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  • ‘Kangaroo court’ volunteers face stockades and pie to raise money

    By: Anthony Coppola    BORDENTOWN CITY — Bordentown City is celebrating its 325th anniversary by placing some of its most recognizable figures in jail.    Larry Denney, chairman of the anniversary committee, is organizing a "kangaroo court" to raise money for future event costs. The fundraiser will run Sept. 4-8.    "We are having two cells built and…

  • Viva Gelato Café opens in Pennington

    New venture is at 12 S. Main, Pennington By John Tredrea    A simple, quite effective business philosophy is involved.    "It’s East meets West," Charlie Yeh said Aug. 16. It is indeed. For four years, Mr. Yeh and his wife, Sharon, have run the Asian restaurant, Somo Sushi, on South Main Street in Pennington.    Now they…

  • Vito’s Pizza: A rock for our youth to hold onto

    REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK By John Tredrea    The biggest turning point in the lives of many children may be the day they are allowed to begin crossing the street on their own. Ah. The glory days are over then, Mom and Dad. Now they belong to the rest of the world, too. They won’t be all yours…

  • Sowa enjoying the (motocross) ride of his life

    By: Kyle Moylan As a loving and caring mother, Christine Sowa has, at times, tried to nudge her children in a certain direction.    Considering the speed and jumping prowess Mic and Amanda can generate, however, that’s a lot easier said than done.    "I gave them golf and tennis lessons," Christine noted with a slight sigh.…

  • This Old Hammer

    ‘King of Dieselbilly’ Bill Kirchen closes out Princeton Summer Courtyard Concerts. By: Susan Van Dongen BILL KIRCHEN    Guitarist Bill Kirchen doesn’t know for sure what inspired him to title his new album Hammer of the Honky-Tonk Gods (Proper American). There is a biography about Led Zeppelin titled Hammer of the Gods, but that’s different. Mr.…

  • Final indictments issued in Rider hazing case

    As the new school year is set to begin, Rider University continues to be held under a microscope amidst recent indictments of three students and two administrators By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer The last of the five Rider University administrators and students who have been charged with aggravated hazing were arraigned last week before state…

  • Schools will have single cell phone policy

    Rules from high school and middle school adopted as policy By Eileen Oldfield Staff Writer    A vote approving the second draft of a districtwide policy for cell phones, pagers, beepers, MP3 players, and other electronic devices in Hillsborough schools had board members buzzing at Monday’s Board of Education meeting.    The policy, which has not been…

  • The new Vito’s Pizza is more spacious and snazzier

    Moved from 4 N. Main to 2 N. Main, Pennington By John Tredrea    Downtown Pennington without the old Vito’s Pizza?    For a long time, that’s been pretty hard to imagine. Vito’s set up shop at 4 N. Main St. in the late 1980s and literally since its first day of operation has been one of…

  • LHS teams train together to gain agility

    Field hockey players join in football’s preseason exercises. By Tim Falls, Sports Editor    Lawrence High School senior Amanda Deficcio is already thankful she took part in the Cardinal football program’s agility and plyometric workouts this summer.    Kristin Shields, Lawrence’s new field hockey coach, accepted head football coach Rob Radice’s open invitation and had her team…