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  • POLICE BLOTTER

    By:    A North Weiss Street resident reported the theft of 30 pounds of copper from his garage sometime between 9 p.m. Sept.16 and 7:15 a.m. on Sept. 17.    The copper was valued at $75. ***    Prisciliano Santos Cruz-Martinez, 20, of South Main Street was charged with drunken driving, refusal to take a breath test, underage…

  • Calling all monsters: get ready to mash

    Floats needed for Halloween parade By: Stephanie Prokop    BORDENTOWN CITY — Come one, come all, for a day of festive fall spirit and fun at the 36th annual Halloween Parade in Bordentown.    Even though there is still a little more than a month before the parade, organizers encourage people to start thinking now of float…

  • Police Beat

    From the Sept. 28 edition BORDENTOWN CITY    Police said a Prince Street resident reported her car stolen at 9:07 a.m. Monday. The vehicle, a 2001 white Ford Taurus, had been parked on Walnut Street the night before. FLORENCE    On Sept. 22, at 2:14 a.m., Justin D. McHugh, 22, of Burlington, was charged with possession of…

  • Towns join forces to acquire land for recreational fields

    Four area towns have applied for grant moneypurchase the Twin Pines Airport property By: Lean Kahn    Lawrence Township is applying for a pair of matching grants that would pay for the construction of soccer, baseball and lacrosse playing fields.    Township officials submitted the grant application to Mercer County this week. The Mercer County Board of…

  • Turn, turn, turn

    Chesterfield students use pinwheels to celebrate International Day of Peace By: Cara Latham    CHESTERFIELD — The space shuttle Atlantis and its astronauts returned safely from their trip to the international space station, Karen Brilliant, art teacher at the Chesterfield Elementary School, reminded the whole school during its first general assembly of the year last week.…

  • Letters to the Editor

    Sept. 28, 2006 Parents say thanks to school district To the editor: On Sept. 7, we dropped off our son, Michael, for his first day at kindergarten. Today wasn’t the first day he walked into the Upper Freehold Regional Elementary School, two years ago he rode on the "little" yellow bus to the Pre-K Disabled…

  • Slezak helps carry BRHS to first win

    By: Sean Moylan    It doesn’t matter that it started the season 0-2, everybody still expected the Bordentown Regional High football team to defeat Trenton Catholic Academy this past Saturday in Hamilton, which it did, 35-20.    Yet it was the "way" the Scotties played in the game which grabbed the attention of the Bordentown fans in…

  • Aggressive defense denies Steinert

    FOOTBALL By: Tim Falls    Lawrence junior Will Nahan kept Steinert’s quarterback in his sights.    Nahan sacked Steinert’s Carmen Imbalzano twice in the backfield and trapped the Spartans deep in their own territory.    Defensive plays like that held Steinert scoreless for three quarters as the Lawrence High School football team improved to 3-0 for the third…

  • Injuries from accident claim life of local man

    Raymond R. Michno Jr. struck while West Camplain Road on Sept. 17 By:Donna Lukiw    Raymond R. Michno Jr., 47, of South Main Street, died at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital on Saturday from injuries he suffered after being struck by a vehicle while walking across West Camplain Road Sept. 17.    Police said a gray 2000 Kia…