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  • Hopewell Township Charter Commission candidate filing deadline Sept. 3

    Charter reforms have been undertaken by towns like West Windsor and South Brunswick, and are under consideration in Hopewell Township and Washington Township," Deputy Mayor David Sandahl said. By Ruth Luse    Hopewell Township voters will decide on Nov. 2 whether a five-person commission should be elected to review and recommend a change in the form…

  • Holmes to leave senior center

    Retirement planned for March 2005. By: Lea Kahn    Helen V. Holmes, the executive director of Lawrence Township’s Office on Aging, plans to join the retirees who make up some of her constituents. She is retiring from her position, effective March 2005.    Municipal Manager William Guhl told Township Council last week that Ms. Holmes had turned…

  • Residents organize against Wal-Mart

    Group plans rally at Aug. 19 screening meeting. By: Lea Kahn    In a David-versus-Goliath effort, a group of residents has banded together in an effort to halt a plan by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to open a 156,000-square-foot store on the site of two automobile dealerships on Spruce Street.    LET’s Stop Wal-Mart — made up of…

  • No action on pet restrictions

    Council delays acting on stricter noise rules By:Roger Alvarado    Borough Council delayed taking any action to restrict noisy pets after it received a 243-name petition on Monday opposing the move.    Two weeks ago, the borough Board of Health issued recommendations that didn’t endorse limiting the number of dogs any one person can own at a…

  • Girls Scouts come out for food pantry

    Scouts mobilize Nassau Square and Brunswick Acres for pantry donations By:Matthew Kirdahy    Girl Scout troops 65 and 1800 heard that the township food pantry needed help, so, they helped answer the call.    After hearing about low supplies at the South Brunswick Food Pantry, the 15- and 16-year-old Senior Girl Scouts of Troop 65 and the…

  • TANGENTS:Random political thoughts

    TANGENTS by John Saccenti:Out of the void comes observations on the presidential election. By:John Saccenti    Many things can contribute to a column idea. In the case of this one, it’s two.    The first might be surprising, considering it goes against the notion of actually having a worthwhile idea. You see, the starting point for this…

  • Work starts in athletic complex

    Rowland facility to open in fall 2005 By:Matthew Kirdahy    The township officially started construction on Rowland Park with a ribbon cutting Tuesday evening and a promise to build one of the most premiere athletic fields in the state.    Rowland Park, located on Rowland Road in Dayton, is a 79.5-acre parcel that will have five Little…

  • Local bikers ride road to cancer cure

    Azers, Waters complete Pan-Mass. Challenge By: Jim Green    Howard Azer and Dennis Waters have plenty in common.    They both enjoy biking, have sons the same age, and have had their families touched by cancer. Those similarities are among the reasons the two Lawrence residents and longtime friends have entered the Pan-Massachusetts Challenge (PMC) bike-a-thon three…

  • Council approves municipal budget

    $36.6 million budget passes with smaller tax increase By:Matthew Kirdahy    The Township Council approved a $36.6 million municipal budget Tuesday that carries a smaller than anticipated tax increase.    The spending plan, approved 3-2, calls for a tax rate of 47 cents per $100 of assessed valuation, a decrease of 4 cents from a previously proposed…