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  • Eight longtime residents get ready to be ‘roasted’

    By: Stephanie Prokop    BORDENTOWN CITY—The Bordentown 325th Anniversary Committee is planning a roast for July 14 — only the entrée will be several prominent community members.    The "roast" gets its name from the kind of ceremony it is; that is, poking fun at area residents while reminiscing and remembering things the way they were in…

  • Day at the Fair

    The Freedom Fest Fair brings its family-friendly and fun-filled events to the Horse Park of New Jersey. See related story: Wild-Eyed Southern Boys By: Megan Sullivan Grammy award-winning Christian rock band Third Day will give a concert July 12 at Freedom Fest Fair.    Freedom Fest, a mission of the Allentown Presbyterian Church, began as a…

  • REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK

    Sculptor’s spirit lives on in his work By: Susan Van Dongen    A birthday surprise has turned bittersweet since the death of Raymon Taylor, a jovial, generous, creative fellow who lived up the street from us in Bordentown. He’s the guy who took metal scraps of whatever and welded them into works of art. Mr. Taylor…

  • Bordentown makes Final 9

    By: Sean Moylan    Everyone knows the Bordentown 12-year-old Little League All-Star baseball team is good. Bordentown was the runner-up in the District 12 11-year-old tourney last season. This year the Bordentown boys came back with even more commitment as it won its first three games of Pool C play and clinched a spot in the…

  • Washington 12’s finish pool play undefeated

    By: Kyle Moylan    After winning the District 12 title as 10-year-olds two years ago, Washington struggled as 11-year-olds and didn’t even make it out of pool play.    Well, guess what? They’re back.    Washington finished off pool play in the District 12 Tournament with a 4-0 record and by outscoring its opposition 53-12.    "Yeah, we managed…

  • Letters to the editor

    Federal government has wrong priorities To the editor:    When you drive down Route 130 in North and South Brunswick, you feel the bumps on the road.    There is nothing wrong with your tires or your car. There is something wrong with the road.    The entire road needs new asphalt.    Road crews have from time to…

  • Monroe hears hotel planned for two towns

    Use and bulk variance granted; site plan approval still needed for Homewood Suites By: Bill Greenwood    The Monroe Township Zoning Board of Adjustment has gotten the ball rolling for a hotel that would straddle the border of Monroe and South Brunswick townships.    The board granted use and bulk variances June 26 to a proposed Homewood…

  • Schooling changes not soon expected from ‘megabase’

    By: Cara Latham    While it is uncertain what the future holds for students from the two nearby military bases that are set to combine into a megabase, local superintendents said this week that the schools the children attend will stay the same for now.    The Department of Defense announced in spring of 2005 it was…

  • Rt. 1 ramp project to temper gridlock

    Construction of a new ramp that will ease congestion in the southbound lanes of Route 1 in Lawrence began Monday By: Olivia Tattory    Construction of a new ramp that will ease congestion in the southbound lanes of Route 1 began Monday.    The $2.7 million project, which will divide traffic bound for I-95 and I-295, located…