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  • POLICE BLOTTER

       Claudio Scalise, 36, of Netcong was charged with shoplifting at 1:45 p.m. Sept. 13.    According to police, Mr. Scalise attempted to steal four DVDs from the Kmart on Route 206. Police said a store security guard saw Mr. Scalise remove the security tag from the DVDs and stuff the DVDs under his sweatshirt.    The total…

  • Antiques, racecar to be featured at car show

    Karl Mey’s Classic Car Show is set to be held Sunday, Sept. 21 in Windsor. By: Cynthia Koons    WASHINGTON — Old cars mean different things to different people.    To a teenager, the first old boat can be an embarrassment in the high school parking lot.    To someone scraping by, a failing clunker can be an…

  • Hopewell Council hears opinions about house number changes

    Some council members and residents feel a change may be necessary to avoid confusion in such areas as Hart Avenue, where a number of houses have addresses that are not in sequential order. By Sandra Phelps    On Monday night, Hopewell Borough Council postponed taking action on two ordinances related to numbering of houses and buildings…

  • PENNINGTON COUNCIL UPDATE

    Salary increases for non-union employees tabled again By John Tredrea    A public hearing and adoption vote on a Pennington Borough ordinance that calls for a 4 percent pay increase for non-unionized borough employees has been tabled again.    The Borough Council voted unanimously Sept. 8 to table the ordinance until October. The proposed ordinance has been…

  • Bordentown teen dies in crash

    Seventeen-year-old resident of Bordentown dies in an automobile accident on Route 206 in Mansfield. By: Scott Morgan    MANSFIELD — "I don’t even know the kid and my heart is broke."    The man, shaking his head in disbelief, stood at the foot of the tree where scores of green pears nearly buried the faceplate of a…

  • Lady Bulldogs upset West Windsor South

    Girls tennis By: John E. Powers    Hopewell Valley Central High School’s girls tennis match with Princeton Day School — one expected to be a major test — was rained out Monday, but the Lady Bulldogs didn’t have to wait for another one.    The Lady Bulldogs knocked off West Windsor-Plainsboro South 3-2 Tuesday at Timberlane Middle…

  • Robotics club has national aspirations

    Season starts with new memebrs By:Paul Szaniawski    Last year was the inaugural season for the Manville High School Robotics Club, with a membership comprised almost entirely of 12th-graders.    But with the graduation of all those seniors, the team is starting over with a roster of mostly newcomers. Headed by advisors Nester Cortina, Don George and…

  • A call for effective planning and greater fiscal discipline

    CAMPAIGN CORNER To the editor:     Recent actions by the Hopewell Township Committee undercut the Master Plan and the Wastewater Management Plan, two of the most important tools we have to shape future growth in Hopewell Township.    Three committee decisions — to allow sewer connection for a Route 31 shopping center development on July 17,…

  • Couple puts new meaning to ‘labor’ in Labor Day

    Baby’s birth will be featured on Learning Channel’s "The Baby Story" By:G. Natasha Zoe    Shannon and Matthew Kulcsar of Balsam Court will share the Labor Day birth of their newest daughter, Gabrielle Shea, with the country on The Learning Channel’s 2004 season of "The Baby Story."    And if the show needed a dramatic conclusion to…