• LAMBERTVILLE: Woman injured during suicide jump

    By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    A Pennsylvania woman attempted suicide by jumping about 50 feet from an overpass into the shallow Alexauken Creek.    Karen Gindhart, 36, of Warminster, suffered multiple fractures and internal injuries, according to Lambertville police. She is being treated at the Helene Fuld Medical Center in Trenton.    Police in Lambertville first became…

  • FUTURE FARMERS: High school officers reflect on FFA experience

    FUTURE FARMERS: High school officers reflect on FFA experience

    Phil McAuliffe An NBC FFA display of farm equipment in front of the school. Staff photo by Phil McAuliffe.

  • LAWRENCE: Boards compare budget notes

    Municipal budget may increase, but district to cut spending By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer     Continuing its tradition of sharing notes, Township Council and the Lawrence Township Board of Education outlined their respective budgets at a joint meeting at the Municipal Building on Tuesday night.     Although Township Council has not introduced its proposed 2009…

  • FLORENCE-ROEBLING NEWS: From the March 19 edition

    By Peg Dotson    Please feel welcome to join the Florence Township Community Bible Study every Wednesday evening at 7 p.m. at the Sterling House Assisted Living Center on Broad Street, just past the Municipal Building. It’s a non-denominational gathering. For further information please call Cheryl Patterson at 499-1646. * * *    Roast pork and sauerkraut…

  • Ordinance will allow extra homes on tract

    BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer HOWELL — Over the objection of residents, the Township Council has introduced an ordinance that will permit more homes than initially approved to be built on the former site of the Cutler-Rubenstein egg farm, Route 9 north near Sunnyside Road. An ordinance to change the property from 2-acre residential zoning…

  • School officials to discuss budget

    MARLBORO — Superintendent of Schools David Abbott has scheduled a series of presentations about the proposed 2009-10 school year budget. The community is invited to attend any of the question-and-answer sessions to learn more about Marlboro’s school budget, how it impacts property taxes, and more. The sessions are scheduled for: • March 18, 9:15 a.m.,…

  • CNHS to present ‘Guys and Dolls’

    COLTS NECK — Audiences will be hooked watching members of the Colts Neck High School Drama Club perform the romantic comedy “Guys and Dolls.” “Guys and Dolls” will be performed at Colts Neck High School, Route 537 and Five Points Road, on March 19 at 7:30 p.m., March 20 and 21 at 8 p.m., and…

  • TV program features local unsolved murder

    Remains of young girl were discovered in park in 2005 BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — Investigators hope that an unsolved case involving the remains of “Baby Bones,” a young girl found in the woods in Upper Freehold four years ago, will have closure after the story was featured on the Fox network’s…

  • Two suspects arrested in Marlboro shooting

    Two residents of Cliffwood Beach have been arrested and charged with two counts of first degree attempted murder in connection with the shooting of a third Cliffwood Beach man and the attempted shooting of a fourth Cliffwood Beach man in Marlboro on Feb. 25. According to a press release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office…

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