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  • IN THE KITCHEN: Princeton’s Calico Grill offers breezy summer fare

    IN THE KITCHEN: Princeton’s Calico Grill offers breezy summer fare

    By Pat Tanner Special Writer     When I struggle to come up with ideas for making dinner during these, the long, hot days of summer, my thoughts run first and foremost to the fare of tropical climes. Which is why I recently turned to the folks at Calico Grill in Princeton for recipes to get…

  • Mission to Nicaragua attracts Lawrence High graduate

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Nicaragua is a beautiful country and yet one of great contrasts, where a visitor can stand in the middle of an impoverished village and see a breathtaking volcano in the distance.    ”The best word to describe Nicaragua is ‘incongruent,’” said Erica Buher. The Lawrence High School graduate spent the month…

  • New equipment for new challenges

    New equipment for new challenges

    Rescue Squad members Brian Buurma and Joan Krahn lift the squad’s Jaws of Life extricator, which can take two members to carry. The squad plans to upgrade the equipment and vehicle used to respond to serious accidents — including adding a new of extricator that can be easily carried by one person. Staff photo by…

  • William Stephen Sabo, Jr.

    FLORENCE — William Stephen Sabo, Jr., 51, of Roebling, died July 22 in Cooper Medical Center, Camden.     Mr. Sabo was born in Trenton and was the son of the late William Stephen Sabo Sr. He was a lifelong resident of Roebling. He was a graduate of Holy Assumption School and Florence Township Memorial High…

  • Roosevelt’s fiesta offers a healthy mix of fun, sun

    Roosevelt’s fiesta offers a healthy mix of fun, sun

    Shea Raver and Lauren Gruzska play with “oobleck” — a mixture of cornstarch and water that has properties of both liquids and solids — during the Healthy Kids Better Future summer fiesta. Photos by Mary Ellen Zangara

  • School’s new ideas make for safer drivers

    By Emily Laermer Staff Writer    Michael Ferrara Jr. knows safety. As the former worldwide director of Johnson & Johnson’s SAFE Fleet, he helped double the company’s motor vehicles on the road, while cutting the number of accidents in half.    He is bringing that mentality — and the ideas he developed there to improve drivers’ safety…

  • NB 8’s in Cal Ripken title game

        On Friday, the Northern Burlington U-8 baseball team opened up the Cal Ripken state tournament in Millville with a 14-0 win over Stratford in a game stopped after four innings.     Sam Irvin and Ryan Wainwright each pitched two innings and combined for nine strikeouts. Jarrad Dittmer, Sam Irvin, Devin Lippincott, Ryan Wainwright, Cameron…

  • Band parents set Sunday car show

    By Eileen Oldfield Staff Writer    The Manville Music Association is expecting cars from the 1930s and 1940s at its car show this Sunday, but the organization isn’t limiting the fundraiser with a cut-off year for the entrants.    ”Our motto is, ‘if you can drive it, you can bring it,’” Joe Burris, Manville High School Music…

  • Picnicking parishioners show hats they won’t wear to church

    Picnicking parishioners show hats they won’t wear to church

    Rita Jones shows off the “silliest hat” at Sunday’s Christ the King Church picnic. Photo by Mary Ellen Zangara</<br>