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  • Snow-clearing plan doesn’t end problem

    To the editor By:    Your recent editorial regarding a grant to clear sidewalks stated that "such a plan could save Hillsborough residents — whether through their school taxes or municipal taxes — more than $100,000." This is incorrect.    The $100,000 you refer to for courtesy busing at the high school and middle school is simply…

  • Obituraries for the week of June 2

    Jean E. Smith     WEST WINDSOR — Jean E. Smith, 84, died May 26 at home. Born in Lambertville and raised in Princeton, Ms. Smith had been a resident of West Windsor for over 40 years.    She was a homemaker, a member of the Princeton Junction Fire Co. #1 Ladies Auxiliary and a life member…

  • Judith Ferguson will begin job as Hopewell Valley schools superintendent July 1

    Board OKs four-year contract, under which Dr. Ferguson’s initial salary will be $166,700. By John Tredrea    Judith A. Ferguson, who has been serving as acting superintendent of Hopewell Valley schools since March 1, has been tapped as the regional district’s next permanent superintendent.    At a special meeting Wednesday night, the Hopewell Valley Regional Board of…

  • Forum gives teens chance to see the future

    South Brunswick High School students were selected to participate in the National Youth Leadership Forum in February. By: Melissa Hayes    Choosing a college major is not always an easy decision, but for three seniors and one junior, some hands-on experience was all they needed to seal the deal.    South Brunswick High School seniors Kristen Fortunato,…

  • Sherrard returned just in time

    Hopewell Valley outdoor track By: Jim Green    Hopewell Valley Central High School junior track star Emily Sherrard might have been out most of the spring, but she was back and as good as ever when her team needed her most.    Sherrard, who missed six weeks with a stress fracture, gradually has worked her way back…

  • Florence tennis places second in state

    By: Sean Moylan    Hours after the Florence Township Memorial High School varsity tennis team’s 3-2 loss to Pascack Hills in the Group I State finals at Mercer County Park last Thursday, the Flashes’ Coach Ovi Dragos was still searching for ways he could have helped Scott Rein and Eric Centofanti in the first set tie-breaker…

  • Hard work, dedication and the American dream

    Pierre’s restaurant to celebrate 15 years as a South Brunswick landmark. By: Joseph Harvie    It started as a small, simple deli.    But with some hard work and strong faith, Pierre Hage-Boutros was able to make Pierre’s of South Brunswick a township landmark, turning the building formerly known as Butler’s General Store into a two-building facility…

  • Cancer relay event returns to Manville

    High school to host third Relay for Life June 10-11 By:Donna Lukiw    Hundreds of area residents soon will be putting on their walking shoes and participating in the overnight Relay for Life walk.    The local version of the national fundraising event, on June 10-11 to celebrate cancer survivors and raise money for the American Cancer…

  • Police Blotter-June 2, 2005

    Solebury    May 25 at 7:25 a.m., there was a two-vehicle accident on Route 202 near Shire Drive.    A vehicle driven by Mark Savage, 40, of Dogwood Hills Drive, New Burgh, N.Y., was going south and stopped on Route 202 to make a left turn. He was hit from behind by a vehicle also going south…