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  • Jan. 29, 3:47 p.m.: Dispatches on McGreevey

    Two years of stagnation from the McGreevey administration. By: Hank Kalet    Read this week’s Dispatches on the stagnant McGreevey administration.

  • Committee defeats ‘pay-to-play’ law

    The ordinance would have prohibited professional firms seeking appointments such as township engineer or attorney from donating money to candidates to Millstone. By: Lauren Burgoon    MILLSTONE — The Township Committee’s failure to pass a "pay-to-play" ordinance in a 3-2 vote on Jan. 21 was met with gasps of surprise by some in the audience.    Mayor…

  • DelPiano budgets his time quite well

    By: Ken Weingartner    Justin DelPiano didn’t work long last week, but his time was productive.    A sophomore on the South Brunswick High wrestling team, DelPiano picked up a pair of wins in less than four minutes. DelPiano, wrestling at 145 pounds, pinned J.P. Stevens’ Will Miehe in 1:59 and Piscataway’s Russell Hopkins in 1:54.    "Justin…

  • Snow removal database planned for volunteers

    By:Roger Alvarado    The borough is starting a database to try and match volunteers in town with residents unable to shovel their sidewalks or driveways after a storm, following up on a suggestion by former Councilman Martin Wierzba.    Mr. Wierzba first proposed the idea in December and once again appeared before the Borough Council Monday night…

  • Radon testing under way at Hopewell Valley schools

    Initial testing began last week at Hopewell Elementary School.    Schools in the Hopewell Valley Regional School District will be tested for radon beginning this month, officials announced Monday.    Newly mandated state law requires all schools to be tested for radon every five years. The first five-year cycle ends with the 2004- 2005 heating season.    Initial…

  • Boys win fourth in row

    RAIDER ROUNDUP By: Rudy Brandl    It took the Hillsborough High boys a while to get going, but they managed to defeat Warren Hills on the road last week to move over the .500 mark for the first time this basketball season.    Hillsborough (7-6) overcame a four-point halftime deficit and posted a 51-40 victory over Warren…

  • Girls team wins third straight tilt

    Girls basketball By: John E. Powers    Kristy Cramp, Hopewell Valley Central High School’s talented junior guard, wasn’t exactly having a poor season before the Lady Bulldogs trounced Hightstown and held off Hun last week. Hopewell coach John McGinley believes she was just adjusting her game.    Cramp had 61 points in the three Lady Bulldogs victories…

  • ‘If the Shoe Fits’ updates classic tale

    The performance of "If the Shoe Fits" begins at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Northern Burlington County Regional High School auditorium. By: Scott Morgan    MANSFIELD — All right. There’s still a prince, a fairy godmother and some rather unsavory characters looking to head off the happily-ever-after romance before it starts. But if you’re looking for…

  • THE STATE WE’RE IN: Regional planning will help wildlife

    THE STATE WE’RE IN By Michele S. Byers: Sprawl developing may have increased human-bear interactions. By: Michele S. Byers    Although the furor over New Jersey’s bear hunt has settled down a bit, interactions between black bears, other wildlife and humans will only increase if we keep building in their habitat.    Bears were legally hunted in…