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Emergency crews from throughout the area responded to a major car crash on the New Jersey Turnpike Monday night.

Forty vehicles collide in chain reaction crashes By Charles W. Kim, Packet Media Group CRANBURY — A Bordentown man is dead and dozens were injured following three multi-vehicle accidents on the icy New Jersey Turnpike Monday night, according to State Police. Police said the crashes in both the inner and outer roadways took place at…

Amy Batista photo. Emergency crews render aid to possibly dozens of victims following Monday night’s fatal chain reaction crash on the New Jersey Turnpike in Cranbury.

Amy Batista photo. Emergency crews render aid to possibly dozens of victims following Monday night’s fatal chain reaction crash on the New Jersey Turnpike in Cranbury.

Staff photo by Charles W. Kim. AFS-USA President Dr. Jorge Castro presents Cranbury School eighth grader Sam Harsh´barger with the organization’s grand prize, a trip to Russia, on Monday.

Student and teacher going to Russia By Nicole M. Wells, Special Writer CRANBURY — The dictionary defines surprise as an unexpected event or piece of information, an unexpected gift. For 14-year-old Sam Harshbarger, an eighth grader at the Cranbury School, the minutes immediately following Monday morning’s spelling bee proved to be exactly that, when he…

Band and choir show talents to parents and friends By Maxine Bogle, Special Writer MONROE — Woodland Elementary School was filled with music last week. On Tuesday, Jan. 13, fourth and fifth grade students from the Woodland Elementary School performed its annual winter chorus and band concert. For a little more than three months, the…