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  • Flawless effort leads to a win

    DISTRICT 12 SOFTBALL By Tim Falls, Sports Editor    A little bit of everything helped the Lawrence 12-year-old District 12 All Star softball team win their first game in the tournament at Central Park on Tuesday night.    Lawrence had hits, stole bases and scored runs offensively and threw strikes, caught fly balls and fielded ground balls…

  • Florence-Roebling News

       Tonight is the meeting for the Florence Township Chapter of Deborah at 7:30 p.m. This will be an ice cream social. All members and friends are invited. * * *    Saturday, June 28, is the Pig Roast at Francis W. Robbins American Legion, 6th and Broad Street, Florence. Tickets are $25 for adults and ages…

  • Randolph bridged gap, was historic figure

    By Anthony V. Coppola, Staff Writer    HIGHTSTOWN — The civil rights movement was in full swing and the borough was experiencing racial tension.    Fortunately for Hightstown, Philip Randolph Sr. was able to help bridge that gap.    The lifetime borough resident died Monday at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton. He was 79.    Remembered by…

  • Class of 2008 bids farewell to SBHS

    Class of 2008 bids farewell to SBHS

    Staff photo by John Keating Kaitlyn Brady, Amy Binder, Alyssa Brent, Courtney Borresen, James Gillespie and Steven Amoako-Poku spend some time together.

  • Teen’s pool petition may prompt meeting

    By Anthony V. Coppola, Staff Writer    EAST WINDSOR — More than 100 people have signed a petition started by a 9-year-old township girl who is hoping to save the Brooktree Swim Club.    Lauren Bellars, of Lynnfield Drive, forwarded a copy earlier this month to Mayor Janice Mironov, along with a letter, stating why Brooktree should…

  • ‘Life is not breakfast in bed’

    ‘Life is not breakfast in bed’

    By Mary Ellen Zangara Special Writer MHS Class of 2008 looks back — then ahead    Manville High School held its 51st graduation June 18 and 100 members of the Class of 2008 became the newest alumni.    Graduates, their families and friends, and school district administrators gathered in a packed auditorium to celebrate the event.    The…

  • OBITUARY

    June Campbell    June Campbell died June 8 on her 81st birthday.    Born in the Bronx, N.Y., she had resided in Somerset section of Franklin Township since 1958.    Mrs. Campbell was a finance director for Franklin Township for many years, and taught accounting part-time at Douglas College. She also spent summers for the past 30 years…

  • Class of 2008 bids farewell to SBHS

    Class of 2008 bids farewell to SBHS

    Staff photo by John Keating Matthew Hagood leads a group of students to the podium.

  • Bordentown Jottings

    Bordentown Township Senior Citizen Club meetings are held on the first and third Monday of each month at the Senior Community Center on Municipal Drive.    The following events are scheduled for the month of June:    Thursday, June 26, Burlington County Senior Exposition at 10 a.m. Monday, June 30, blood drive from 1 to 7 p.m.…