• MANSFIELD: Community gathers to support young patient

    MANSFIELD: Community gathers to support young patient

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    MANSFIELD — An event in the township this weekend will raise funds for a 2-year-old boy suffering from a serious form of cancer.    Danny DiMaio is the eighth of nine children in his family, which has roots in Florence and now lives in Riverton. In the spring, after a serious…

  • LAWRENCE: Tour explores sites of grave interest

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer     Among Lawrence Township’s best kept — and gravest — secrets are the locations of its five cemeteries.     But it won’t be a secret for long, for those intrepid souls who sign up for Lawrence Historical Society’s cemetery tour, set for Oct. 24 at 2 p.m. The bus tour…

  • MANSFIELD: Police: Man hit on Route 130 fleeing capture

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    MANSFIELD — A Bordentown man faces several charges after police said he lied about his identity and then ran across Route 130, where he was struck by a car.    Jullian Haywood, 22, was charged Friday with resisting arrest, hindering apprehension, obstruction of justice, and walking in the wrong direction on…

  • BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Saturn to stay. but future plans fuzzy for dealer

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — A national deal to acquire the Saturn brand of motor vehicles has fallen through, leaving the future of the area’s last Saturn dealerships murky. But Maguire Auto Group President Mike Maguire, which owns Saturn of Bordentown on Route 130, said Monday he expects to stay open for…

  • How to Boost Volunteerism in Central New Jersey

    By Liz Erickson VolunteerConnect To Convene Special Forum On Future of Volunteerism in Central NJ   How can the public, nonprofits and companies band together to raise the level of volunteerism in Greater Mercer County? VolunteerConnect, formerly known as HandsOn Helpers, invites you to help mark the launch of its new name and redesigned web…

  • Ageism in Language: in Princeton?

    A new, and possibly overdue, word war is shaping up By Pat Summers    FOR people sensitive to words and the connection of words, beliefs and behaviors, the last linguistic battle was probably against sexism in language — the so- called “generic he,” the misuse of “girl,” the exclusionary words like chairman and statesman, the rise…

  • FLORENCE: Harvest for the hungry

    FLORENCE: Harvest for the hungry

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    FLORENCE — Local students set out last week to harvest the remainders of the summer growing season for the hungry.    About 30 local students from the Northern Burlington County Regional School District and local 4-H clubs, ranging in age from elementary students to high school seniors, came to Donna Wainwright’s…

  • Kids and the Harvest

    Edutainment activities abound in central New Jersey, from corn mazes to hayrides By Kristin Boyd    WITH the back-to-school season in full swing, families are so focused on packing lunches, getting to the bus stop on time and completing homework assignments that they often overlook all that fall has to offer. But the autumn months give…

  • FLORENCE: Six seek seats in race

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    FLORENCE — Three Democrats and three Republicans are vying for three open seats on the Township Council this Nov. 3.    Each of the township’s three wards has two contenders for that ward’s single four-year seat on the council. Ward 1    Frank K. Baldorossi Jr., 45, of Sixth Avenue, is a…

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