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  • Time to walk like MADD

    Debbie Costagliota of Kendall Park    Oct. 11 — save the date.    Join team “Friends of Kylie Pinheiro” as we honor Kylie’s memory and celebrate her life in the Walk Like MADD in Philadelphia on Saturday, Oct. 11.    Walk Like MADD, Mothers Against Drunk Driving’s signature 5K walk, raises funds to help save lives.    MADD works…

  • Blighted business brought to task

    Former Pit Stop gas station has been abandoned for five years By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Surrounded by a six-foot chain link fence, its doors and windows boarded up and its yard strewn with weeds, the former Pit Stop gas station sits almost smack in the middle of the Eldridge Park business district.    For several…

  • RHS boys’ track earns three bronzes at relays

    Sean Moylan Sports Writer     Small school or not, Robbinsville High enjoyed some tremendous success at the Mercer County Relays.     The host Raven team took home three bronze medals on Saturday. Robbinsville placed third in the 4×1,600 as Nick Lachman, Jonathan Harmon, Zach Matuzsan and Tim Brazelton combined for a 19:21.4 time. The 4×400…

  • POLICE BLOTTER

    From the April 24 edition Mansfield      Slawomir M. Jarzecki, 35, of Trenton, was charged Saturday with driving while intoxicated, refusal to submit a breath sample, reckless driving, failure to maintain lane, and driving an unregistered vehicle.     Police said they stopped Mr. Jarzecki at 11:55 p.m. on Route 130 near Crystal Lake for…

  • Loss to Carteret actually a sign of South’s progress

    By Sean Richards, Sports Writer    Sometimes, you can judge how much improvement a team is making by looking at a lot more than just the wins and losses.    Such is the case for the South Brunswick High School softball team, which stood at 6-6 on the season following a tough 4-1 loss to Carteret Monday…

  • Pope’s visit ‘once in a lifetime deal’

    Pope’s visit ‘once in a lifetime deal’

    Pope Clement XVI greets the crowd at Yankee Stadium, Sunday. Photo courtesy of Steve Szabo

  • Community Education

        South Brunswick Community Education’s Knock Out Boredom summer program offers fun, learning and excitement for South Brunswick children and residents of surrounding areas. Camps are open to all area children — they do not have to attend South Brunswick district schools (exceptions are for Camp DECKA and Kindergarten Prep).     Complete registration information and…

  • BEING GREEN: Keep Earth Day lessons in mind all year

    By Vanessa Holt, Managing Editor It’s almost as if the powers that be knew that Tuesday was Earth Day, and put on one of their most glorious displays of spring beauty — a robin’s egg-blue sky threaded with cottony strands of clouds, lilacs and cherry blossoms in bloom, and near perfect temperatures.     If the…

  • Guest opinion: Zoning changes could create problems for city

    Jack Sade, Bordentown City The newly-proposed zoning ordinance currently pending before the Bordentown City Commissioners has the potential to change Bordentown City dramatically. One of the most significant changes is that it seems to advocate increasing the population of Bordentown City by including the following code sections:     1. Section 300-158 provides for the establishment…