• ROOSEVELT: Roosevelt Arts honors 25 years

    ROOSEVELT: Roosevelt Arts honors 25 years

       ROOSEVELT — Beginning at 11 a.m. on Saturday May 4 and running through Sunday afternoon May 5, the Roosevelt Arts Project will celebrate its 25th anniversary with a weekend-long series of events.    The weekend’s activities will take place in and around the Roosevelt Public School on Route 571, which will be the site of an…

  • MANVILLE: Youngsters test all their baseball skills

    MANVILLE: Youngsters test all their baseball skills

    Schoolteacher and recreation volunteer Rob Snyder talks to Dylan Ramirez, 7, about a level swing at the hitting competition. 

  • BORDENTOWN CITY: St. Mary School duo supporting New Jersey pets

    BORDENTOWN CITY: St. Mary School duo supporting New Jersey pets

    Do It Duo for Pets makes a delivery to help set up a pet food pantry with the Salvation Army. Founders Alexandra Dompier (left), 10, and Lucy Miles, 11, are both fifth graders attending St. Mary School in Bordentown City. The girls have been named Kid Heroes, by the organization Kids are Heroes, and are…

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY: School board OKs checking students’ alcohol level

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer    A school district policy that allows school staff to check students’ alcohol level at school dances and other events was adopted by the Board of Education on Monday night.    The alcohol level of a student would be checked with a passive breath alcohol sensor device. Unlike other devices that check…

  • HONOR ROLL: Florence teens earn high marks

       FLORENCE — Township students are doing well in school.    Local teens were recently named to the third marking period Honor Roll for Florence Memorial High School.    The youth named to the Principal’s List earned straight A marks. Ninth grade Principal’s List    Randolff Carpenter, Julia Craig, Evelyn Giordano, Sefa Ocak, Lacey Olaff and Patrick Wooden. Ninth…

  • BORDENTOWN CITY: Business is family affair

    BORDENTOWN CITY: Business is family affair

    Bordentown City, staff members from Angie’s Family Restaurant are ready for business. From left, chef Toby Mirquez; waitress Samantha Yerdon; waitress Pat Yerdon, Samantha’s mother; owner Juan Pelaez and his wife, Rosa Pelaez, and their daughter, Angie Pelaez, stand behind the counter of the Park Street eatery this spring. (Photo by Joe Knox)

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Teen captures O’Hara’s sparkle

    HILLSBOROUGH: Teen captures O’Hara’s sparkle

    Mr. O’Hara encourages Jackie to brush off applause modestly for her portrait of the former New York Giants lineman.

  • FLORENCE: Four people charged with conspiracy after Roma Bank robbery

    Packet Media Group    FLORENCE — Last Friday afternoon Roma Bank on Route 130 was robbed, and police have since charged four people with conspiracy, robbery and theft.    Florence patrol officers and detectives were dispatched 11:39 a.m. April 26. Officers from Bordentown Township and Mansfield Township assisted with the initial investigation.    No weapon was displayed during…

  • MANVILLE: Youngsters test all their baseball skills

    MANVILLE: Youngsters test all their baseball skills

    Sunshine and green grass embrace recreation board event    The sun was shining, music wafted through the air and a light breeze was blowing. The sparkling green baseball diamonds were lined and ready to go.    Let’s play two today!    Following postponement due to wet fields, recreation officials got perfect conditions Saturday for about 40 youngsters to…

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