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  • Police Beat

    East Windsor    Ten cars parked in Twin Rivers were damaged overnight between Saturday and Sunday.    On Danbury Court, a passenger-side window was shattered on a red 1997 Chrysler Concord, and two passenger-side windows were broken on a blue 2005 Toyota Van. On Bennington Drive, the following cars had mirrors broken off: two side-view mirrors on…

  • Bordentown 12’s win state championship

    Team now headed to Little League Eastern Regional in Connecticut Sean Moylan Sports Writer     ”The bus ride home (back to the hotel) was really fun,” said Zack Gakeler, two hours after tossing a four-inning, four-hit complete game to lead the Bordentown 12-year-old Little League All-Star baseball team to a 14-3 win over Pequannock and…

  • SPOTLIGHT: ‘There’s No Place Like Home’

    SPOTLIGHT: ‘There’s No Place Like Home’

    By Kristin Boyd Staff Writer     High gas prices and skyrocketing food costs got you scouting for “staycations” this summer?     No worries.     There’s plenty of fun to be had right here, according to Mercer County Executive Brian M. Hughes, who, along with the Mercer County Park Commission, has developed “Oh the Places You’ll…

  • Board outlines superintendent search plans

    By Eileen Oldfield Staff Writer First step: Sept. 9 meeting with NJSBA    The search for Manville’s next schools superintendent will begin next month after a meeting with the New Jersey School Boards Association to gain “guidance” on how to proceed.    Superintendent of Schools Donald Burkhardt announced in June he would end his six-year term and…

  • EDITORIAL: School rules are no longer teachers’ pet

    Of all the tasks state officials are called upon to perform, one of the toughest is writing regulations.     Think about it. The Legislature generally passes a law that gives an executive agency wide-ranging authority to regulate a particular industry or activity, then leaves it to the agency to determine how it’s going to go…

  • Evelyn T. Whited

       PRINCETON JUNCTION — Evelyn T. Whited died April 30 at her home.    Born in Poland, she lived in the Morrisville, Pa., Trenton, and East Windsor areas. She worked for the Visiting Nurse Association and Minute Maid, and was last employed by McGraw Hill Companies in construction sales. She was a graduate of Villa Victoria Academy,…

  • Wawa gas station eyed for Route 33

    Proposal includes other retail builings By Davy James, Staff Writer    MONROE —The township zoning board is set to hear an application to build a Wawa Service Center and shopping center at the intersection of Route 33 and Butcher Road.    On Tuesday, the zoning board voted to postpone the hearing until its Aug. 26 meeting.    The…

  • Firefighters get contract after 19 months in limbo

    Five-year deal takes effect Aug. 4 By Jessica Ercolino, Staff Writer    ROBBINSVILLE — After working without a contract for a year and a half, the township and firefighters union have agreed to a new five-year deal that will take effect Monday.    Members of the Robbinsville Professional Firefighters Association IAFF Local 3786 voted July 22 to…

  • Plumsted schools finally get permanent superintendent

    Mark DeMareo begins Sept. 28 By Jessica Ercolino, Staff Writer    PLUMSTED — The Board of Education, teachers and parents welcomed a new permanent superintendent to the district this week, after more than a year without one.    Mark DeMareo will serve as superintendent of Plumsted schools beginning Sept. 28, or sooner if he is available. He…