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  • Sectional cross country chance pushes Durik

    MHS boys look to advance to Groups By: Justin Feil    It’s possible that the Montgomery High boys’ cross country team can advance from the North Jersey Group III meet at Warinanco Park in Elizabeth on Saturday. That’s all that Mike Durik wanted to hear — that it’s possible.    "We’re looking to go on," said the…

  • Letter: Time for teachers to give back

    To the editor:     It’s time for a new sign to go up on lawns all over town: "We Support Our Taxpayers."    I’ve never been a fan of the Board of Education, not because my kids don’t go to public schools, but because I’ve seen the school budgets up-close, when I was on the Township…

  • Sandahl and Loper win; Hopewell Township tax question nixed

    Democrat David Sandahl won a seat on the Hopewell Township Committee in a close race Tuesday, defeating Republican Jeremy Hirsch. In Pennington, incumbent Republican Mayor James Loper kept his seat, fending off a challenge from Pennington Borough Councilman Robert Di Falco, a Democrat. By John Tredrea    Democrat David Sandahl won a seat on the Hopewell…

  • Pennington Borough gets money for Hale Street repairs

    PENNINGTON COUNCIL UPDATE By John Tredrea    Pennington Borough has been awarded a $215,000 grant for repairs to Hale Street, borough Councilman David Garber announced during Monday night’s Borough Council meeting.    About a half-mile long, Hale Street runs north-south in the eastern section of the borough.    Now that the grant has been awarded, "the engineering work…

  • Masonic lodge dedication Saturday

    Valley of Central Jersey Scottish Rite Masons will celebrate the opening of new Scottish Rite Cathedral in Bordentown. By: Eve Collins    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP – Hundreds of residents, local officials and members of the Freemasons of Central New Jersey are expected to attend the celebration scheduled Saturday for the opening of the organization’s new Scottish Rite…

  • Surprise honor for Lawrence serviceman

    Tunnard among vets to be recognized Saturday. By: Lea Kahn    Being honored for doing one’s job is by turns flattering and humbling, said township resident Andrew Tunnard.    A lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy Reserves, he was called to active duty earlier this year in anticipation of the war with Iraq. He spent three months…

  • Halloween caps diner’s anniversary

    Bea’s Luncheonette celebrating 25 years on Main Street in Manville. By: Beth Kressel    Twenty-five is a special number for Wendy Meszaros, owner of Bea’s Luncheonette on South Main Street.    In 1978, 25 years ago, her mother opened Bea’s Luncheonette. That’s also the year that her eldest son, Carl Lessing, was born.    And Ms. Meszaros dates…

  • Pee Wees lay claim to CJ title

    By: Rich Fisher    It couldn’t have been planned better.    After the South Brunswick PAL Pop Warner Pee Wee football team lost to Piscataway in early October, the players and coaches discussed matters.    "As a team, we set a goal that we wanted to win our next five games, come back and play Piscataway and win…

  • Hopewell Valley woman, boys charged with burglary, theft

    Charged with forcibly entering a Cortland Avenue home by breaking in a back door Oct. 27 are Kimberly Johnson, 18, of Lafayette Avenue, Titusville, and a 15-year-old Hopewell Township boy and 17-year-old Pennington boy. By John Tredrea    An 18-year-old Titusville woman and two boys — one from Hopewell Township and one from Pennington — have…