• Sewing seams easy

    Clockwise from top left: Jenna Wincek, 12, of Millstone (l), pins fabric together as Nancy Bailey, Family and Consumer Science teacher, helps Cayla McLaughlin, of Millstone, with her fabric during a sewing class on July 7. The four-day course was one of an array of summer activities offered by Millstone Township Community Education. Carly Ferrara,…

  • Holmdel school to present ‘Grease’

    Kristina Marabondo (l-r), Kevin O’Leary, Leanne Mercadante and Joseph O’Leary are part of the alumni cast of “Grease” at St. John Vianney High School, Holmdel, Aug. 6-9. “Grease” is the word at Saint John Vianney High School of Holmdel. The school will present its alumni production of “Grease” on Thursday, Aug. 6, Friday, Aug. 7,…

  • Arrghhhh! Why did you pour milk on the cereal?

    Coda • GREG BEAN The emails started coming in from out-ofstate friends yesterday: “Rabbis and mayors in a corruption probe? Some of which included the sale of body parts? Sounds like you newspaper guys are going to have fun with this.” “Have you gotten your bag of cash yet?” another began. “If you haven’t, what’s…

  • ‘Ever think about washing that thing?’

    Are We There Yet? • LORI CLINCH Although it’s not by choice, I am a muddy-car person. I’m a rolling, mucky, traveling “before picture” for Turtle Wax and Brighty Whitie’s Spotless Rinse. Even the Clean City Committee has offered me big bucks to stay home. “Hey Lori,” friends often ask, “ever think about washing that…

  • CARS brings safety concerns on Sharon Station Road

    Guest Column • Patricia and Edward Smires ‘Atragic accident,” “A loss of life” — headlines that touch the very soul of a community and headlines that now touch our community. Within the past few weeks, in a tragic occurrence on Sharon Station Road, an individual was struck and killed by a tanker truck. While we…

  • SPRINGFIELD TOPICS: From the July 30 edition

    Jen Kokotajlo Jen Kokotajlo     Tel: 410-7338     [email protected]    Deadline for submitting items for this article will now be Sunday evening. Anything submitted after may not be included in the following edition. Any questions please contact me, [email protected]. Thank you for your understanding. * * *    Reminder to all Northern Burlington HS and MS Athletes:…

  • CHESTERFIELD: Scholarship honors teen’s memory

       CHESTERFIELD — A recipient has been selected for the first scholarship honoring a 13-year-old township boy who was killed last year.    Anthony DeCarlo, a member of the Northern Burlington Regional High School Class of 2009, received the $1,000 Devon Lucas Memorial Scholarship earlier this summer.    Mr. DeCarlo plans to attend the University of the Arts…

  • BEING GREEN: Learning ways to build a better bat house

    By Vanessa Holt    These winged creatures of the night may be commonly associated with Halloween, but you won’t actually see a bat in late October.    The world’s only true flying mammal, of which nine species reside in New Jersey, are all in hibernation by October, but their hibernation spots are threatened by a mysterious new…

  • LAMBERTVILLE POLICE BLOTTER

       Lambertville police reported:    — Two Hopewell area men are facing charges as a result of a motor vehicle stop early July 23.    Officer Michael Gramlich stopped Richard Smith Jr., 28, on Route 518 a little before 1 a.m. after he was observed driving a vehicle erratically. Mr. Smith was determined to be under the influence…

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