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  • POST FORUM: Campaign finance

    Should campaign contribution limits be placed on firms or individuals seeking to do business with the township? Should campaign contribution limits be placed on firms or individuals seeking to do business with the township?

  • Hopewell girls lacrosse squad toppled by WW-P North

    Girls lacrosse By: Jim Green    The Hopewell Valley Central High School girls lacrosse team simply ran into a better squad Monday.    The Lady Bulldogs suffered their third straight loss, dropping an 18-5 decision to West Windsor-Plainsboro North at Hopewell. The Knights improved to 3-1, while Hopewell dropped to 1-3 on the year.    "They (the Knights)…

  • POLICE BLOTTER

    By:    A Playstation video game system, worth $200, and several games, valued at $350 in total, were reported stolen from a North 6th Avenue residence sometime before 3:34 p.m., April 12. ***    A Sevension Environmental worker reported that two sweat shirts and one pair of sweat pants, valued at $60, were stolen on three separate…

  • Synagogue to present new Torah to congregation Sunday

    B’Nai Abraham is unveiling a new scroll and celebrating its history this weekend By: Scott Morgan    BORDENTOWN CITY – On the pastoral upper floor of Temple B’nai Abraham, where red cushioned pews line what once was the attic of a Crosswicks Street home, Ted Lutz unrolled what the scribes had written on a parchment most…

  • Aprill 22, 6:40 p.m.: Dispatches

    Living in a celebrity-obsessed culture. By: Hank Kalet    Read today’s Dispatches on our celebrity-obsessed culture.

  • Township budget hearing Tuesday

    By:Roger Alvarado    Hillsborough residents will be able to tell Township Committee members exactly what they think of the proposed $21.7 million budget plan during a public hearing, Tuesday.    If passed, the budget would call for the municipal tax rate to remain flat at 31.9 cents per $100 of assessed property value, despite a 1.87 percent…

  • "Montgomery Through the Years" house tour set May 22

       "Montgomery through the Years," a house tour telling the story of the community through the homes of its people, will celebrate the Van Harlingen Historical Society’s 25th Anniversary "May in Montgomery" on Saturday, May 22, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.    Featured on the tour will be the Dirck Gulick house, which dates to 1752.…

  • Cards rip Redbirds

    Baseball By: Jim Green    Senior relief pitcher Jim Scheideler came up with the clutch performance the Lawrence High School baseball team was waiting for.    Scheideler hurled four strong innings, surrendering one run on five hits and one walk, allowing the Cardinals to hold on for a 10-7 win over Allentown on Monday at LHS.    "He…

  • Voters break school budget drought

    Judith Haas gains board seat By:Marnie Kunz    After two years of failed school budgets, voters turned the tide in heavy voting to support this year’s $89.9 million budget by a tally of 2,224 to 1,740 Tuesday. Haas, Sloan, Plaskon to fill board seats    Newcomer Judith Haas was the top vote-getter in the race for three…