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  • Sidney C. Lutz Sr.

    FLORENCE — Sidney C. Lutz Sr., 80, died Thursday, April 24, in Compassionate Care Hospice at St. Francis Medical Center, Trenton.     Born in West Point, N.Y., son of the late Elmer J. Sr. and Margaret M. Colerick Lutz, he had lived in Bordentown before moving to Florence Township a year ago.     Mr. Lutz,…

  • Koellner approaches milestone

    BOYS LACROSSE By Tim Falls, Sports Editor    Lawrence High School junior David Koellner scored three of the five goals he needed to reach a major milestone for the Cardinals’ boys lacrosse game.    Koellner is quickly approaching his 100th career goal for Lawrence.    The junior Cardinal reached 95 goals in a loss to West Windsor-Plainsboro South…

  • Trill’s skill paces boys

    By John Beisser, Sports Writer    These are heady days for the South Brunswick High boys golf team as the Vikings hit the halfway point of the 2008 season and begin the stretch run.    How many squads can have their top player shoot the team’s fourth-best score and still defeat a field of local who’s who’s?…

  • New group forming to lobby for flood study

    By Audrey Levine Staff Writer    In the hopes of motivating the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to continue its flood study in Manville, and convince the federal government to contribute more funds, Mayor Lillian Zuza is preparing to create a flood steering committee to help move the study forward.    ”It was one of my campaign…

  • Experts discuss how to keep computer-savvy kids safe online

    Terms like "eavesdropping" and "grooming" explored By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Ask most parents to define “eavesdropping,” and they might say it means listening to a conversation between two people.    By the same token, “grooming” must mean personal grooming, such as combing one’s hair or applying makeup.    Well, not exactly, said Deborah Goldberg and Linda…

  • Police blotter

       A West Camplain Road resident reported on April 21 that someone took a U.S. immigration green card and $40 in cash from her purse. The resident believed the theft occurred eight months ago, and was making the report as a matter of record.    Vilma Orellana, 57, of Bridgewater, was charged with shoplifting $109 of merchandise…

  • Library gets in ‘La Spirita’ next week

    Musicians play with period instruments By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    La Spirita, a quintet of musicians that specializes in early music, will transport listeners back to the 16th and 17th centuries when the group plays at a special concert Wednesday at the Lawrence Branch of the Mercer County Library.    The 7:30 p.m. concert is free.…

  • Evelyn B. Wasileski

    WILMINGTON, N.C. — Evelyn B. Wasileski, 91, died Saturday at the Lower Cape Fear Hospice and Life Care Center in Wilmington, N.C.     Born in New York, N.Y., daughter of the late John and Julia de Forest Bloomfield, she had been a resident of the Hightstown-East Windsor area for 60 years.     Ms. Wasileski retired…

  • A fowl issue that refuses to go away

    Local man says he’ll defend ‘civil rights’ By Vic Monaco, Managing Editor    HIGHTSTOWN — After allowing more than nine months of public debate over a neighbors’ dispute, some members of the Borough Council may have thought the issue of chickens was behind them.    That isn’t the case, and the matter involving a coop could be…