Day: March 8, 2001

  • Viking girls starting to glow

    GIRLS SWIMMING: A third-place finish at this year’s GMC Championships may only be the beginning of what the Vikings have to offer. By: Carolyn M. Hartko    The South Brunswick High School girl’s swim team has a lot in common with a rising sun. Like a bright dawn, the two-year old girls’ squad gave off a…

  • Snow? What snow?

    An incorrect forecast sent residents to local supermarkets and disrupted weekend plans. By: Cynthia Williamson    First it was snow, lots of it.    Then it was drizzle.    And now it’s a fizzle.    New Hope Clemens Market Assistant Store Director Karl Grabner chuckled at a notion the grocery industry is in cahoots with meteorologists.    "I don’t think…

  • Backers to show Timberlane plan changes tonight

    Fields application on ARC’s agenda Monday By:Ruth Luse    The Recreation Foundation of Hopewell Valley and the Recreation Roundtable will host an open house tonight between 7 and 9 p.m. in the Activity Room of the Hopewell Township Branch, Mercer Library.    The library is located on Pennington-Titusville Road (West Delaware Avenue), just east of Hopewell Valley…

  • Zoners to consider gas station plan

    The service station would include a convenience store with a drive-through window and a car wash    Township zoners will consider next week whether to permit the redevelopment of the site of a former service station on the corner of Spruce Street and Princeton Avenue into a new service station that includes a convenience store and…

  • Township concert will feature performerswho craft instruments as well as music

    Sunday’s free concert includes popular act Maggi Hill and the Roadhouse Ensemble    Arkansas performance artists Martin and Scott will join Central New Jersey singer and songwriter Maggi Hill and the Roadhouse Ensemble in a program sponsored by the Hillsborough Cultural and Arts Commission, Sunday.    Martin and Scott compose and record original music and handcraft two…

  • Correcting the record

    HART-BARTLETT CAMPAIGN CORNER By:Marylou Ferrara and Jon Edwards To the editor:    We write this letter in the expectation that the election between Fran Bartlett and John Hart will now be over and that saner passions may prevail. We wish simply, in a less charged atmosphere, to correct the record left by yet another township election.…

  • Area districts announce school board candidates

           Area school districts recently announced candidates for this year’s school board elections which will be held on April 17. By:Vanessa S. Holt and David Koch    Following are the number of open seats on each school board, the length of the terms and the incumbents and new candidates for each seat in each school district…

  • Weichert helps RELO gain sales

    Early reports indicate Weichert was top contributor in 2000    James M. Weichert, president, announces that Weichert, Realtors played a significant role in helping RELO, a network of independent real estate brokers, reach over $240 billion in sales volume in 1999, according to a recently completed market share study conducted by the network. Early reports also…

  • It’s a sled dog’s life

    Siberian husky, and owner, pay visit to students at Pond Road Middle School in Washington By: Frank C. D’Amico    WASHINGTON — Diesel is an animal perfectly designed for a cold, wintry environment.    He has black fur around its eyes, to prevent snow blindness.    He has a double coat of fur to stay warm and dry.…