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  • POLICE BEAT: May 22

    Robbinsville    Police charged Robert Tumas, 29, of Marlton with driving while intoxicated on May 11. According to police, officers responded to a car crash where a vehicle driven by Mr. Tumas had struck a guardrail at the intersection of Windsor and Allens roads.    Mr. Tumas was also charged with reckless driving and careless driving.    He…

  • MERCER COUNTY NEWS: May 23

    Hoopla streaming media comes to county library    Mercer County Library System (www.mcl.org) has announced a new service for patrons that provides thousands of movies, television shows, audio books, and music albums, all available for mobile and online access through a new partnership with hoopla (hoopladigital.com).    County Library System cardholders can download the free hoopla digital…

  • LAMBERTVILLE: Veterans will get center stage in Monday observances

    LAMBERTVILLE: Veterans will get center stage in Monday observances

    Opdyke, Hambach to be featured in Monday’s parade, speeches By John Tredrea, Special Writer During his tour of duty in the Air Force from 1951 to 1955, Charles R. Opdyke, who will be grand marshal of Lambertville’s Memorial Day parade on Monday, was stationed for three years with at Buttonwood Air Force Base in England…

  • MANVILLE: Scouts replace flags on veterans’ graves

    MANVILLE: Scouts replace flags on veterans’ graves

    Manville Boy Scouts and leaders from Manville Troop 193 at the service activity replacing more than 1,500 torn American flags at local cemeteries.

  • FLORENCE-ROEBLING NEWS: May 22

    By Peg Dotson    The Roebling Garden Club will be conducting their annual Geranium Fundraiser to beautify the Roebling Circle.    For a donation of $6 per plant, you can purchase a flower “In Honor of “ or “In Memory of” a loved one. Names will be published in this newspaper column at a future date.    Also,…

  • MERCER COUNTY NEWS: May 22

    Hoopla streaming media comes to county library Mercer County Library System (www.mcl.org) has announced a new service for patrons that provides thousands of movies, television shows, audio books, and music albums, all available for mobile and online access through a new partnership with hoopla (hoopladigital.com). County Library System cardholders can download the free hoopla digital…

  • MANVILLE: Who is tyrannizing whom, when it comes to guns?

    Letter to the editor To the editor: Simply put (and repeated many, many times) our nation is experiencing an epidemic of gun violence. Our founding fathers conceived of the Second Amendment to give citizens the right (which "shall not be infringed") to own and bear arms against tyrants and tyrannical governments. They could not have…

  • Watch for Those Orange Curbing Hunger Bags

    Watch for Those Orange Curbing Hunger Bags

    Look for the bright-orange Curbing Hunger bags on your recycling bucket.

  • UPPER FREEHOLD: Cream Ridge group helps to rescue rabbits

    By Jane Meggitt, Special Writer    CREAM RIDGE — Last month, a West Virginia woman pleaded guilty to three counts of animal cruelty after authorities discovered more than 150 rabbits in her home.    Rescue organizations from all over the East Coast took in these needy bunnies, including Kind Heart Rescue in Cream Ridge, which was just…