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  • Hussain makes trip to states last more than just a second

    By: Rich Fisher    HAMILTON TWP. – Najeeb Hussain went from a second singles player to a second-day player in the NJSIAA State Singles Tennis Tournament.    The South Brunswick High senior — whose entry into the states had to be petitioned to the NJSIAA after he went undefeated at second singles by the cutoff — won…

  • Braves score Olympic win

    By: Sean Moylan    In 2006 rain washed away all of the BCI (Burlington County Independents) Braves’ scheduled Special Olympics New Jersey Summer softball games. But on this past Saturday, Jason Vannozzi, a 31-year-old from Bordentown City, was able to showcase his softball talents in the Braves’ 6-5 win against the Arch Angels and in a…

  • ON POINT

    The art of body mutilation By: Linda McCarthy    My friend’s daughter was 17 years old when she wanted to get her bellybutton pierced.    Although my friend was adamantly opposed to the idea, I stuck my two cents in and convinced her that a stomach as flat as her daughter’s deserves adornment. Speaking from experience, I…

  • Mayor upping flood study lobbying

    Money is needed to complete a study designed to find ways to prevent the town from being devastated by massive floods. By: Audrey Levine    Still reeling from the aftermath of the April nor’easter, Mayor Angelo Corradino is stepping up efforts to raise money to complete the Green Brook Flood Mitigation Study that is designed to…

  • Seminary student’s transplant is a gift from God

    Edmund Luciano recieved a new heart By: Paul Koepp    In March, late in his second year at St. Mary’s Seminary in Maryland, Edmund Luciano III began to feel ill.    Walking up the stairs to his third-floor room, he had to stop at the second floor to catch his breath. At night, he had to sit…

  • Ewing man is indicted as ‘leader of organized crime’

    A 57-count indictment was handed up by a Mercer County grand jury on March 28 Mercer County prosecutor’s office    A Ewing man whose massive counterfeit check scheme netted more than $33,000 from area banks was arrested on Friday, Mercer County Prosecutor Joseph L. Bocchini Jr. announced Monday.    According to Casey A. DeBlasio, of the prosecutor’s…

  • From ‘Washington’ to ‘Robbinsville’?

    Petition to change township name filed; issue could be on November ballot By: Rebecca Weltmann    WASHINGTON — After two years of standing outside for eight hours a day and catching registered voters at school plays, township meetings and other community events for signatures, Lewis Koushel said he is elated that his petition is finally filed.…

  • POLICE BLOTTER

    By:    Ernesto Zumbado, 43, Hamilton Road, was charged with driving while intoxicated after police pulled him over for drifting over the center line on Hamilton Road at 2 a.m. May 28.    Mr. Zumbado was taken into custody after he failed three different sobriety tests, including the heel-to-toe test and the one leg stand. At the…

  • Friends mourn Barry Barclay

    Highlighting the life of Barry Barclay By: Emily Holody    Barry Adams Barclay lived in the spirit of volunteerism, giving all of his time to others. Because of this, his friends and family will remember him as a volunteer and a caring, giving man who opened his home and heart to anyone and everyone.    But he…