Category: archives
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Health care costs are getting a checkup
GUEST OPINION By Kevin W. Doran Recently a Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education subcommittee completed a comprehensive analysis of the current health benefit plans (medical, dental and prescription drug) offered to district employees. Driving this review were the realities of trying to absorb another $700,000 increase in the costs of these plans into a…
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Bomb threat under investigation
Police and South Brunswick High School officials are investigating a bomb threat made against the school. By: Josh Appelbaum The administration at South Brunswick High School and township police are looking into whether a bomb threat made against the school for Oct. 31 was a prank or a serious threat. A letter sent Oct. 17…
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LETTERS: Blood drive was a success
To the editor: South Brunswick’s Blood Bank Committee would like to say thanks to the 156 folks who stopped sandbagging their basements and came to our Blood Donor Drive. We appreciate their giving us part of what turned out to be a pleasant fall Saturday. The drive collected 140 units of much-needed blood, with…
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County freeholder candidates tackle sports field controversy
A request by Lawrence for a 35-acre parcel of land in Mercer County Park Northwest drew criticism from Republican freeholder candidates, while the Democratic candidates seemed to distance themselves from the proposal. By:Lea Kahn Staff Writer A proposal to hand over control of a portion of Mercer County Park Northwest to Lawrence Township drew sharp…
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New trail link set for completion in 2006
Plans are under way for Hopewell Township portion of trail. One segment has been built a 1.2-mile-long portion completed earlier this year. It runs along the Pennington-Rocky Hill Road and Titus Mill Road, from Wargo Road to Old Mill Road. By Lea Kahn The next link in the Lawrence Hopewell Trail a path…
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Scaring up fun for the kids
Uncle Deathy, also known as David Dering of Devon Avenue, delights in transforming his home into a house of horrors for Halloween. By:Lea Kahn Staff Writer It would be impossible to mistake Uncle Deathy’s house at 49 Devon Ave. it’s the one with the headless figure holding a pumpkin in the front yard, behind…
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Team of Ragany and Ramachandra go where no Vikes have gone before
By: Rich Fisher This will go down as the year of history-making for the South Brunswick High girls tennis program. A week after the Vikings reached the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV semifinals for the first time, the doubles team of Meredith Ragany and Meena Ramachandra went further than any duo in SBHS history in…
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Obituaries for Oct. 20
Joseph File PENNINGTON Retired U.S. Marine Corps Col. Joseph File died Saturday at the University Medical Center at Princeton. He was 82. Born in Lecce, Italy, his family immigrated to New York when he was 6 years old and he resided in Lawrence for 43 years before moving to Pennington just over three years…
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Reworked salary plan expected by Nov. 14
Mayor preparing new version of ordinance vetoed in August By:Melissa Edmond After Councilwoman Sue Asher demanded Mayor Angelo Corradino rework the salary ordinance he vetoed in August, Mayor Corradino vowed to have one ready for the council’s Nov. 14 meeting. The ordinance sets the salary ranges for municipal positions but not actual salaries for…
