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  • Park project moving along

    By: Cara Latham    MILLSTONE — The Township Committee took steps to embark on the second phase of a park project located on the corner of Charleston Spring and Young Terrace roads last week.    At its meeting July 18, the committee approved $200,000 to be used for improvements to Abate Park, which broke ground last fall.…

  • Josephine Liberti

       Josephine Sarracco Liberti, 93, died Thursday, July 19, at Merwick Rehabilitation and Care Center, Princeton.    Born in New York City, she lived in North Brunswick and Fort Lauderdale, Fla., before moving to Monmouth Junction 15 years ago.    She was a supervisor in the subscription department of Boy’s Life Magazine at the Boy Scouts of America…

  • Diocese may reduce number of parishes

    By: Vanessa S. Holt    The Northern Burlington Deanery Study team last week recommended reducing the number of Diocese of Trenton parishes in the northern Burlington County area from five to four and replacing pastors in three of the churches with one shared pastor, though it has not recommended closing any of those churches.    The Northern…

  • Headin’ down the Parkway

    Post 401 travels to Wildwood for District 4 legion tourney By: Rich Fisher    Dust off those old Bobby Rydell records, it’s time to start singing about those Wildwood Days.    Well, the Post 401 baseball parents can dust off their records, but the players themselves probably never heard of that song.    Either way, South Brunswick is…

  • ON POINT

    Blindsided by the effect of time By: Linda McCarthy    My mother came for a three-day visit last week. At my age, it’s difficult to have a parent living out of state.    For one thing, the fact that I only see her once or twice a year makes the aging process very noticeable. When you see…

  • Obituaries (07.26.07)

    Cassie Vaccaro Cassie Vaccaro, of Lawrence, died July 19 at the Alfred I. Dupont Children’s Hospital after her long battle with cystic fibrosis. She was 11.    Born in Mount Holly, she was a Lawrence resident most of her life.    Cassie was a good student and liked to ride horses and go fishing. She liked to…

  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

    From the July 26 edition It’s up to parents, not the school To the editor: At the June 18 UFRSD School Board meeting, it was a pleasure to witness the results of the Christopher Nagy administration action plan to marginalize the risk of the growing problems related drug abuse and the real life concern of…

  • Bordentown 12’s place second in Section 3 Tournament

    By: Sean Moylan    The greatest run in the history of Bordentown Little League baseball did not end with a whimper. It ended with three bangs.    After falling behind 5-0 in Monday’s Section 3 championship game versus Jackson at Chambersburg’s Catherine Ford Field, Marshall Harden and Cullen Carter hit back-to-back homers in a three-run fourth and…

  • Post 26 wins American Legion championship

    By: Sean Moylan    As Bordentown right fielder Rob VanSciver camped under a foul ball nearly 300 feet away from home plate in the seventh inning, Hightstown’s David Reichmann, who had reached on a hit and moved to third on a Logan Gallagher double, tagged up for what should have been an easy trip to home…