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  • Teen charged with assault

    by Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer    A South Brunswick teen was charged by the Franklin Township Police Department on Monday in connection with the assault and robbery of a taxi driver.    Jarrell Belle, 18, was arrested at 10:57 p.m. along with Maurice Harrison, 18, of Somerset, and charged with first-degree armed robbery and second-degree conspiracy for…

  • Lucy Giordano

       Lucy Giordano, 83, died Aug. 17 in Henderson, Nev.    Born in New York, Mrs. Giordano resided in Skillman for 22 years and Florida for 25 years prior to moving to Las Vegas, Nev.    She was a secretary at the NJ Neuropsychiatric Institute in Skillman, and later was employed by the Hollywood Dog Track in Hollywood,…

  • Band preps for new season

    Band preps for new season

    New Band Director Chris Balas (at right) guides the students through the routine during Tuesday’s practice. Staff photo by Eileen Oldfield

  • DISPATCHES: A dream not yet realized

    by Hank Kalet, Managing Editor    The numbers seem small now, the 200,000 paling in comparison to the million or so protesters that have been drawn to the nation’s capital for various demonstrations in recent years.    But at the time, the 200,000 civil rights marchers that descended on Washington on Aug. 28, 1963, represented what The…

  • The ‘Big Green Bus’ makes a stop in Lawrence in save-energy effort

    The ‘Big Green Bus’ makes a stop in Lawrence in save-energy effort

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Claudia DeFino has always been interested in community-supported agriculture, alternative energy sources such as solar energy and wind power, and generally living a holistic lifestyle.    So when Ms. DeFino learned that the Big Green Bus was stopping for a few hours at the Quaker Bridge Mall, she decided she had…

  • Lawrence is hometown to mayor of Bellingham, Wash.

    Lawrence is hometown to mayor of Bellingham, Wash.

    Chris Coffin Bellingham, Wash., Mayor Dan Pike, 51, was a 1975 graduate of Lawrence High School.

  • Students, parents give two-week Weston camp high marks

    Students, parents give two-week Weston camp high marks

    By Mary Ellen Zangara Special Writer    Pirates and jungle animals seemed to invade Weston School for two weeks, as the Weston PTA held its second summer camp.    The camp’s two sessions each drew more than 40 children between kindergarten and fifth grade for a week of activities, crafts and projects around the weekly theme —…

  • Ex-teacher indicted, could face prison time

    Accused of broadcasting a sexually explicit video to a 14-year-old girl By Jessica Ercolino, Staff Writer    ROBBINSVILLE — A former Pond Road Middle School technology teacher accused of broadcasting a sexually explicit video to a 14-year-old girl could face 10 years in prison if convicted, officials said.    Daniel Corvino, 31, of Ewing, was indicted by…

  • Jane D. Travis

       Jane D. Travis, 80, of Ewing Township, died Tuesday at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital at Hamilton.    Born in Trenton, she was a lifelong area resident. She was a secretary for Walter P. Travis Well Drilling Company for 35 years. She was a member of the Abiding Presence Lutheran Church in Ewing.    Daughter of the late…