• SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Police nab fugitive

    By Davy James, Staff Writer    A fugitive wanted in connection with a drive-by shooting in Boston was captured in Monmouth Junction on July 21 by New Jersey State Police and U.S. marshals.    Abiona Sharpe, 20, was found hiding in a Northumberland Way residence by a team of law enforcement officials, according to South Brunswick police…

  • Community Calendar

    Saturday, Aug. 1    Country line dance — Plumsted Township Council for the Arts’ “First Saturday” event will be a country line dance at Oakford Lake Park, beginning at 7 p.m. Admission is free and the public is invited.    Book donations — Friends of the Plumsted Library will accept donated books, CDs, DVDs and jigsaw puzzles…

  • ALLENTOWN: Police Beat

       A vehicle on Quinn Road was reported vandalized July 24. Police said the vehicle’s windows were smashed and both front tires had cuts through the rubber portions. * * *    A black BMX bike valued at $300 was reported stolen July 8 from a Farmer Drive residence. The victim on July 20 said the bike…

  • Initiative intimidates public officials

    Frank J. Chrinko, Kendall Park    The plight of small business owner Victoria Rogers of Giselle Dancewear is heart wrenching. After receiving a valid zoning variance to operate her low intensity ballet clothing operation just steps from Route 27 in Kingston, the variance was challenged by the group called the Kingston Initiative. This group of residents,…

  • BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Long-running swimming program wraps up another successful summer

    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Long-running swimming program wraps up another successful summer

    Phil McAuliffe Darina Allen, 6, of Bordentown City takes part in a swimming lesson at Southgate Apartments in Bordentown Township. Staff photo by Phil McAuliffe.

  • PLUMSTED: DEP hears about sewer plan; McCue predicts three years

    By Melissa L. Gaffney, Staff Writer    PLUMSTED — The township’s redevelopment project is making some progress, and officials are hoping to have a sewer system for the downtown in place within three years.    And a plan for a large adult community, first approved in late 2007, will help finance the system.    Township Committeeman Mike McCue…

  • FLORENCE: Gateway from the past to the future

    FLORENCE: Gateway from the past to the future

    An 1898 newspaper ad for the Roebling Steel Mill, from the museum collection.

  • Tough Guys and Doting Parents

    Tough Guys and Doting Parents

    Keep the popcorn popping theaters are still offering plenty of summer treats By Elise Nakhnikian WILL Smith is MIA this month, but who’s had time to miss him? Hollywood has already rolled out enough would-be blockbusters this summer to feed a whole decade’s worth of Independence Day weekends.    As you know if you’ve been reading…

  • COMMUNITY CALENDAR: From the July 30 edition

    A weekly listing of local events. Summer youth     Through July 31 — The free Bordentown Summer Youth Program sponsored by local churches will be held at the Carslake Center in Bordentown City through July 31. Sessions will be held from noon to 4 p.m. and from 6 to 9 p.m. daily. Enrollment forms are…

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