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  • Police blotter

       George Kotsos, no address given, was charged with careless driving after his tractor trailer overturned on Dukes Parkway near North Sixth Avenue on June 23.    The incident, which was reported at 3 p.m., damaged two utility poles and a guard rail though no injuries were reported.    Police called PSE&G to repair the poles, and the…

  • History falls before progress

    History falls before progress

    STAFF PHOTO BY FRANK WOJCIECHOWSKI — Nick Loveless, of Reeder Avenue, stands amid trees that were removed from a portion of Rider University for a pair of new dorms. Mr. Loveless, as a teenager in the 1940s, carved his initials into a few of these pieces of history.

  • July 3, 2008

       Paul Buckley    Paul Donald Buckley, of Lawrence, died Saturday at the University Medical Center at Princeton. He was 67.    Born and raised in Jersey City, Mr. Buckley resided in Livingston and most recently Wayne for five years prior to his move to Lawrence this past September.    He received his bachelor’s degree from Seton Hall University,…

  • Golf club neighbors voice opposition to development plan

    By Audrey Levine Staff Writer    Depending on one’s view — and perhaps home address — the presentation by representatives from Erickson Retirement Communities on its 1,500-unit senior citizen residence community at the June 26 Planning Board meeting was viewed as encouraging for local seniors — or relied on scare tactics.    In a meeting lasting more…

  • Wawa held up

    by Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer    Two masked men robbed the Wawa convenience store on Georges Road, Dayton, at gunpoint early Tuesday morning.    The men entered the store at 4:12 a.m. and pointed handguns at the three employees, ordering them to the floor, according to police.    They then ordered the workers to open the cash register…

  • Doris L. Sprague

       MANSFIELD — Doris L. Sprague, 76, of Columbus, died Sunday, June 29, at St. Francis Medical Center, Trenton.    Born in Trenton, she was a resident of Allentown for most of her life before moving to Columbus eight years ago. A retired employee of the State of New Jersey, Division of Building and Construction, Mrs. Sprague…

  • Our country is still a work in progress

       On Friday, we celebrate one of the most radical documents in history.    The American Declaration of Independence, officially approved by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, accomplished something that was then rare. It announced to the world that the people who were then living in the 13 colonies voluntarily were coming together to…

  • Robotics team shows off latest ‘athlete’ at library

    by Emily Laermer, Staff Writer    Ziggy Square Muffin zoomed between his opponents until he reached the goal post. He latched himself onto the white structure, which was approximately his height, and began sliding red and blue rings onto the pole. Then, when his opponents tried to score on his post, he slid the bar up…

  • Charleen M. Johnson

       ROBBINSVILLE — Charleen M. Johnson (nee Simpson), 85, of Robbinsville and formerly of Collingswood, died Sunday.    Ms. Johnson and her family lived in Collingswood for over 35 years, where she belonged to St. John’s Roman Catholic Church and enjoyed senior citizens bus trips, especially to Atlantic City. She and her husband relocated to Robbinsville earlier…