• LAWRENCE: Grant equips 6th graders with notebook computers

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    LAWRENCE —   When the Lawrence Township public schools open next week, Lawrence Intermediate School sixth-graders will be packing a little more in their backpacks than the usual pencils, notebooks and erasers.    They will be toting new Dell netbook computers, thanks to a $1.4 million federal technology grant that has put…

  • CRANBURY: Soldier’s letters from Iraq are rich with detail

    CRANBURY: Soldier’s letters from Iraq are rich with detail

    Sitting with a headset on is Jonathan Bowker, of Cranbury, in an RG-33 truck in Iraq, which is a 76,000-pound vehicle that “can really take a hit,” he says.

  • LAWRENCE: Township police join drunk driving crackdown

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    LAWRENCE — Aiming to crack down on drunk drivers, the Lawrence Township Police Department is taking part in the annual summer “Over the Limit, Under Arrest 2010 Statewide Crackdown” campaign that began Aug. 20 and ends Sept. 6.    The goal of the campaign is to raise the awareness of the…

  • Did you ever wonder about hospice services for a loved one?

    Did you ever wonder about hospice services for a loved one?

    By Toby Ehrlich  “The Martin and Edith Stein Hospice under the leadership of Executive Director Bruce Birnberg, along with Rabbi Bryan Kinzbrunner plan for participation in the Central NJ Federation, community wide hospice forum, “Hospice a Modality of Care” being held at the JCC in Scotch Plains on October 18, 2010 at 6:45 pm. The…

  • Trio indicted on murder charges

       MOUNT HOLLY — Three Philadelphia men were indicted Aug. 18 by a Burlington County grand jury on charges of carjacking a 57-year-old woman in Philadelphia in September 2009 and killing her in a wooded area in Mansfield Township, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Robert D. Bernardi.    The indictments were returned against Lenroy Laurance, 27; Marcus…

  • ALLENTOWN: Upper Freehold bus stops get changes

    District officials alter stops that earned complaints By Joanne Degnan, Staff Writer    ALLENTOWN — Parents from two Upper Freehold neighborhoods who joined together to fight bus stops they characterized as unsafe were relieved to be told at last week’s school board meeting that their children would not be standing out on busy Route 526 in…

  • CALENDAR

    Farmers market  Bordentown City holds its Farmers Market with an expanded line-up of locally grown and organic produce as well as exciting activities. The Farmers Market will run every Wednesday this summer from 4 p.m. until dusk at the city parking lot located at Farnsworth and Railroad avenues.  Safety check  Chesterfield Township…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Pro wrestlers charged with faking fight

    Allegedly staged scuffle at One South By Davy James, Staff Writer    Two professional wrestlers were charged with disorderly conduct after staging a fake fight at a township restaurant during the early morning on Aug. 21.    John Rechner, 38 of Spring Lake Heights, and John Kissell, 45, of South Brunswick, told police they had staged the…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Teen, town hold successful backpack drive

    By Davy James, Staff Writer    Thanks to the generosity of the community and hard work by volunteers, numerous less fortunate local students will be able to return to school with new backpacks and school supplies.    The South Brunswick Department of Social Services recently received more than 100 backpacks filled with school supplies as part of…

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