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  • Police nab suspect in robbery spree

    Lumberton police recognized man from media reports By: Scott Morgan    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — News coverage of a man who reportedly took his 4-year-old daughter on a robbery and fraud spree last week led to a Lumberton police officer recognizing the suspect as a 29-year-old Wrightstown man.    According to police, Aaron Kelly of Jacobstown-Arneystown Road confessed…

  • UFRSD board adopts $30.8 million budget

    Will face voters April 18 (April 6) By: Purvi Desai    UPPER FREEHOLD — The Upper Freehold Regional Board of Education last week unanimously adopted a $30.8 million budget for 2006-07, which accommodates a 17 percent increase in special education enrollment, the hiring of three high school supervisors and replacement of three buses.    "The state is…

  • Market ruled liable for pirated media

    RIAA penalties could start at $500,000. By: Scott Morgan    A federal court judge in Camden ruled last week that the Columbus Farmers Market on Route 206 in Springfield is liable for copyright infringement as it relates to bootlegged and pirated music and video sales and will have to financially compensate the Recording Industry Association of…

  • Four school board candidates introduce themselves

    No races in April 18 election By Ruth Luse    On April 18, there will be no contested school board races in Hopewell Valley.    Four Valley residents — three from Hopewell Township and one from Pennington Borough — are running for four open seats on the nine-member Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education.    Two candidates are…

  • Federal grant sought for Eggerts Crossing utilities

    The Eggerts Crossing neighborhood has been neglected, and this is an attempt to remedy the problem, Mayor Michael Powers said. By:Lea Kahn Staff Writer    Since the Eggerts Crossing neighborhood was settled about 100 years ago, many homeowners in the neighborhood have depended on wells for their water and on fuel oil or propane gas to…

  • Library to tighten Internet filtering

    Filters on library computers will prevent children from accessing MySpace and other social networking Web sites. By: Donna Lukiw    Library employees have called police after finding students accessing inappropriate Web sites on library computers, according to Library Director Ed Smith, and now the library is adding new rules to try and reduce such incidents.    "We’ve…

  • ‘My Fair Lady’

    Actors’ NET of Bucks County celebrates its 10th season with a revival of the Lerner and Lowe classic, starring Carol Thompson and George Hartpence. By: Stuart Duncan    When Hollywood made a movie of the Lerner and Loewe hit musical My Fair Lady, the producers signed Rex Harrison to play the role of Henry Higgins, the…

  • Titko, Pigott, Morris star in opening win

    By: Sean Moylan    The Northern Burlington County Regional High School girls’ varsity lacrosse team’s stars were shining in a 19-5 victory in Monday’s opener at Willingboro.    Justine Titko, who is expected to be one of the Greyhounds’ primary goal scorers this season, scored five times and assisted on another while NBC’s other awesome attacker Alyssa…

  • Emergency doctors open local facility

    Henderson Road facility handles most things emergency rooms cover, from setting and casting broken bones to stitching lacerations to analyzing blood samples. By: Joseph Harvie    A strip mall on Henderson Road is home to more than a convenience store and a soon-to-open dry cleaners. It’s also home to an emergency room medical center, Brunswick Urgent…