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  • Keith P. Jones

       BORDENTOWN — Keith P. Jones, 51, died at the Samaritan Inpatient Hospice Center located in Mount Holly after a long battle with ampullary cancer.    Born in Jersey City, he lived in Keyport before moving to Bordentown 15 years ago. Mr. Jones was a 1974 graduate of Keyport High School. After high school, he was accepted…

  • Farm Fair to move to Springfield

       Burlington County has completed design for the new County Fairgrounds on Route 206 in Springfield Township and will advertise for bids to construct the facilities that will serve the Farm Fair and other year-round events.    The freeholders announced last week they plan to introduce a $9.5 million bond ordinance at the next public board meeting…

  • Borough plans busy pool season

    Borough plans busy pool season

    By Mary Ellen Zangara Special Writer    Manville Recreation is planning a cool and fun-filled summer for the kids just by coming to Memorial Park on Colorado Avenue.    Pool supervisor Stefanie Bocchino and the pool staff — Elizabeth Roche, who leads the arts and crafts programs, and Alison Fischer, who guides the daily activities — have…

  • Single-source recycling to save borough thousands

    By Vic Monaco, Managing Editor    HIGHTSTOWN – Starting next month borough residents will save time when dealing with their trash … and the borough will save thousands of dollars.    Following in the footsteps of East Windsor, the borough has decided to turn to single-source recycling, under which paper does not need to be separated from…

  • Hitters connect for Lawrence 15s

    BABE RUTH 15-YEAR-OLDS By Tim Falls, Sports Editor    Hitting is contagious for the Lawrence 15-year-old Babe Ruth Baseball team.    Lawrence pounded out plenty of big hits to advance in the loser’s bracket of the District 1 tournament with a 12-4 win over Montgomery on Tuesday.    Lawrence lost its initial game to Ewing, 12-5, in the…

  • Pension impact modest

    by Davy James, Staff Writer    Local officials said they don’t think a new bill aimed at reducing pension benefits for new state employees will have much impact locally.    The bill, aimed at scaling back the pension benefits for new state employees and public school teachers, was approved in the state Senate on June 23, and…

  • Summer a time for enrichment

    by Davy James, Staff Writer    School may have ended a few weeks ago, but that doesn’t mean the bustle in the hallways of the high school has slowed down.    Thanks to a number of summer offerings for the community and students of all ages, South Brunswick High School has kept its doors open and continues…

  • Navigating through the many ways to save energy

    Weekly eco-tips courtesy Sustainable Lawrence By Scott Bentivegna, Sustainable Lawrence    This year, Sustainable Lawrence will be looking at ways people can reduce home energy usage. It turns out there are so many ways to conserve energy that it is sometimes difficult to choose which ones are best, especially considering that different residents have different homes,…

  • Carbon monoxide death ruled accident

    Car was left running By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    A 74-year-old woman who left her car running in an enclosed garage at her Point Court home, in the Lawrenceville Point age-restricted housing development, died from carbon monoxide poisoning.    Nancy Baker was found in her bedroom after police and firefighters were sent to the development at…