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  • POLICE BLOTTER

    By:    Jorge Castro, 26, of Somerville, was charged with possession of controlled substances and driving while intoxicated at about 1 a.m. May 6 after police stopped the vehicle he was driving on Auten Road because the license plate light was out.    During a search of the vehicle, police found a bag of marijuana, and four…

  • Vikings excel at GMCT

    By: David Gurney    South Brunswick High School girls golf coach Joe Dougherty’s goal for the team was to get five golfers in the top 10 at the GMC Tournament held at Bunker Hill Golf Course last Thursday.    Well, four out of 8 ain’t bad either.    The Vikings placed four girls in the top eight, led…

  • Home safety tips provided in wake of recent child death

    A two-year-old from Lawrence died last week from injuries sustained when a television fell on top of her By: Lea Kahn    A 2-and-a-half-year-old girl was killed May 9 when a television set toppled from a bureau and fell on her at her home on Princeton Pike, said Lawrence police Lt. Thomas Ritter.    The death is…

  • Man charged in two-car crash at Route 31 and Tree Farm Road

    Charlton Ford was issued summonses for failure to keep right, careless driving and failure to wear a seat belt By John Tredrea    One of the vehicles involved in a two-car crash in Hopewell Township on Friday morning contained radioactive medical syringes.    The syringes’ cases were undamaged and no radiation was released, said police, who added…

  • Letters to the Editor, May 17, 2007

    Life is not a highway To the editor:     The day must never come when a local headline says an innocent child has been run down by a reckless driver. Yet there must be an awful imbalance in our community when adults sail through stop signs, outline children on bikes, regard our streets as highways,…

  • POLICE BLOTTER>

    By:    An unknown caller reported graffiti that was spray painted on the side of a Brooks Boulevard Building at 2:51 p.m. May 7. Police said the vandalism occurred sometime between May 5 and May 6. ***     Krystal Delromero, of North Fourth Avenue, was charged with an Automated Traffic Summons Warrant at 3:45 p.m. May…

  • Ferrara finishes first in 100 dash

    GIRLS TRACK By: Tim Falls    Hopewell Valley freshman Nicole Ferrara finished first in the 100-meter dash in 12.71 seconds at the Mercer County Girls Track Championships on Saturday.    It’s not the first county title for the freshman sprinter.    Ferrara took first in the 55 dash at the county championship during the indoor season.    The Hopewell…

  • Letters to the editor

    Week of May 17 By: Congratulations to community for passing school budgets To the editor:    By Madam Editor’s leave, it is with great admiration for my community that I write at length — as my faith is restored and a celebration is in order. You are all heroes. Supporting the education of our future speaks…

  • Rally puts NBC in softball playoffs

    By: Sean Moylan It was not one for the feint of heart. But last Thursday’s do-or-die 5-4 win over Burlington Township was right up a softball genius like Brian Wolverton’s alley.    Trailing 4-1in the bottom of the seventh and one out away from getting eliminated from qualifying for the playoffs, the Northern Burlington County Regional…