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  • Popping the question, on camera

    TV watchers can view Bordentown resident’s marriage proposal on TLC’s new show, "Perfect Proposal". By: Eve Collins    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — He drops to one knee, small black box in hand, and asks the question that most women have dreamed about since they were little girls.    "Will you marry me?"    The Learning Channel, perhaps better known…

  • TOWNSHIP BRIEFS

    By:Alec Moore Capital spending plan approved    By a split 4-1 vote, the Township Committee approved a $1.2 million capital improvement ordinance Tuesday.    Committeewoman Sonya Martin cast the lone vote of opposition to the plan largely due to her belief that the $300,000 allocated in the ordinance for the closing of Sunnymead landfill should not be…

  • Sept. 11, 6 p.m.: Why Breslin still matters

    Breslin gets close to the source. By: Hank Kalet    Today’s column by Jimmy Breslin is a powerful example of what makes him such a great newsman. He is an unreconstructed liberal and committed to the people he writes about.

  • Hopewell Township officials accept $2,350,000 grant from state Green Acres

    HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP UPDATE By John Tredrea    The full Hopewell Township Committee voted unanimously Sept. 4 to accept a $2,350,000 Planning Incentive Grant (PIG) for 2002 from the state’s Green Acres program.    The grant will be used to pay half the cost of five open space acquisitions approved by township government last year. Those acquisitions include…

  • Hillsborough teams ousted in semifinals

    Still a great summer for softball program By: Rudy Brandl    One tough night of playoff action can’t erase an otherwise fabulous summer softball campaign.    That was the prevailing feeling of Hillsborough’s coaches and players as they left Ann Van Middlesworth Park after both local teams lost close semifinal games in the Senior League playoffs. Second-ranked…

  • HHS FIELD HOCKEY PREVIEW

    Reigle seeks more scoring punch By: Rudy Brandl    Second-year varsity head coach Peach Reigle has a special feeling about the upcoming Hillsborough High field hockey season.    While several key varsity players graduated from last year’s productive squad, Reigle has a group of close-knit athletes back, including seven who began high school field hockey as freshmen…

  • The gig’s up at Giggleberry Fair

    CRIMSON COMMENTS by R. McGlew It was the last day of summer vacation and it was raining. I avoided eye contact with the boys because I knew what their question would be. I held out all summer and I knew this was going to be the defining moment. They finished their breakfast and I sat…

  • Hopewell Township officials OK new hotel tax measure

    The Stage Depot, which has about 40 rooms, is the only motel in Hopewell Valley. By John Tredrea    The weeknight occupant of a single room at the Stage Depot — the only motel in Hopewell Township — will have to pay a tax of about 50 cents under an ordinance adopted by a 3-2 vote…

  • Town party planned in UF

    Upper Freehold’s first Community Day festivities are scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 20. By: Sarah Winkelman    UPPER FREEHOLD — Food, games, crafts and fireworks await residents at the township’s first Community Day celebration Sept. 20.    The free festivities will begin at 1 p.m. with the dedication of Bryon Johnson Park, a 27-acre recreational field on Ellisdale…