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  • Adventurous dancers step up for center’s party

    Adventurous dancers step up for center’s party

    By Audrey Levine Staff Writer    The polka music played at the Manville Senior Center, on South Third Avenue, Friday, and one couple made their way to the center of the dance floor, clasping hands and beginning to circle around the floor in time with the music.    ”We’re dancers,” said Jane Booman, of Bridgewater, dancing with…

  • Stay off tracks to honor rail victims

    Don Frank, Valerie Drive    As an eight-year resident and 15-year employee in Manville, I am happy to see that a group is being formed to study the reoccurring tragedies that happen on the railroad tracks that pass through our borough. There are two main points I wish to address regarding this issue.    1. If as…

  • Flute players get together

    by Davy James, Staff Writer    A student ensemble of the best and brightest flute players at all grade levels in the district will be performing next week for the community.    At 2 p.m. on June 14, as part of the first South Brunswick Flute Day, a concert will be held at the Crossroads South Auditorium,…

  • Web only: Police say burglaries linked

    Break-ins occured in five towns By Davy James, Staff Writer    SOUTH BRUNSWICK — A number of recent burglaries — including two in Kendall Park — over the past two months throughout Middlesex and Mercer counties are linked, according to police.    ”There has been a string occurring in both Middlesex and Mercer with similar circumstances,” said South…

  • Electrical malfunction blamed for Saturday afternoon fire

    Two firefighters treated for minor injuries By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    An electrical malfunction has been pinpointed as the cause of a two-alarm fire at the Lawrenceville Gardens apartment complex that left three families homeless Saturday afternoon, according to township officials.    The fire at 180 Franklin Corner Road was called in to the Police Department…

  • Hightstown budget hearing done, tax bills imminent

    By Vic Monaco, Managing Editor    HIGHTSTOWN – The Borough Council held a public hearing on the 2008 municipal budget this week but won’t adopt the $5.9 million plan until July or August, after the state announces its extraordinary aid allotments.    But the council did authorize the issuance of estimated third-quarter tax bills, which will be…

  • Township briefs

    By Audrey Levine Staff Writer Fire zones added in Glen area    The Township Committee unanimously approved an ordinance May 27 to amend its fire zone code to allow for the designation of other zones along Bloomingdale Drive and Taurus Drive.    These new zones, which were initially recommended by Chief Fire Marshal Chris Weniger, will allow…

  • Anne T. Svacak Rust

       BORDENTOWN — Anne T. Svacak Rust, 83, died May 28 at the Clare Estate in Bordentown.    Born in Trenton, Mrs. Rust was a lifelong area resident. She retired in 1986 from Rider College after 17 years of service as the executive secretary to the Dean of Students. She was a charter member and the first…

  • Post 414 opens with a win

    AMERICAN LEGION By Tim Falls, Sports Editor    A week without baseball isn’t a good thing for Matt Russo.Luckily, he and the other players on the Lawrence Post 414 American Legion team are back in the swing of things.    Lawrence started the season on Monday with a 2-0 win over defedning Mercer County American Legion League…