Category: archives
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Carter Road restaurant is one OK closer to reality
On Nov. 12, the Hopewell Township Zoning Board of Adjustment granted a use variance. By Marianne Hooker At a special meeting Nov. 12, the Hopewell Township Zoning Board of Adjustment granted a use variance with conditions that will permit the operation of a restaurant, bar, banquet hall and catering facility at 350 Carter Road. Board…
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BMW 3 Series coupes and convertibles ring in the new year early with sharper looks and added features
Crowned the best of the best – year after year – and a car that the rest of the industry scrambles to match, the BMW 3 Series already is considered the pinnacle of European style and performance prowess. – Now what? By: Malcolm Gunn For 2004, BMW will continue its don’t-mess-with-perfection approach, almost daring anyone…
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VFW auxiliary thanks supporters
To the editor This Nov. 27, we are about to thank everyone for all the goodness that touched our lives. With this in mind, I want to thank Sonya Martin, Committee Chairperson, Liason, Anna Marie Fucello, Debra Blaney and Bob Evans, in helping me get in touch with our local veterans in our quest to…
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TOWNSHIP BRIEFS
By:Roger Alvarado Police systems will be updates Township Committee members approved a resolution to accept 18 police computer modems from AT&T, which will save the township $20,000. The gift is part of an incentive package that is currently being offered by AT&T to police designed to prompt a changeover between their current police monitoring system…
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North Hanover scraps proposed tax
North Hanover Township officials decide against addition of 1 percent occupancy tax to hotel bills. By: Eve Collins NORTH HANOVER Township officials scrapped a proposed ordinance that would have added a 1 percent occupancy tax onto local motel bills after a local motel owner said the proposal would drive away customers. "We’re losing our…
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Hopewell Valley can expect decision on football petition Nov. 28
Residents who signed petition say the district acted illegally in starting the football program two years ago, several months after voters had rejected a 2001-2002 budget- year ballot question that included $53,000 to fund football. By John Tredrea State Administrative Law Judge Joseph Martone is expected to rule Nov. 28 on the 2-year-old petition against…
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Parents offer DOE insight into special education needs
State Department of Education meets with Bordentown parents to discuss district’s special education program. By: Eve Collins BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP Officials from the state Department of Education met with about 20 parents Monday to gather information about special education in the school district. The audience was made up mostly of parents of special education students,…
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For the Nov. 20 issue
George Alexander Drake, Thelma D. Williams, Margaret Hornyak. George Alexander Drake ALLENTOWN Baby Boy George Alexander Drake, infant son of Kevin James and Rea Frantzeskos Drake, died Nov. 5 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He also is survived by his twin brother, James Ryan Drake; his paternal grandparents, James and Barbara…
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Wind victim
One of many trees lost on Nov. 13 High winds Nov. 13 downed this tree at the corner of Academy Street and Crawley Avenue in Pennington Borough. The windstorm wreaked havoc in many areas of the Northeast that day. The HVN received several other calls about downed trees in the Valley area.
