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  • MY TURN: Views on war have changed since WWI

    By Hank Reeves    I was amazed to learn there is one soldier remaining from the war to end all war, World War I. This war was fought for four years with the United States entering the last 19 months. Almost five million Americans served in the armed services. How must it feel to be the…

  • POLICE BEAT: Bordentown Township

       Carol McTamney, 48, of Hamilton, was charged with criminal mischief, possession of crack cocaine, and tampering with evidence at 1:24 p.m. on Wednesday after officers were called to the Ramada Inn on Route 206, where Ms. McTamney, Gerald McTamney, 44, of Hamilton, and Halana Kurlander, 23, of Yardville, were staying.    Police said they were called…

  • Raymond Carl Anderson Jr.

       LINDEN, Mich. — Raymond Carl Anderson, Jr., 79, died Saturday at Genesys Health Park.    He was born Sept. 23, 1928 in Bordentown, the son of Raymond C. and Mary (Currie) Anderson.    He was married to Margaret M. Dillon at St. Anthony Catholic Church in Trenton on Jan. 9, 1954. He was a graduate of Trenton…

  • Columbus News

       The next recycle collection day in Mansfield Township is scheduled for Monday, June 23. * * *    The 7th Annual 5K run/walk will begin our annual Field Day Events on Saturday, June 14. Start the day off with a nice healthy walk/run with your friends. Meet at the original Civic Club Grounds, just north of…

  • Guiliano and Maiorano provide Redbirds a good start

    By Kyle Moylan, Sports Editor   TOMS RIVER — When the Allentown High School baseball team wanted to get off to a good start this season, it needed to look no further than the heartbreak of losing to Ocean 1-0 in the Central Jersey sectional final last year for motivation.    Well, that and the two guys…

  • Christina daNave

       HILLSBOROUGH — Christina daNave died June 1 at home. She was 83.    Born Pawtucket, R.I., she lived in Manville for 26 years and Hillsborough for 18 years.    Mrs. daNave was a homemaker.    She was a member of the congregation of The Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Bridgewater for 25 years.    Her husband, Amadeu daNave,…

  • Council likes GOP’s plan for state cuts

    By Audrey Levine Staff Writer    As the July 1 deadline for the approval of the state budget draws closer, the Borough Council unanimously approved a resolution Monday supporting a Republican legislative budget plan that would restore municipal aid.    Under Democratic Gov. Jon Corzine’s proposed $33.3 billion state budget, Manville stands to lose about $214,000 in…

  • Mercer, Hightstown lauded in immigration report, however …

    By Lauren Otis, Packet Group    TRENTON — Mercer County’s embrace of immigrants into its community and workforce is more enlightened than other areas of the state, but much more needs to be done locally in the face of a lack of federal government oversight coupled with increasingly draconian enforcement measures targeting undocumented immigrants here.    So…

  • Scrapbook documents Monmouth Junction School’s beginnings

    by Davy James, Staff Writer    The pages are old and faded — containing the observations of a generation witnessing progress — documenting the steps toward modernizing the elementary school and town of Monmouth Junction.    On June 6, a scrapbook that was assembled almost 60 years ago to record the process of building the Monmouth Junction…