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  • State warns of growth in youth gangs

    Officials say they are expanding into suburban towns like South Brunswick. By: Paul Koepp    Residents of a Dayton neighborhood who have been shaken up by the presence of alleged gang members, culminating in a June 18 raid by police on a Jeffrey Circle townhouse, met last week with township officials to discuss their concerns.    Police…

  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

    From the issue of July 5, 2007. More funding needed for cancer research To the editor:     In the past 20 years we’ve seen enormous progress in research and discovery of new treatments for blood-related cancers; particularly in childhood leukemia and some adult blood cancers.    Despite this progress, however, the prognosis for many blood cancers…

  • Ordinance would add perk for squad leaders

    The proposed ordinance would add points for calculating LOSAP benefits for those serving as president and vice president of the rescue squad. By: Audrey Levine    About six years ago, the borough decided it had an opportunity to give a little back to those who volunteer at the fire companies and first aid squad and now…

  • Digging up some dirt

    Archaeology students excavate Bonaparte site By: Stephanie Prokop    BORDENTOWN CITY—Dishware with a Roman scene painted on it, a medal with an Army insignia on it, and countless polished marble floor pieces, all covered in dirt and at least 150 years old.    These objects were not in museum, but rather a catalogue of artifacts extracted by…

  • Pennington woman cycles cross-country for a cause

       Editor’s note: Kaley Bell, a 2002 graduate of Hopewell Valley Central High School and a resident of Pennington, is en route to California by bike. She promised several updates along the way. Here is the first installment.    Starting June 11, I began a nine-week cross-country bike tour, riding from Providence, R.I., to San Francisco, Calif.…

  • Letters (07.05.07)

    Not Trenton, not Ewing — just Lawrenceville To the Editor:     Thank you for the news that something is finally being done about Lawrenceville’s designation and identity or rather lack of them.    As a resident of Lawrenceville for 44 years, I faced the problem many times. For example, when travelling, I had many rather unpleasant…

  • Court denies strip mall’s appeal

    Construction of a proposed shopping center on Rt. 27 at Finnegan’s Lane blocked. By: Paul Koepp    Plans for a pharmacy and strip mall at the intersection of Route 27 and Finnegans Lane could be dead.    A three-judge panel of the Appellate Division of state Superior Court, in Trenton, reversed a February 2006 trial court ruling…

  • EDITORIAL

    Time to abolish an uncourteous Senate practice.    Now that state Sen. Nia Gill has finally "signed off" on Gov. Jon Corzine’s nomination of Attorney General Stuart Rabner to be the next chief justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court, everybody in Trenton can shake hands, smile and pretend nothing untoward happened in the couple of…

  • EDITORIAL

    July 4th event organizers deserve kudos.    The last few weeks in Hillsborough have been very hectic, with many things happening.    From the announcement of the final design plans for the Route 206 Bypass, to Hillsborough High School’s graduation exercises, to the Sustainable Hillsborough project and the Planning Board’s approval of redevelopment plans for the GSA…