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  • Farewell to Cranbury

    Farewell to Cranbury

    Alexander Rifkin plays bass. Staff photo by John Keating.

  • June 19, 2008

       Vito Bittner    Vito Jack Bittner, of Lawrence, died Tuesday at Capital Health System’s Fuld Campus.    Born in Newark, he was a longtime resident of Lawrence.    Mr. Bittner retired in 1985 as assistant director with the Fiscal Division of Mental Health and Hospitals for the State of New Jersey.    He was an Army Air Force veteran…

  • COLUMBUS NEWS

       The next recycle collection day in Mansfield Township is scheduled for Monday, June 23. * * *    Please take notice that there will be only one Mansfield Township Committee meeting for the months of June, July and August. All regular business for the township will be acted upon June 25, July 23 and Aug. 20…

  • Vikings handled tough schedule well

    By Ken Weingartner, Sports Writer    Stephen Dentler didn’t want to see his South Brunswick High boys’ volleyball team exit the state tournament a few weeks back, but when the Vikings did, he had no regrets.    South Brunswick, seeded No. 16 in the South bracket, lost 25-11, 25-13, to No. 1 St. Joseph of Metuchen in…

  • BORDENTOWN JOTTINGS

    Silk & Tweed on Farnsworth Avenue is borrowing photos of historic downtown Bordentown City for a “Then and Now” retrospective of the business district as well as neighboring businesses of the city’s fascinating past. The show will be opening the week of June 27, the third anniversary of the store. Anyone who wishes to assist…

  • Bordentown, Florence 12’s prep for District 12 Little League openers

    By Sean Moylan, Sports Writer ”This year I think the kids are a little more hungry after seeing the Bordentown 12-year-olds run around with a District 12 championship trophy last year,” said Pat Welsh, who will manage this year’s Bordentown 12-year-old Little League All-Star baseball team.    Last year the Bordentown 12’s won their first ever…

  • Undeterred by turnout, group seeksto change attitudes about tracks

    By Eileen Oldfield Staff Writer    With two sets of railroad tracks bisecting Manville, crossing the tracks on foot to get across town is commonplace.    But increasingly so are deaths on the railroad tracks, which the Rev. Linda Pepe, speaking at a meeting to discuss rail safety she organized last week, said it’s time to analyze…

  • Boy Scout soars toward new rank

    by Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer    The scene on Saturday morning couldn’t have been more classically American if Norman Rockwell had painted it himself.    Under a clear blue sky, members of the community gathered to sit in several neat rows of folding chairs on the green front lawn of the Wetherhill historic site. The mayor spoke…

  • Farewell to Cranbury

    Farewell to Cranbury

    Jamie Monroe gets her diploma. Staff photo by John Keating.