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  • Clinton E. Jobes

       BORDENTOWN — Clinton E. Jobes, 80, died Wednesday, June 4 at Samaritan Hospice, in Mt. Holly, with his family by his side.    Born in Florence, he had lived in the Bordentown area most of his life. He owned and operated Clint’s Gulf Service, in Bordentown for twenty five years, was a life-time member of the…

  • Allentown baseball team wins in honor of Gaum

    By Kyle Moylan Sports Editor     It wasn’t enough to Logan Gallagher that he wore Briana Gaum’s uniform number, he wanted to do it justice.     Gallagher, wearing number 2 in honor of his friend and classmate who died in a car accident on Monday, doubled in two runs in the top of the seventh,…

  • Local softball players help team win gold at Special Olympics

    By Audrey Levine Staff Writer    It began as a way to follow in her sisters’ footsteps, but playing sports turned into an opportunity to make new friends of her own when Kelly Jones, of Manville, joined the Somerset Tigers softball team.    Now, after six years of playing on the team, Ms. Jones, 29, attended her…

  • Vikings show hope for future

    By Rich Fisher, Sports Editor    For the South Brunswick High tennis team, it was a case of some good things happening this year, with hopes of some better things occurring in the future.    The Vikings finished 8-9 overall, having a final match rained out to ruin any chance of finishing at .500. But there were…

  • Local parishioners volunteer to rebuild homes in Louisiana

    Local parishioners volunteer to rebuild homes in Louisiana

    Includes members of Presbyterian Church of Lawrenceville By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Residents of Chauvin, a hamlet in southern Louisiana, were grateful to narrowly escape the clutches of Hurricane Katrina on Aug. 29, 2005 — but that joy was short lived when Hurricane Rita crashed into the Gulf Coast, less than one month later on…

  • Doris Nelson

        HOLMES BEACH, Fla. — Doris H. Nelson, formerly Doris Ireland Simonye, 79, died Monday, June 2, at her daughter’s home in Richmond, Ky.     Born in Delaware Township, Mrs. Nelson had lived in Lambertville, in Wichita, Kan., and in Holmes Beach for the last 15 years.     She was a former member of the…

  • Speaker examines evolving learning climate

    Featured presenter at annual League of Women Voters meeting By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Times have changed.    In the “good old days,” teachers sorted out which students would go to college and which would go to work after high school, said Willa Spicer, the state’s deputy commissioner of education.    It didn’t even matter if a…

  • DISPATCHES: Call it a builder bailout

    by Hank Kalet, Managing Editor    When opportunity knocks, New Jersey’s developers know they can get the state Legislature to open the door.    In this case, an economic downturn is being used by builders as an excuse to delay for four years implementation of new environmental and public health laws and changes in zoning and building…

  • REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK: Katrina Pallop

    Reflecting on senior year, from ‘Grease’ to goats    I always fancied that my first day as a senior at Robbinsville High School would unfold like that opening montage from “Grease,” complete with a custom Thunderbird, self-assured swaggers, and a few pink ladies declaring their plans to “rule the school.” Of course, when the big day…