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  • Khan races to make meet

    TRACK By: Tim Falls    Miriam Khan had to run after school.    She had a track meet to catch.    The Hopewell Valley Central High School senior spent much of her school day Tuesday taking an advanced placement test. By the time Khan had finished the standardized test, the Bulldogs’ girls track team was already competing against…

  • State DEP sets clean-up plan for ‘barrel factory’

    By:Lea Kahn Staff Writer    The state Department of Environmental Protection will hold a public meeting tonight on its findings at the former Trenton Fibre Drum site at 1545 New York Ave., according to Municipal Manager Richard Krawczun.    The meeting is set for 7 p.m. in the lower level conference room at the Municipal Building.    DEP…

  • STUDENT LETTERS

    From the issue of May 4, 2006. AIDS epidemic deserves more press To the editor:    My classmates and I are writing to promote problems that we feel need to be addressed to the public via media. We are concentrating our powers of influence to convince you and others to represent our issues in your newspaper.…

  • Community Calendar

    For the week of May 4 ‘Shrimp Nite’    Friday, May 5 — American Legion Post 39 of Roebling will hold Shrimp Nite from 5 to 8 p.m., at the post home, 112 Fourth Ave., Roebling.    Potato salad, coleslaw, coffee and dessert included for $10. Meatball platters cost $7. Takeout orders will be available. Open Space…

  • Driver flees Camplain Road accident scene

    Police pickup injured driver By:Donna Lukiw and Charlie Olsen    The driver of an electrical utility truck from Abbott’s Quality Electric Service tried to avoid police after his vehicle flipped onto its side on West Camplain Road at 12:30 p.m. today, Thursday.    Police have not released the name of the driver, who was picked up by…

  • West Windsor bikefest set May 27

    By: Emily Craighead    WEST WINDSOR — The "Whirr of the Wheels" will be heard once again in the township with the third annual bikefest May 27.    Rides ranging from 1 mile to 40 miles begin at Community Park off Route 571.    The 40-mile ride for experienced adult cyclists, which follows a new course this year,…

  • Small miracles abound in wake of apartment fire

    No injuries were reported in the apartment fire last week that displaced 41 people. By: Scott Morgan    FLORENCE — Mike Sullivan needed just one thing to see his daughter in Italy. He needed his passport.    April 28, sometime just before lunch, Mr. Sullivan picks up his phone at work and is told he has probably…

  • Rose Genco

       HILLSBOROUGH — Rose J. Genco died April 24 at Foothill Acres Rehabilitation & Nursing Center in Hillsborough. She was 85.    She was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and lived in Queens before moving to Hillsborough in 1992.    Mrs. Genco was employed as a bookkeeper at Morgan Guarantee Trust in New York for 10 years.    Her husband,…

  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

    From the issue of May 4, 2006. Thanks for attending Rescue Squad dinner To the editor:    The members of The Manville Rescue Squad Auxiliary would like to thank our local and neighboring business associates, and everyone attending our annual "all you can eat filet mignon dinner" April 8 at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post…