While many parents take their children on vacation trips to the beach or the mountains, Julia Ciccone’s parents took their children to museums and historic sites. Those trips helped to foster a love of history in the Lawrence Township resident, who is a junior at Gettysburg College in the same town that was the site […]

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LEA KAHN, Staff Writer – Fri, 04 Sep 2026 01:00:00 +0000

(Part III of Allentow ’s important and historic role in America’s fight for independence) Religion played an important role in Allen’s Town and Upper Freehold as the colonies moved toward revolution. In and around Allen’s Town, Hightstown, Millstone, Imlaystown, Crosswicks, Bordentown and Philadelphia lived a large population of prosperous, hard-working Quakers. The Quakers, or Society […]

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Bill Sanservino – Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:00:00 +0000

With their inaugural season less than two months away, the Trenton Ironhawks are beginning to take shape both on and off the ice. The ECHL team spent much of the summer preparing for its first season at CURE Insurance Arena, hiring veteran coach Chuck Weber, establishing ties with the community and beginning to build a […]

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Bill Sanservino – Thu, 03 Sep 2026 17:05:08 +0000

For nearly 30 years, generations of Allentown customers have walked into Bruno’s One Sweet Ride for homemade chocolates, old-fashioned candy and the kind of small-town conversation that comes with both. Soon, they will be making that stop somewhere new. Heather Saracen, who runs the candy side of Bruno’s, is moving her chocolates from the longtime […]

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Bill Sanservino – Thu, 03 Sep 2026 16:00:00 +0000

Burlington County Commissioner Deputy Director Allison Eckel is continuing her service on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Local Government Advisory Council. Inactive for nearly a year and a half, the EPA announced in late August it would reinstate the advisory panel, which is charged with providing independent and objective policy advice to the EPA Administrator on […]

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