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Letters to the Editor for the week of Dec. 8
Lack of action is disingenuous To the editor: To be clear, I chose to write this as a resident and taxpayer. The following does not represent the views of the Washington Township fire district or its Board of Fire Commissioners, of which I am a member. There appears to be a collaborative blockade by…
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Truck limits aimed at reducing traffic
Ordinance slated for public hearing (Dec. 8) By: Marisa Maldonado PLUMSTED Placing restrictions on the weight of trucks on the township’s border with Jackson should limit traffic in the area or at least that’s what officials hope a recently introduced ordinance will accomplish. If passed, the ordinance would ban trucks weighing more than…
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Locals angry over house for addicts
Recovery facility has its Brunswick Acres neighbors worried. Township agrees to increase police patrols in area. By: Joseph Harvie Residents of Brunswick Acres who live near a home used for recovering addicts who have been through treatment programs have not been treated fairly and the township wants to help by increasing the police presence in…
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HHS boys enjoyed historic year
Dennis, Irizzary led best X-C team ever By: Rudy Brandl Peaking in the season’s final race was always the goal for the Hillsborough High boys’ cross country team, as long as that event was the NJSIAA Meet of Champions. Mission accomplished. The Raiders made school history by qualifying for the Meet of Champs as a…
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Seniors helped HoVal return to elite level
Hopewell Valley boys soccer By: Jim Green With the full winter schedule fast approaching, this is a good time to take a step back and reflect on what the Hopewell Valley Central High School boys soccer team accomplished this spring. The Bulldogs brought HoVal back to the upper echelon of the state, going 17-3-3, winning…
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Letters to the Editor, Dec. 8, 2005
Don’t adopt ordinance To the editor: It has come to my attention that the township has proposed an ordinance stating that parking would be restricted on Scotch Road, Pennington-Harbourton Road and Pennington-Titusville Road. If this ordinance is enacted, the only available parking to attend events at the Timberlane athletic fields would be back at…
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Once, twice, three times a football champion
Coaches had Florence ready again By: Sean Moylan PISCATAWAYFrom a distance Rutgers Stadium loomed like this massive concrete monster that would have easily intimidated most small town football teams. But Florence is not like most small towns. In Florence football is a religion and the townspeople are nearly all converts. So Flashes’ fans flooded into…
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Chesterfield excused from new COAH rules
New rules apply to construction taking place after Jan. 1, 2004 By: Scott Morgan A Superior Court judge exempted Chesterfield Township from expanded affordable housing requirements Wednesday. Judge John Sweeney absolved the township from having to comply with the latest set of regulations issued by the state Council on Affordable Housing, which require one affordable…
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Hopewell Borough officials update council on water status
CRJ Contracting Corporation of Plainfield is in the process of constructing interconnection between borough water supply and New Jersey American Water Company By Aleen Crispino Hopewell Borough Councilman David Mackie said Monday that an "odd analytical result" had been found in tests for water contaminants in two wells located on Burton Avenue. In his report…
