• Upside down American flag causes distress

    In response, Turkish American Community Center invites public to flag-raising ceremony May 14 BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Hanging the United States flag upside down is an official signal of distress. It is not meant to be and is not officially recognized as any type of disrespect when so displayed for the right reasons. Protestors…

  • Searching for Sarah Townsend

    Family offers $10,000 reward for information leading to AHS student’s safe return BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Allentown High School senior Sarah Townsend has been missing since May 9. The 18-year-old varsity lacrosse and field hockey player left her home in Florence in Burlington County at approximately 7 a.m. that morning. Her family believed that…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Incumbents Ciaccio and Levesque, and newcomer Witt win Township Council seats

    Updated By Michael Boonin, Managing Editor    ROBBINSVILLE — Voters on Tuesday re-elected Christine Ciaccio and Rich Levesque to the Township Council and put Planning Board member Ron Witt on the governing body for the first time.    With 13.6 percent of the township’s registered voters going to the polls, Ms. Ciaccio was the top vote-getter with…

  • BORDENTOWN CITY: Envirnomental panel chairman dropped

    By Amber Cox    BORDENTOWN CITY — About 20 people showed up at Monday’s City Commission meeting to support outgoing Environmental Commission Chairman Mike Hunninghake, who was not reappointed by the mayor.    Mr. Hunnighake’s latest three-year term expired May 1, as did that of Ralph Tolomeo, who was reappointed. Both have served nine years.    The term…

  • BURLINGTON TOWNSHIP: Police search for missing Allentown High student

    BURLINGTON TOWNSHIP: Police search for missing Allentown High student

    The family of missing Allentown High School student Sarah Townsend has offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to her whereabouts. Anyone with information is being urged to contact Burlington Township police at 609-386-2019.

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Planners’ vision is being put to test

    Trying to make shopping area meet the master plan By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor Planners over decades have envisioned the core of the township at state highway Route 206 and Amwell Road as a built-up downtown, with green space, buildings close to the street, street-level stores and restaurants, and offices and apartments on upper floors.…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: $9 million veterinary hospital opens in township

    ROBBINSVILLE: $9 million veterinary hospital opens in township

    By Joanne Degnan, Staff Writer    ROBBINSVILLE — What began 11 years ago as a mobile surgical practice run from veterinarian Dan Stobie’s garage now has put down roots in Robbinsville with the opening this week of a $9 million, 33,000-square-foot medical facility billed as one of the world’s premier specialty-care and trauma hospitals for pets.…

  • LAWRENCE: Meals on Wheels has a long history in Lawrence

    By Lea Kahn    For nearly 30 years, Lawrence Township Meals on Wheels has been delivering a hot meal every weekday to those who cannot cook for themselves — mostly the elderly and others who are convalescing after a hospital stay.    Around noon, a two-member team of volunteers climbs the steps, rings the doorbell and waits…

  • Appointments questioned

    Cinty Gallagher, Bordentown City As a resident of Bordentown City I have the luck of living in this wonderful little hamlet that has SO many positive attributes they are hard to name. Now and again though something happens that undermines this positivity.    I and, judging by last week’s letters page and the attendance at Monday…

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