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  • Beazer Homes expected to unveil development ideas tonight

    One in a series of sessions with residents of Hopewell Township’s Southern Neighborhoods, the meeting will begin at 7 p.m. By John Tredrea    Negotiations between Beazer Homes and residents of southern Hopewell Township neighborhoods bordering three tracts Beazer wants to develop are zeroing in on the point at which Beazer can make a few preliminary…

  • LHS’ Fuller moves on in shot put

    Lawrence indoor track By: Jim Green    After standing in the shadows of former Lawrence High School indoor track and field stars Devin Picott and Cierra Phillips last year, junior Janelle Fuller finally made her own mark Sunday.    Fuller’s throw of 36-8 was good for third place at the Group III Championships at Princeton University’s Jadwin…

  • Search for acting schools superintendent is well under way

    GUEST OPINION By William F. Hills    With the departure of Superintendent Nick Lorenzetti, the Hopewell Valley Regional School District has reached another milestone along its continuing journey to educate our youth to the highest possible standards. While often unsettling, change is an integral and inevitable part of a healthy, vibrant and dynamic school system that…

  • Chief administrator to retire in summer

    Dr. Ed Gibson, chief school administrator of the Chesterfield School District, will retire in August. By: Scott Morgan    CHESTERFIELD — Meet Ed Gibson. Rock star.    You might have known him as Ed Gibson, principal of Peter Muschal School in the 1970s. Or maybe as Ed Gibson, national marketing manager at AT&T in the 1980s.    But…

  • Connolly, Cain lead Hopewell Township zoning board

    HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP ZONING UPDATE By Marianne Hooker    At its Jan. 5 meeting, the Hopewell Township Zoning Board of Adjustment elected new officers and reappointed several of the professionals who help them with their work.    The board also approved a height variance for a detached garage at a residential property on Chase Hollow Road.    Board reorganization…

  • Watershed-endorsed rule may help streams, slopes

    Township Committee may hear ordinance written after presentation by Stonybrook group By:Roger Alvarado    The Township Committee on Tuesday will consider adding penalties for builders building on environmentally sensitive areas.    In October, the committee requested an ordinance following a work session presentation by the Stony Brook Millstone Watershed Association (SBMWA), which endorsed the concept of increased…

  • Amrhein is off to blazing start

    By: Ken Weingartner    When David Amrhein first started practicing with the South Brunswick High varsity wrestling team, he had some reservations about how well he might do for the Vikings.    It’s not that Amrhein doubted his abilities. After all, he was the Middlesex County heavyweight champ at Crossroads Middle School a year ago. But as…

  • Help with the revised SAT

    BOOK NOTES by Dr. Joan Ruddiman    If you wanted to attend Adam Robinson’s SAT seminar last week and missed it, read on. I went for you.    Robinson is the author of the New York Times best seller "Cracking the SAT" that he wrote 20 years ago. He pointed out that this is the only SAT…

  • Pipeline project could affect farm

    Preserved farmland in Bordentown Township could be affected by the proposed Williams/Transco gas pipeline project. By: William Wichert    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — As township officials have feared over the last few weeks, the proposed expansion of the New Jersey Turnpike is pushing the proposed Williams/Transco gas pipeline project farther into neighboring communities, putting one stretch of…