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  • Horticulturist says some bugs are having good year in Mercer

    Spiders and Japanese bettles will be around! By Audrey Levine    An early, and especially long, spring season is behind the recent influx of such bugs as Japanese beetles and spiders in Mercer County, according to Mercer County horticulturist Barbara Bromley.    "It is a heavy spider year," she said. "This is very early for them to…

  • Police Beat

    MANSFIELD    Brandon K. Lynch, 23, of Camden, was charged Aug. 11 with receiving stolen property and driving with a revoked license, according to police.    Police said they stopped Mr. Lynch on Route 130 in the Pine Motel parking lot and confirmed that the beige 2003 Hyundai Sonata he was driving had been reported stolen in…

  • Amwell Road to close for repair Saturday

    A detour from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. will take traffic from River Road to Opie Road to South Branch Road. By: Charlie Olsen    Amwell Road will be closed between East Mountain Road and Starview Drive for 12 hours on Saturday to replace a culvert.    There will be a detour from 6 a.m. to 6…

  • Letters to the editor

    Wrought iron railing returns to Bordentown To the editor:    Have you seen them? So beautiful, they take your breath away. Art. A treasure. In Philadelphia? No, no. In Bordentown. Behold, masterpieces of cast iron rescued from the American House, at Park and Farnsworth before it burned down in the mid-twentieth century. The American House was…

  • Crime rate inches upward

    Report shows evidence of rising crime trend By: Joseph Harvie    Crime in the township increased by 1.7 percent in 2005 according to the state Uniform Crime Report.    The report, released Aug. 8, lists the number of crimes, both violent and nonviolent, in every municipality in the state. It is compiled by the state police using…

  • Township hires temporary EMTs

    Pact OK’d to avoid member ‘burnout.’ By: Lea Kahn    An emergency contract with Vanguard Healthcare to provide service for Lawrence was approved Tuesday by the Township Council, which will give the town’s first aid squad breathing room while it recovers from a squabble last month that resulted in several volunteers walking off the job.    A…

  • POLICE BLOTTER

    By:    After stopping a vehicle for going the wrong way on a one-way street near East Camplain Road, police charged a 13-year-old boy, of Angle Avenue, and a 13-year-old girl, of Boesel Avenue, for curfew violations and motor vehicle violations at 2:18 a.m. Aug. 8, according to police.    Police said the 13-year-old was also charged…

  • Katherine Sullivan

       Katherine (McGeever) Sullivan, 98, died Tuesday, Aug. 8, at her daughter’s home in Kendall Park.    Born in County Mayo, Ireland, she emigrated to the United States in 1926. Residing in the Throggs Neck section of the Bronx until 1990, she later moved to Monmouth Junction. In 2004 she resided at the home of her daughter,…

  • Bus costs an issue

    Private-school parents want transportation By: Lacey Korevec    About 90 township parents who send their children to nonpublic schools do not know how their kids will get to school this year.    The school district has only been able to secure bus transportation for three of the 38 nonpublic schools South Brunswick students will attend this year,…