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  • BREAKING NEWS: Woman dies in Route 1 crash

    BREAKING NEWS: A 24-year-old woman died after striking a tractor-trailer making an illegal turn. By: Joseph Harvie     A 24-year-old Hazlet woman was killed early Monday morning after her car hit a tractor-trailer that was trying to make an illegal turn from northbound Route 1 to westbound New Road, police said.       According to police, Victoria…

  • Doris Mae Patterson

       Doris Mae Patterson, 81, of Ewing Township died Saturday at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital at Hamilton.    Born in Hopewell, she was a lifelong area resident. She retired as a clerical assistant for ETS Corp. after 28 years of service.    She had been a member of the Nassau Christian Center since 1976, serving as a deacon.…

  • Montgomery paves way for Kid Connection fee hike

    By: Kara Fitzpatrick    MONTGOMERY — The Township Committee approved an ordinance Thursday that will raise Kid Connection fees for the next school year by about 10 percent — more than double the increase of recent years.    According to the ordinance, full day care for five weekdays would go up about $540 per year per child…

  • Mary L. Beilman

    Chairman of the board,The Princeton Packet Inc.    VERO BEACH, Fla. — Mary Louise Beilman, chairman of the board of The Princeton Packet Inc., including the Hopewell Valley News, died Sunday. She was 93.    Born in Greencastle, Ind., she was a Princeton resident since 1942.    Mrs. Beilman was the widow of Bernard Kilgore, one-time chairman of…

  • Going Grape

    The Hunterdon Museum will offer a Mediterranean Wine Tasting with Christopher Cree. By: Susan Van Dongen TIMEOFF PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY FRANK WOJCIECHOWSKI The Hunterdon Museum will offer a Mediterranean Wine Tasting with Christopher Cree.    One of the pivotal scenes in the recent film Sideways comes when the character Maya (Virginia Madsen) talks about her feelings…

  • Township taxes may increase 10 percent

    Preliminary 2005 East Windsor municipal budget includes a tax rate increase of almost 4 cents. By: Marisa Maldonado    EAST WINDSOR — The largest tax increase the township has seen in at least 10 years is included in the preliminary 2005 budget that the Township Council started to review Tuesday.    The increase of almost 4 cents,…

  • How to improve your family’s health, one bite at a time

    The link between nutrition and cancer prevention is clear. We just need to act on it.    Did you know that there are foods proven to have strong disease-fighting abilities, helping to prevent illnesses — such as cancer?    According to Sabina Beesley, M.S., R.D., a registered dietitian at University Medical Center at Princeton, while the benefits…

  • In Jamesburg, a lone Republican

    The Borough Council’s only Republican speaks out. By: Leon Tovey    JAMESBURG — Chris Maloney often prefaces his answers to questions about policy with the phrase, "You’re trying to get me into trouble aren’t you?"    A stocky, round man with delicate — almost pretty — facial features and sharp eyes, Mr. Maloney, 36, has been the…

  • A quiet hearing on budget

    Tab would cut taxes. By: Leon Tovey    MONROE — The township’s $32.09 million budget for 2005 appears to be on its way to adoption by the Township Council later this month.    There was no comment from the council or members of the audience during Monday’s public hearing on the proposed spending plan.    The budget, having…