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  • Live for Pink turning parks yellow

    Plantings honor those who have battled cancer by Paul Koepp, Staff Writer    Live for Pink is raising funds for cancer research by turning township parks yellow.    The Kingston-based group is well on its way toward planting 20,000 daffodil bulbs in “Fields of Hope” in South Brunswick, Plainsboro, and Princeton. Each bulb can be dedicated in…

  • Printing money

       An alternative solution to monetize the state assets is for New Jersey to print its own currency.    In the early days of our country, individual banks printed their own money supported by gold and silver holdings.    Today, our national currency is being pumped up by the printing presses. New Jersey should emulate the federal government…

  • South boys soccer survives GMCT scare

    South boys soccer survives GMCT scare

    South Brunswick’s Chris LaCorte shields the ball from a St. Joe’s player duringlast Friday’s 3-0, first-round GMCT win. Staff Photo by John Keating

  • Wildfire relief gets Hillsborough help

    Red Cross sending residents to assist California shelters By Audrey Levine Staff Writer    With the Southern California wildfires still escalating on Wednesday, three Hillsborough residents were getting ready to help distribute Red Cross supplies there.    Winchrop Drive resident Dave Eardley is scheduled to leave for California today (Thursday), and will be joined by residents Charles…

  • Campaigns take issues to the Web

    Candidates’ sites offer help — even if voters don’t look By Audrey Levine Staff Writer    Local candidates have taken a page from national campaigns, making Web sites and an online presence key components of their campaigns to inform voters of their positions.    And residents have been slowly getting used to seeking online information about local…

  • Campaign Corner: Coffey explains why she bowed out

       I believe that this November’s election will be one of the closest races we’ve seen in Upper Freehold in recent years. I also believe that its outcome will determine whether we will maintain our rural community or we will encourage our farmers to grow more housing and commercial development instead of crops, livestock, and horses.…

  • Eartha Garvin 

        TRENTON — Eartha “Money” Garvin, 55, died Oct. 17 at home.    Born in Salley, S.C. and a resident of Trenton since 1959, she was a graduate of Trenton Central High School, class of 1971. She continued her education at Mercer County Community College, majoring in pre-nursing studies.    A unit secretary at St. Lawrence Rehabilitation…

  • LHS competes regardless of record

    GIRLS SOCCER By John E. Powers, Sports Writer    One game is all that’s left on the schedule for the Lawrence High School girls soccer team.    One game that could go a long way in making the Cardinals feel much better as they head into the off-season with visions of making noticeable improvement in 2008.    Despite…

  • Ethel Tonne

    Ethel Tonne    WASHINGTON — Ethel H. Tonne died Sunday at Compassionate Care Hospice at St. Francis. She was 82.    Born in Trenton, daughter of the late Michael and Anna Scerba Ferko, she was a lifelong area resident.    Ms. Tonne retired from the State of New Jersey, Department of Education in 1985.    She enjoyed tending her…