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  • Bordentown 12’s win Section 3

    Team now in state Final Four BY: Sean Moylan Sports Writer     Fittingly, the Bordentown 12-year-old Little League All- Star baseball team got contributions from nearly every player to beat Jackson, 8-5, on Monday night and win the town’s first ever baseball Section 3 title.     After being no-hit by Jackson on Sunday to force…

  • Bordentown advances out of Little League Regional pool play

       Despite suffering a heartbreaking 8-7 loss to Maryland on Wednesday afternoon, the Bordentown 12-year-old Little League All-Stars advanced out of pool play in the Mid-Atlantic Regional.     Bordentown finished pool play with a 1-3 record, tying Washington D.C. and Delaware for the final spot in the four-team semifinals. Bordentown emerged via a tiebreaker and will…

  • Robbinsville building a softball dynasty

    12’s win state title Sean Moylan Sports Writer     Lauren Fischer is, first and foremost, a team player.     However, after watching her good friend Rebecca Freeman pitch the Robbinsville 12-year-old Little League All- Star softball team to big wins in the District 12 and Section 3 title games, the tremendous competitor inside of Fischer…

  • Florence Freshmen Legion heading into state play

    BY: Sean Moylan Sports Writer     The Florence Freshmen American Legion baseball team won both of its games this past week to finish the regular season with a 19-3 record and sole possession of first place in the Camden County League.     As the league champ, Florence automatically qualified for the state playoffs, which will…

  • R. Bruce Wandling

    NEWTOWN, Pa. — R. Bruce Wandling, 72, of Newtown, Pa., died Saturday at St. Mary Medical Center.     He was the husband of Deborah B. Wandling, to whom he was married for 22 years. Born in Newton, son of the late Malcolm and Dorothy Hart Wandling, he was in the first full graduating class at…

  • Sunning at the battlefield: It’s a lot closer than the beach

    Sunning at the battlefield: It’s a lot closer than the beach

    Rebecca Lumb of Liverpool, England, studies a battlefield plaque. Staff photo by Katie Wagner

  • Trenton Water Works seeking 40-percent rate hike in Lawrence

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Lawrence Township residents who are hooked up to the Trenton Water Works may be on the hook for a 40-percent increase in their water bills, under an ordinance raising the rate that has been introduced by the Trenton City Council.    The City Council gave first reading to the ordinance at…

  • Police blotter

       Patrols reported stopping two youths, ages 16 and 12, at 2:11 a.m. Aug. 5, after an officer saw them in the Chester House parking lot on North Main Street.    The youths were issued curfew violation summonses, and released to their guardians.    A Brooks Boulevard resident reported that a front window on his house was broken…

  • Township, borough men charged in separate alleged sex assaults

    Staff report     An East Windsor resident and a Hightstown resident were charged last week for separate incidents of alleged sexual assault.     Yusef A. Boyd, 23, of the 100 building of Princeton Arms North 2, in East Windsor, was charged Saturday with aggravated sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child.     A…