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  • Fifth graders learn a lesson in achievement

    EDITORIAL: A fifth-grade class project can teach the entire community about dedication and compassion. Lawrence Intermediate School has new curb cuts in the sidewalk surrounding the building.    Such a regular bit of construction usually would not be newsworthy except for the route it took to accomplish this project.    Kristyn Sirhal’s fifth-grade class, which includes student…

  • Fire company scholarship memorializes farming family

    Northern Burlington County Regional High School graduate Rob Gancarz reveives the 2005 Parker Farms Memorial Scholarship. By: Scott Morgan William Wichert    NORTH HANOVER — Farming and firefighting have always been the center of the world for Rob Gancarz, whose childhood years were divided between his family’s farm on Harrison Road and the Jacobstown Firehouse on…

  • Carter Road housing proposal gets chilly reception

    Berwind Property Group gave a presentation July 14 to the Hopewell Township Planning Board on alternative development possibilities for the former Townsend site. By Kate Herts    Carter Road area residents, environmentalists and some township officials criticized a developer’s concept proposal to build 272 townhouses and condominiums on the west side of Carter Road — an…

  • Scouts wins OK for Eagle project

    Shawn Kaminski of Boy Scout Troop 186 has big plans to improve the Weston Courtyard. By: Donna Lukiw    Shawn Kaminski, 14, of Boy Scout Troop 186 has big plans to improve the Weston Courtyard as part of his Eagle Scout project and said he was happy to hear that the Manville Board of Education approves…

  • Obituaries for the week of July 21

    Lois R. Baskett     PENNINGTON — Lois Rowland Baskett died Saturday, at Stony Brook Assisted Living. She was 92.        Born in Spartenburg, S.C., she married James Murray in 1932 and lived several years in Hobbs, N.M.    They had one son, James, who predeceased her.    Following a divorce, she married Thomas Slack Baskett, then a…

  • Special ed. position filled

    Carol Piza is chosen to be coordinator of special education services. By: Melissa Hayes    Carol Piza was named coordinator of special education services by the school board Monday night.    Ms. Piza, of Monmouth Junction, is the first to fill the position, which was created by the school board July 18.    As coordinator of special education…

  • EDITORIAL

    Residents need to know impact of depot project.    We may still be in the dog days of summer, but it’s easy to see through the haze and spot the issues developing for the fall in the campaigns for Township Committee seats.    This year’s elections promise to be brutal, with the possibility of a power shift…

  • Pennington shop offers items for the faithful

    When Susan Neri opened The Vine & Branches in Pennington, her goal was to create an environment where locals of any spiritual background could find what they wanted. By Kate Hertz    Spirituality and religion appear to be back in style in the commercial world.    Though it is commonplace for large chain stores to offer a…

  • Summer softballers remain unbeaten

    Elites really rolling along By: Rudy Brandl        Hillsborough’s softball program continued its summer of fun with more big victories last week.    The Elites improved to 5-0 with two lopsided routs, pasting Bernards (11-0) and Ridge (14-0) to remain tied for first place with Flemington. The league leaders battled last night for sole possession of…