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  • ELSA eyes main to curb flooding

    Funding comes from state trust. By: Lea Kahn    Aiming to eliminate street flooding and the possibility of dislodged manhole covers during severe rainstorms in Ewing Township, the Ewing-Lawrence Sewerage Authority is gearing up to install a new force main in the Mountain View section of that township, according to ELSA Executive Director Robert Filler.    The…

  • Girls set for summer league hoops playoffs

    Defending champ Hillsborough No. 1 seeded first By: Rudy Brandl        Jim Reese stood around wondering if he’d have enough players for last week’s regular season finale of the Hillsborough Summer High School Girls’ Basketball League. By opening tip-off time, 14 girls had showed up ready for action at the HHS gym on a stormy…

  • Eastern greenway makes use of Lawrence towpath

    Delaware & Raritan Greenway included in coastal plans. By: David Campbell    When complete, the East Coast Greenway, called the "urban sister" to the Appalachian Trail, will be a 2,600-mile, mostly off-road trail that will stretch across the eastern seaboard from Calais, Maine to Key West, Fla., with Lawrence playing its part.    The Lawrence portion of…

  • SB-MWA says Hopewell Park brook needs repairs

    Steve Yergeau, a watershed assessment specialist, pointed out to Hopewell Borough Council members four areas along the brook that could benefit from restoration. By Francis Mahoney    Beden’s Brook might be getting a facelift.    At least that was what was recommended in a proposal to the Hopewell Borough Council on Monday night.    According to the Stony…

  • POLICE BEAT

    FLORENCE    Police charged a 16-year-old township boy with receiving stolen property on July 29 for allegedly stealing decorative glass globes from several residents’ lawns.    According to police, officers were tipped off about the boy, who witnesses reported was taking the globes from the lawns of several residents on and around Oak Street. Police arrived and…

  • Valley cancer survivor joins Lance Armstrong’s forces

    Dana Lesnever, a Hopewell Valley resident and brain cancer survivor, is attempting to raise at least $5,000 more for his cause by the end of this month. By Dana Lesnever    Editor’s Note: The following, written by cancer survivor Dana Lesnever, discusses his experience in dealing with the disease and his desire to increase awareness of…

  • COMMUNITY CALENDAR

    Blood drive    Thursday, Aug. 5 — The American Red Cross will hold a blood drive from 2 to 7 p.m. at Holy Assumption, McGrath Hall, Hornberger Avenue and Parish Lane, Roebling. To schedule a time or for details call 499-3499. Flea market    Saturday, Aug. 7 — The Friends of St. Mary’s School, Bordentown, will hold…

  • Bordentown 11’s reach Nottingham Final 4

    By: Sean Moylan    "We’re back to our old selves," remarked Tom Potts of his Bordentown 11-year-old Little League All-Star baseball team.    Bordentown, in essence, is back to dominating.    In fact, on Tuesday night, Bordentown annihilated the Nottingham B team, 18-2, to reach the Final 4 of the winners’ bracket of the Nottingham Tournament.    Bordentown was…

  • Singing and dancing mark end of a literary odyssey

    Library program includes chance for kids to express themselves By:Emily Craighead    A group of young Manville readers ended a six-week literary odyssey with a voyage through American history Monday at the Manville Public Library.    The children sang their way through a day in a button factory, danced across North America with Sacajawea and rode horses…