Category: archives
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To cover Hopewell Borough, Pennington would have to increase its police staff
"We couldn’t cover Hopewell Borough with the staff we have now," Pennington police Director William Meytrott said Wednesday By John Tredrea If Hopewell Township police stopped covering Hopewell Borough, one place the borough could turn would be Pennington Borough, which has its own police department. The two boroughs are about four miles apart. The township…
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Raider swimmers seek to continue dominant run
Kuehne, VanBiervliet back to lead champs By: John E. Powers How do you repeat a season in which you’ve won State Public A, Somerset County and Skyland Conference championships? The Hillsborough High School boys’ swimming team is eager to do it. The Raiders, who were also 13-2 in dual meets last year, are scheduled…
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Bills aim to ease impact of eminent domain decision
Local assemblymen co-sponsor Assembly bill (Dec. 1) By: Lauren Burgoon Two bills that would severely limit towns’ rights to take residential properties for redevelopment have been introduced in the Legislature. The bills come in the aftermath of a June U.S. Supreme Court decision allowing local governments to use eminent domain to seize private property for…
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Committee to review Wal-Mart plan
The Planning Board Screening Committee will review latest proposal for a Wal-Mart store off Spruce Street tonight (Thursday). Opponents of the proposed store will hold a rally before the meeting. By:Lea Kahn Staff Writer The Planning Board Screening Committee will review revised plans for a proposed Wal-Mart store on Spruce Street, and a group of…
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Boys team has semi-new look
By: James McKeever There’s something old and something new. How the two blend together will determine what kind of season the South Brunswick boys bowling team produces this winter. The established parts for the Vikings are Matt Forthun, Jared Kohutanycz and Adam Kinder. The new pieces: Devin Burk, Chris DeSouza, Matt Sichel, and first-year coach…
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Hopewell Valley officials see need for new school
"We expect to be just under 1,000 students over capacity by 2010," district Business Administrator/Board Secretary John Nemeth said last week By John Tredrea The need for a new Hopewell Valley school is on the horizon and officials of the school district and Hopewell Township, where the school would be located, have begun planning for…
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LETTERS
From the issue of Dec. 1, 2005. Holiday dampened by football games To the editor: So here I sit, the Saturday after Thanksgiving; listening, for a second day in a row, to a football game at Hillsborough High School’s state-of-the-art artificial turf field. Yesterday I got to listen to an overly exuberant announcer from approximately…
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Mystery Man in the Panama Hat
Leon Redbone will take his music down to the bare bones in a concert at the War Memorial. By:Susan Van Dongen Such a man of mystery is singer Leon Redbone that, during a telephone conversation, he won’t even reveal where he is. "Next to a tankful of minnows, somewhere off the road in Wisconsin," he…
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Islamic Society of Central Jersey plans growth
Proposed are a 10,700-square-foot expansion to the mosque, a 40,000-square-foot office building, a 385-spot split-level parking deck, a 104,000-square-foot K-12 school and 22 to 26 senior citizen townhouses. By: Joseph Harvie The Islamic Society of Central Jersey wants to build a school, offices and a senior housing unit near its facility on Route 1 in…
