• BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Township man gets conviction in sex assault

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    A Bordentown Township man was convicted Monday of seven counts of aggravated sexual assault and related offenses against a 12-year-old girl with whom he had a nine-month sexual relationship, officials confirmed.    Thomas Zowasky, 49, was found guilty of the offenses in a second trial, which he was granted after the…

  • Residents disheartened by measure defeat

    Lisa Giovanelli, Juliustown    I am saddened by the recent defeat of the building project for the Springfield Township School District. This project would have updated an old and deteriorating building. Unfortunately, many people in the community voted against the project for reasons that had nothing to do with children: higher taxes, school administration or political…

  • PRINCETON AREA: A struggle for dignity: New leader in fight against Mercer homelessness backs a new strategy

    By Michele Alperin Special Writer     The installation of Clifford A. Goldman, a partner at Goldman, Beale Associates, as chair of the Mercer Alliance to End Homelessness’s board of directors in September coincided neatly with the organization’s adoption of an entirely new strategy to fight homelessness.     The old wisdom consigned homeless people to temporary…

  • MANVILLE: Appellate court upholds murder conviction

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    Borough resident Robert Carman’s sentence of 35 years to life in prison stands after an appellate panel Dec. 10 upheld his 2007 conviction for first-degree murder in the death four years earlier of 23-year-old Jacqueline Bodo, of Manville.    In June 2007, Mr. Carman, then 39, was found guilty of beating…

  • NORTH HANOVER: Police donate sick time

    Gesture helps injured sergeant By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    NEW HANOVER — In a show of solidarity, Police Department officers have donated 48 hours of time off to benefit an injured comrade in Lakehurst Borough.    Lakehurst Sgt. Gary Lowe broke two vertebrae in his neck in a hunting accident at the end of November, paralyzing…

  • LAWRENCE: Council members honor longtime colleague Miller

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer     Councilman Rick Miller, who is leaving the governing body this month after 16 years, was honored by the township Republican Club and the Republican Party at his final Township Council meeting Tuesday night.     Mr. Miller lost his bid for a fifth term in November.     Falk Engel, representing…

  • PET TALK: What does flu have to do with our pets?

    Dr. Daniel Eubanks    Had enough of flu-mania yet? Seems like if we’re not hearing about the federal deficitm, it’s more about the flu. This flu, that flu – which is which? And what does flu have to do with our pets?    Since the recent recognition of the new canine influenza virus and more recently the…

  • Wastewater Plan Updates Now Online

    By Somerset County Board of Freeholders Residents of Branchburg, Franklin, Montgomery, Bernards, Hillsborough and Warren are invited to comment on revised Sewer Service Areas proposed for their townships. Go to the Somerset County Planning Board website at http://www.co.somerset.nj.us/planweb/wastewater/index.htm to view maps and related information.

  • BORDENTOWN CITY: Local shops get show of support

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    BORDENTOWN CITY — Local retailers have undertaken different strategies to increase sales while the economy is in the doldrums, and many say they are meeting with success this holiday shopping season.    Downtown Bordentown Association Vice President Doug Palmieri said while business is not booming the way it was before the…

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