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  • Softball team loves to play the game

    By: Sean Moylan    Just like in the old days, the 2005 edition of the Bordentown 12-year-old Little League all-star softball squad is a group that loves to play softball 24 hours a day, seven days a week.    "The strength of my team is the girls like to play (ball) together. And if they play as…

  • MAKING SENSE: Public use, not dubious public benefit

    MAKING SENSE By Keith Rasmussen Government kicks residents out of their homes because property is deemed necessary for "public use."    Imagine, if you will, this fictional (yet possible) scenario taking place some five years in the future.    Imagine living on Ridge Road in South Brunswick all your adult life. A letter carrier patiently waits for…

  • Apartments may be sold

    Sale of the Deans Apartment complex is being negotiated. By: Joseph Harvie    The U.S. Department of Agriculture says the Deans Apartments may soon have new owners.    Andrew Law, New Jersey director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development, said Wednesday that the development’s owner, Property Management, is negotiating the sale of the complex to…

  • For the June 30 issue

    Arvilla M. Smith, Robert C. Scholey, Anna Toth Kisty. Arvilla M. Smith    EWING TOWNSHIP — Arvilla M. Smith, 95, died Saturday at St. Joseph’s Care Center, Lawrenceville.    Born in Bordentown, she resided in Ewing Township for most of her life.    She was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church.    She was a graduate of Trenton…

  • Water and sewer increases eyed for fourth-quarter bills

    Township Council ordinance calls for 8 percent increase in water and sewer rates. By: Joseph Harvie    The Township Council introduced an ordinance Tuesday that calls for an 8 percent increase in both the township’s water and sewer rates.    The increase comes after the council rejected a 10 percent rate hike on June 7.    Township Chief…

  • Schools to get three life-saving defibrillators

    MIKES for Manville splits cost with district By:Donna Lukiw    When a custodian working in Manville High School suffered a heart attack behind the building last month, it could have been a life-or-death situation.    While Manville Rescue Squad members arrived in time to help him, school personnel were prepared for the worst thanks to a defibrillator…

  • Hopewell Township eyes changes to its CO ordinance

    Engineer Paul Pogorzelski said the proposed ordinance "revamps our way of doing business to comply with DCA criteria." By John Tredrea    A proposed amendment to Hopewell Township’s ordinance on certificates of occupancy (COs) and temporary certificates of occupancy (TCOs) was introduced by the Hopewell Township Committee Monday.    During Monday’s session, township Engineer Paul Pogorzelski said…

  • Letters to the editor

    For the June 30 issue. Supreme Court decision may start disturbing trend To the editor:    The Supreme Court has spoken. The court has laid the land open for a new round of "ism’s" to control the people of this United States.    In the history of man, he has lived under capitalism, communism, socialism, fascism and…

  • LETTERS: Volunteers made success

    To the editor:     A year of hard work and effort by all members of the SBHS 2004/2005 Project Graduation Committee culminated on Tuesday, June 21, when 450 SBHS students participated in the annual Project Graduation event that was held at FunPlex (formerly The Falls) in Mt. Laurel. The students had a great time.    I…