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  • Feds: Six arrests nix terror plot at Fort Dix

    By: Cara Latham    FORT DIX — Local police are dealing with the aftermath of the national FBI sting operation that charged six men with plotting an Islamic jihad attack at the Fort Dix military base to kill "as many soldiers as possible."    Media attention was focused on Cookstown, where officials said one of the accused,…

  • Slate takes seats

    Boyne, Ciaccio, McGough elected to Washington Township Council By: Scott Morgan    WASHINGTON — The township’s first council race since the form of government changed in 2005 ended Tuesday with voters electing the slate of Tim McGough, Chris Ciaccio and David Boyne to three-year terms.    Though only 18 percent of the township’s 7,251 registered voters came…

  • Town eyes bike path upgrades

    Improvements to be made to bike paths throughout Monmouth Junction. By: Paul Koepp    The township is gearing up for improvements to the bike lane through Monmouth Junction.    The township wants to pave the section between New Road and Ridge Road, officials said. Right now, the only paved section is between Stouts Lane and New Road.…

  • Board to review rental overcharges

    By: Cara Latham    WASHINGTON — Residents of Mercer Mobile Homes who claim they have been overcharged for the past few years on their rent will get their chance to bring their complaints before the township Rent Leveling Board on Monday.    Township Administrator Mary Caffrey said last week that the residents of the 147-unit park on…

  • EDITORIAL

    New Jersey should end death penalty.    The state Senate is expected to begin considering legislation today (Thursday) that could remove New Jersey from the long list of states with a death penalty on the books.    The Senate Judiciary Committee will review two competing, but nearly identical bills — S171 and S2471 — that would repeal…

  • District tax rate cut by half-cent

    By: Stephanie Prokop    FLORENCE—The Township Council and school board have agreed to slash nearly $60,000 in spending from the defeated school budget, cutting a half-cent from the 2007-2008 school tax rate.    The $24.5 million budget, which was narrowly rejected by voters on April 17, originally would have carried the same tax rate as last year:…

  • Letters (05.10.07)

    Board of Education member thanks residents for support To the editor: I would like to thank the voters of Lawrence for passing the school budget and re-electing my colleague, Laura Waters, and me. In supporting the budget, our community once again shows its commitment to quality education and that voters approve of the changes we…

  • Najeeb A. Green-Lewis

       Najeeb A. Green-Lewis, 12, died Friday, May 4, at Cooper Medical Center, Camden as a result of injuries he sustained when struck by an automobile.    Born in Trenton, he lived in Monmouth Junction before moving to Berlin, and was a student at Winslow Middle School in Atco. He was a member of Abundant Life Worship…

  • Tuesday library benefit will feature writer of thrillers

    Township resident Brian Haig will talk about his novel, "Man in the Middle" By John Tredrea    On Tuesday, thriller author Brian Haig will read from his latest novel, then discuss it, at an event sponsored by the Friends of the Pennington Library.    The book, "Man in the Middle," is the sixth in a series of…