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  • Robert W. Fennimore III

       UPPER FREEHOLD — Robert W. Fennimore III, 75, died Saturday at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick.    Born in Trenton, he grew up in Yardville before moving to Cream Ridge 56 years ago.    He was a retired lineman with PSE&G, a charter member of the New Egypt Elks Lodge, a lifetime member of the…

  • Committee says ‘no’ to PNC petition

    By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    CRANBURY — Township Committee said it would not reconsider buying the PNC Bank building on Main Street, despite a petition with 52 signatures presented by residents for it to do so.    Committeemen Wayne Wittman and Tom Panconi were again the voices of opposition to any such purchase at Monday’s meeting.…

  • Younger legion teams also having big seasons

       While South Brunswick Post 401 has cruised through the Senior American Legion season with a South Division championship, the South Brunswick Junior and Sophomore Legion teams have been enjoying equally outstanding seasons.    The Junior Legion team, managed by Anthony Feltre, was 15-1 and in first place as of Tuesday in the 21-team Middlesex County League.…

  • Pretrial phase for DWI case

    by Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer    The case against a Somerset woman charged in a crash that killed a Dayton teenager is set to move forward in September.    Kimberly Green, 32, is charged with one count of aggravated manslaughter and two counts of aggravated assault in connection with the Dec. 28 crash that killed Kylie Pinheiro,…

  • Allentown 11’s reach District 12 winners’ bracket final

    By Kyle Moylan, Sports Editor For a team that was feeling bad, the Allentown 11-year-olds played pretty good baseball this past Sunday.    Allentown scored four runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to finish off a 10-0 win over Millstone in the opening game of the Final Six in the District 12 Little League…

  • Robbinsville 12’s win Section 3 softball title

    Team makes Final 4 in NJ By Sean Moylan, Sports Writer  Everything — from the club’s quick and dignified post-game celebration to manager Jim Freeman’s shades — about the Robbinsville’s 12-year-old Little League All-Star softball team’s 7-0 Section 3 championship win over Middletown on Saturday at Florence’s Susan M. Muchowski Field personified “cool.”    With Rebecca…

  • Borough hall ‘mini-flood’ moves meeting

    By Audrey Levine Staff Writer    In a town that has seen some of the worst flooding in the past decade, the Manville borough hall recently dealt with its own tiny flood, caused not by nature, but by a mechanical mishap.    Monday’s Borough Council meeting was moved to the Manville Public Library after a connection burst…

  • Roiled ratepayers vow to fight sale of water pipelines

    35.9% hike in utility bills feared By Lea Kahn    There’s a water fight in the offing.    Officials from Lawrence, Ewing, Hamilton and Hopewell townships are gearing up to do battle against the New Jersey American Water Co., which is poised to purchase the Trenton Water Works’ lines in those townships.    They urged residents to voice…

  • Richard L. Hendriksen

       Richard L. Hendriksen, 79, died Saturday, July 12, at St. Peter’s University Medical Center, New Brunswick.    Born in Bloomfield, he lived in Colonia for 45 years, moving to East Brunswick in 2005. Trained as a machinist, he had a 30-plus-year career as a production foreman for several Union County manufacturing firms, including RCA, Regina, in…