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  • Post 414 preps for playoffs

    AMERICAN LEGION By: Tim Falls    It’s been a while since the Lawrence Post 414 American Legion team has been a playoff contender.    Lawrence is in the thick of it this year as one of the top baseball teams in the Mercer County American Legion League.    Post 414 defeated Princeton, 8-4, on Monday to improve to…

  • Police seize guns, drugs

    By: Michelle McGuinness    NORTH HANOVER — North Hanover police assisted in an investigation last week that led to the discovery of a stash of over 100 rifles, 50 handguns and a large amount of narcotics in the possession of former North Hanover Republican Party Chairman Frank Preto, according to Police Chief Mark Keubler.    Mr. Preto,…

  • Residents seek parking solutions on two streets

    By: Michelle McGuinness    FLORENCE — Residents and the Township Council were stuck at a crossroad last week over what to do about parking on two roads in Roebling — Delaware and Eighth avenues.    Residents of Eighth Avenue in Roebling were divided over whether or not to ask for parking lines on the road. Drivers on…

  • Online only: Officials say Millstone man may have planned escape

    Phone calls from East Windsor office under scrutiny By: Vic Monaco    Rosario "Roy" Digirolamo — charged with abandoning his baby boy and labeled a person of interest in the disappearance of his girlfriend and the child’s mother, Amy Giordano of Hightstown — may have recently traveled to Sicily, Italy.    And the married Millstone man could…

  • OBITUARIES

    From the July 19 edition Annie T. Cranmer    NEW EGYPT — Annie T. Cranmer, 95, died Sunday at Bartley Health Care in Jackson.    Born in Hightstown, she had been a longtime resident of New Egypt. Ms. Cranmer was formerly employed in the cafeteria of the New Egypt Elementary School.    Wife of the late Bichler Cranmer…

  • Obituaries (07.19.07)

    Albert Hancock Jr.    Albert L. Hancock Jr., of Lawrence Township, died Sunday at Capital Health System’s Fuld Campus, in Trenton. He was 78.    Born in Trenton, Mr. Hancock was a lifelong resident of Trenton and Lawrence.    A U.S. Marine Corps veteran, he served during the post-World War II era and the Korean War.    Mr. Hancock…

  • Demolition OK clears way for new Hopewell eatery

    Planning Board hears about proposed Bell and Whistle Café By Aleen Crispino    Hopewell Borough Planning Board has approved a site plan and variances for the demolition of a vacant one-story building, behind Failte Coffeehouse at 9 E. Broad St., and its replacement with a restaurant of contemporary design.    The vote was 7-2. The two dissenting…

  • Letters to the Editor, July 19, 2007

    In defense of hospital To the editor:     Think what the property that Capital Health wants to build on would look like with a Target, Dick’s or Wal-Mart that the property is already zoned for.    That kind of development would create much more traffic than a hospital would. Hospital traffic is not all concentrated into…

  • BOOK NOTES

    The truth about Q School By: Joan Ruddiman    John Feinstein knows sports. Since 1988, he has regaled NPR’s "Morning Edition" listeners with his commentary on big story sports events like the Final Four, the NBA Finals, the NFL playoffs, Wimbledon and the U.S. Open golf championships. Viewers know him from ESPN’s "The Sports Reporters."    Readers…