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  • SPORTS: UF-Allentown U18 crowned champions

    SPORTS: UF-Allentown U18 crowned champions

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer    ORLANDO — The Upper Freehold-Allentown NJ Strikers U-18 boys travel soccer team were crowned champions in the Disney’s Soccer Showcase during the last week of December.    In an email Jan. 1, Coach Amaro Pereira said the tournament is the No. 1 rated youth soccer tournament in the country.    The event…

  • SPORTS: Young Bordentown wrestling team progresses

    By John Lashley, Special Writer    BORDENTOWN — Throughout the years, Burlington County has been well known for producing top-level individual wrestlers and wrestling teams, and this year is no different.    There are those programs and student-athletes who are working hard to achieve high accolades not only locally, but against the best competition across the talent-rich…

  • A dream evening

    A dream evening

    Eden Autism Services is going ruby red for its 40th anniversary gala By Anthony Stoeckert    As Eden Autism Services begins its 40th year of helping improve the lives of people with autism, it is appropriate that the theme of its “Eden Dreams” gala, titled “A Ruby in Winter.”    That’s a fitting name because the gemstone…

  • SPRINGFIELD HAPPENINGS: Jan. 8, 2015

       The Township Council meets the first Thursday of the month for a work session and the second Wednesday of the month for a regular session.    Both meetings start at 7:30 p.m. in the municipal building.    The Planning Board meets the first Tuesday of the month for a work session and the third Tuesday of the…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Blaze displaces a dozen

    HIGHTSTOWN: Blaze displaces a dozen

    Photos by Cindy Rashkin. Firefighters from around the area battled a two-alarm blaze on Hauser Avenue on Dec, 20 that left one of the residents badly burned.

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Blaze displaces a dozen

    HIGHTSTOWN: Blaze displaces a dozen

    Photos by Cindy Rashkin. Firefighters from around the area battled a two-alarm blaze on Hauser Avenue on Dec, 20 that left one of the residents badly burned.

  • MONROE: Township man named COO for RWJUH

    MONROE: Township man named COO for RWJUH

    NEW BRUNSWICK — Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital has named Monroe resident Michael Antoniades, MPA, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer over both the New Brunswick and Somerset campuses, according to a press release. “Mike has demonstrated strong leadership, vision and a passion for delivering exceptional care to our patients since he arrived at…

  • MONROE: Four-alarm blaze damages homes

    MONROE: Four-alarm blaze damages homes

    Several residents displaced By Amy Batista, Special Writer MONROE — Firefighters battled a four-alarm blaze in an adult community last Saturday evening leaving several residents displaced, according to officials. “Engine-5 from Station 23-A on Schoolhouse Road arrived first and had heavy volume of fire showing through the roof of (the) 1-C unit with a collapse…

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