Category: archives
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Bolandi: Errors delay school construction
Renovations and construction at six East Windsor School District facilities have been delayed due to errors in architectural and construction plans. By: Dana Lynn Flatekval HIGHTSTOWN Construction at six schools in the township and borough is not going as smoothly as planned. In 2002, East Windsor voters approved a $64.4 million construction bond referendum…
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Schools should serve healthier lunches
To the editor By: I really love food but when it comes to eating food at school, I am disgusted yet at the same time satisfied. The food in the Hillsborough schools is very convenient but the food tastes bland and a lot of the kids aren’t getting the nutrients they need to live a…
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Pennington planners OK wraparound porch
Variance is for property at 22 E. Delaware Ave. By Marianne Hooker At its July 14 meeting, the Pennington Planning Board approved a variance for a residential property on East Delaware Avenue. The variance will allow the applicant to build a wraparound porch on the site of a porch that was removed many years back.…
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RU breaks ground on new field
Facility to be ready by 2005 spring season By: Jim Green As far as Rider University athletic director Curt Blake is concerned, the Broncs baseball program is not beginning a new era of prosperity; it’s simply building on one that has already been in place. Following the introduction of new baseball coach Barry Davis earlier…
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Hopewell Township seeks money from state for several walkways
Aim is to build three illuminated crosswalks and a new section of sidewalk. By John Tredrea At the recommendation of Hopewell Township Engineer Paul Pogorzelski, the Township Committee voted unanimously Monday to apply for state aid to build three illuminated crosswalks and a new section of sidewalk. The state aid would cover most of the…
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The Bucolic Landscape, Revisited
Jay McPhillips’ paintings are an impressionistic view of today’s suburbia. By: Susan Van Dongen “Development is everywhere and people don’t want to see it, especially in the historic areas,” says artist Jay McPhillips. “I’m in the middle just saying, ‘Here’s what I see.’” Above, “The Farm.” The bucolic Bucks County Edward Redfield and Fern Coppedge…
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Spotlighting the work of senior artists
South Brunswick Senior Center displays works through August 11 By:Josh Appelbaum For the next few weeks the bustling South Brunswick Senior Center will be transformed into a colorful and vibrant art gallery, showcasing exciting and varied works created by seniors throughout Middlesex County.. It will be the same at senior centers across the state, as…
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Bleachers to go on Timberlane field’s north side
School board complies with neighbors’ plea. By John Tredrea Bleachers for 520 spectators will be built on the north side of a multipurpose field at Timberlane Middle School instead of the originally planned south side. Officials of the Hopewell Valley Regional school board made this announcement during a Tuesday night meeting of the Hopewell Township…
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Health board to consider pet ordinance changes
By:Roger Alvarado The borough Board of Health was to issue its recommended changes to local ordinances affecting pet owners during a special meeting on Wednesday. The board put off deciding whether to place severe restrictions on the amount of noise pets are allowed to make each day and the number of pets any one person…
