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  • Come check out the Senior Center

    Senior Center offers a wide variety of classes, groups, friends and fun for all. By: Joseph Harvie    Sports, arts and crafts, discussion groups, theater, music and much more. These are just some of the activities the township Senior Center offers.    This Saturday you’ll be able to find out about the inner workings of the Senior…

  • Mansfield Township considers municipal complex site

    Mansfield municipal government may move all township operations to a 26-acre office complex on Route 206 South near Hedding Road. By: William Wichert    MANSFIELD — The municipal government may be on the move.    At the April 27 Township Committee meeting, officials said they were investigating the possibility of moving all township operations to a 26-acre…

  • Chesterfield residents to be surveyed on ZIP code change

    The U. S. Postal Service will conduct a survey designed to tell it whether Chesterfield Township residents want a unified postal address. By: Scott Morgan    CHESTERFIELD — One of the issues facing rural towns in northern Burlington County is the array of postal addresses. Residents who live in Chesterfield alone could have their addresses listed…

  • POLICE BLOTTER

    By:    A Wallace Boulevard resident reported several incidents of criminal mischief to his residence and property at 8:06 p.m. April 28.    The resident told police that during the past two months, he had three different incidents of damage or criminal mischief to his mailbox and garage door. His mailbox had slight damage on top, while…

  • Bulldogs blank Nottingham

    Hopewell Valley boys tennis By: John E. Powers    The Hopewell Valley Central High School boys tennis team, fourth at last week’s Mercer County Tournament, blanked Nottingham on Monday 5-0 to eliminate the Northstars from qualifying for the state tournament.    But the Bulldogs, who officially qualified for the Central Jersey Group III tournament with an 8-3…

  • Businesses pack social event

    Development commission’s first event enjoys strong support from community By:Melissa Edmond    More than 100 local business people gathered at the Summerville Assisted Living Center Monday for the first business networking event sponsored by the Economic and Business Development Commission.    Business people mingled and chatted, passing out their business cards and getting to know each other.…

  • Letters to the Editor, May 5, 2005

    ‘Tremendous leadership’ To the editor:     I wish to ask the Hopewell Valley Community to join me in acknowledging and thanking Bill Hills for his tremendous leadership during his tenure on the Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education.    Six years ago, Bill and runningmates Carl Swanson and Ed Gainsborg stepped up as candidates for a…

  • 3 charged with sales to teens

    Investigation of marijuana sales leads to the arrest of three teenagers. By: Joseph Harvie    A three-month police drug investigation of marijuana sales to South Brunswick High School students resulted in the arrest of three township teenagers on Tuesday.    Police arrested a 19-year-old, an 18-year-old and a 17-year-old after serving search warrants at each of their…

  • Residents try again to change local form of government

    Group launches a petition drive to place issue on Nov. ballot. By:Lea Kahn    For the second time in three years, a small band of citizens — led by Dennick Court resident Peter W. Radice Jr. — is circulating a petition that seeks to change the form of municipal government in Lawrence Township.    The group, comprising…