Ewing & Lawrence firefighters battle blaze, rescue hamster (VIDEO)Tuesday, April 26, 2011 @ 12:16AMEWING -- Firefighters from all three Ewing fire companies plus Lawrence Township firefighters from Slackwood and Lawrence Road battled a single-alarm fire Monday evening on Clermont Avenue in Ewing. It appeared the blaze was confined to the second floor of the structure. Firefighters were seen carrying a cage out of the home and putting it in the front of Slackwood's truck. Evidently the ...
How The Wild Hamster Was TamedSunday, April 10, 2011 @ 12:54PMThe little rodent with big cheeks was rare in the 1930s, when one biologist set out to find them. What he found set the wheel in motion for medical researchers and grade-school classrooms everywhere.
DA Drops Charges Against Girl in Hamster DeathThursday, March 10, 2011 @ 2:11PMThe Brooklyn district attorney has dropped animal cruelty charges against a Brooklyn teenager who was accused of killing her brother's pet hamster.
When is a child ready to care for a pet?Friday, October 29, 2010 @ 1:27PM"I promise I'll feed him and walk him and play with him and lovehim forever and ever if you get me a..." Ah yes, the family pet.Maybe you can even remember how you felt when you first asked yourparents for a kitten.
Can the family pet make a better pick?Friday, October 29, 2010 @ 8:55AMWARMING UP in the bullpen, Alexander Hamster. Uh-huh, 1 more week of futile handicapping, and Delaware Dan is ready to summon his granddaughter's hamster out of its cage. The wobbly New Orleans Saints cost us a six-team super teaser last week, losing to the wretched Browns.
ROBBINSVILLE: Students get a taste of democracyThursday, May 6, 2010 @ 12:53PMROBBINSVILLE The paper ballots have been counted, and the students have spoken: There will be no homework assigned at Pond Road Middle School during the week each grade takes its state standardized tests.
The great rodent race!Tuesday, May 4, 2010 @ 6:02AMDespite a valiant effort, my hamster George came in last. PHOTO BY ANNMARIE COSTELLA The air was filled with excitement as more than a dozen hamster owners including this reporter gathered at the Petco in College Point on Saturday for the annual Hamster Ball Derby — a chance to race our furry rodents and win prizes.