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  • Recrossing at Crosswicks, Part 4 of 4

    HISTORICALLY SPEAKING From Henry Charlton Beck’s 1939 "The Jersey Midlands," we conclude the story of Crosswicks’ early days with a macabre tale about a man with five wives and more.     Just at this point, one of us came upon the name of Still in a tattered old book loaned for examination. It was a…

  • July 29, 6:19 p.m.: Unconventional wisdom and Dispatches

    It’s Kerry’s night, though I doubt too many are watching. By: Hank Kalet    It is, as the Boston Globe points out, John Kerry’s night.    The senator from Massachusetts is set to give his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention tonight (Thursday), and it is up to him now to set the tone and define…

  • Carnival rainout

    Stormy weather cancels first night of YMCA event By:Sharlee Joy DiMenichi    Tuesday’s torrents forced officials to cancel opening night of the YMCA carnival, but the show was still expected to go on Wednesday weather permitting.    The festival runs through Saturday at Crossroads South Middle School at 195 Major Road.    Tickets can be purchased in advance…

  • OBITUARY: Maudie Lee Farrow

       Maudie Lee Farrow, 79, of South Brunswick, died Saturday, July 17, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick.    Born in Scranton, N.C., she was a resident of South Brunswick for 40 years. She was a high school graduate of Hyde Training School in Sladesville, N.C. She was a former employee of the Esquire…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • ETS employee evolves over 51 years

    Pitcher says goodbye to ETS friends, colleagues. By: Rosalie Ann LaGrutta    When Princeton’s Barbara Pitcher started working at Educational Testing Service on Sept. 1, 1953, statistical analysis was a time-consuming, labor-intensive process. Today, it’s handled by computer software and results are nearly immediate.    When she started at ETS almost 51 years ago, she never imagined…

  • Friends organize trail-related letter campaign

    Township grant application in dispute. By: Lea Kahn    Hoping to derail plans for a 10-foot-wide paved path through the township-owned Carson Road Woods, a group of residents is organizing a letter-writing campaign to express opposition to the proposal.    The Friends of Carson Road Woods Inc. agreed Monday night to initiate the letter-writing campaign in response…

  • Fire damages garage of Titusville residence

    Police said peanut oil being heated on a propane cooker in the garage caught fire. By John Tredrea    A quick dousing of a fire by a township police officer minimized damage to a Todd Ridge Road residence Friday evening.    Hopewell Township police Capt. George Meyer said the fire broke out in the garage of the…