Weichert Realtors…
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POLICE BLOTTER, Aug. 21
A laptop computer, a flat screen TV, an Xbox video game player and a DVD, valued at a combined $2,518, were reported stolen from an apartment at the Lawrenceville Gardens rental complex between 2:14 and 3:36 p.m Saturday, police said. There were no signs of forced entry. * * * Someone took a Verizon Wireless…
