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  • Town may require builders to post signs of their intentions

    Proposal would require developers to place signs on their properties describing their plans. By: Joseph Harvie    Several Township Council members said Tuesday that they would support rules requiring developers to place signs on their property describing their proposed plans for the site.    The proposal has the support of four members of council, but is opposed…

  • Hopewell track staff undergoes overhaul

    Hopewell Valley indoor track By: Jim Green    The Hopewell Valley Central High School indoor track team has undergone an overhaul of its coaching staff this season. While it’s difficult to overcome the loss of people like former assistant coach Mike Hammill, the longtime head coach of girls spring track who resigned his post in October,…

  • BRHS bowlers roll out a great opening week of action

    By: Sean Moylan    The Bordentown Regional High School varsity bowling program issued a statement that it will remain a force with a fifth-place finish at the prestigious Bishop Ahr Holiday Festival Tournament at Carolier Lanes in New Brunswick on Saturday.    "Most of the (52) teams we were bowling against were Group III schools," said Bordentown…

  • Letters for the week of Dec. 8

    Help bridge the gap, become a host family To the editor:     AFS Intercultural Student Exchange Program urgently needs your help. AFS is looking for one good family to host an international student from Norway starting as soon as possible and through June 2006 — about six months. AFS students attend your local high school…

  • Boys hoops team has plenty left in the tank

    Hopewell Valley boys basketball By: Mike Molaro    To say the Hopewell Valley Central High School boys basketball squad was hit hard by graduation would be an understatement.    Decimated would be more like it.    The Bulldogs lost 12 players to graduation, including their entire starting lineup, which was the heart and soul of last year’s 18-7…

  • Council promises rent rules

    Apartment inspections could begin early next year. By: Joseph Harvie    An ordinance that would require the inspection of multifamily rental units when there is a change of tenant could be introduced Jan. 3, township officials said this week.    The council unanimously agreed Tuesday to move the proposal forward, members said, because it would keep the…

  • Joseph Shutack

       SEBRING, Fla. — Joseph Shutack died Nov. 20 at home. He was 95.    Born in Barnesboro, Pa., he lived in Manville and Somerville before moving to Sebring 26 years ago.    Mr. Shutack worked as a supervisor for Public Service Electric & Gas for 47 years before retiring 29 years ago.    He served his country as…

  • Scrooge’s Baggage

    David Cromwell ventures into his second year as the miserly curmudgeon in McCarter Theatre’s ‘A Christmas Carol.’ By:Josh Appelbaum    A Christmas Carol, McCarter Theatre’s long-standing holiday tradition and a veritable cash cow, isn’t in danger of being put out to pasture anytime soon.    Michael Unger, who has directed the current production written by David Thompson…

  • ‘Inspecting Carol’

    Peter Scolari and Dan Lauria star in this send-up of ‘A Christmas Carol’ at George Street Playhouse. By: Stuart Duncan    It’s astonishing that one of the funniest plays to hit the American stage was assembled by committee. But 15 years ago, Daniel Sullivan, who was artistic director of Seattle Rep, had the notion to create…