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Proposed park focus of Rocky Hill forum on Saturday
By: Paul Sisolak ROCKY HILL A special public meeting on the proposed park on the Schafer tract will be held Saturday morning. The 95-acre parcel borders Princeton Avenue and Route 206 and was purchased in 1997 by the borough and Montgomery. Mayor Brian Nolan said residents are invited to attend the meeting and participate…
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Officials review proposals for Brunswick Pike
Four companies seek redevelopment contract. By: Lea Kahn Township officials are reviewing redevelopment proposals from four companies that want to be the developer selected to transform the former Trent Motel site on Brunswick Pike into an affordable age-restricted development. Municipal Manager William Guhl said that he and township planning consultant Philip Caton are examining the…
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LETTER: Village is vibrant thanks to Main Street
Group’s efforts have yielded wonderful results. To the editor: Thanks to the efforts of the volunteers and staff of the Lawrenceville Main Street project, the village of Lawrence has been transformed into a vibrant community, day and night providing services, food and entertainment within easy walking or biking distance. On Saturday, Aug. 23, the patrons…
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Police hiring approval questioned
Committeeman John Souren says he didn’t mean to vote for hiring new officer By:Alec Moore The Township Committee is considering leaving a vacancy within the Police Department unfilled, after confusion over an earlier hiring approval arose at last week’s meeting. After a resident publicly criticized the committee at its Aug. 26 meeting over the hiring…
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Editorial: Council should put limits on campaign gifts
EDITORIAL: A call for proposed sanctions on campaign funding distributions. There is only one reason why campaign donor limits may not be make it through the Township Council: politics. Mayor Frank Gambatese and fellow Democratic Councilman Edmund Luciano are balking at proposed limits on the amount of money firms seeking public contracts or submitting development…
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Lightning strike zaps power
Lightning left some Washington Township residents without power for more than two hours on Saturday, Aug. 30. By: Cynthia Koons WASHINGTON Lightning struck a utility pole on Sharon Road leaving some residents without power for more than two hours Saturday afternoon. Washington Township Deputy Fire Chief Kevin Brink said a call came from a…
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DISPATCHES: Singer bravely looks death in the eye
DISPATCHES by Hank Kalet: A look at Warren Zevon’s new album. By: Hank Kalet You don’t need to know that Warren Zevon is dying from a rare form of lung cancer to understand the obsessions that undergird his latest and last disc, "The Wind." You needn’t have seen his appearance last year on…
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Manville woman walks to fight breast cancer
Sherri Lynn will participate in the Sept. 21 Avon Walk By:Mary Kaempfen She is curly-haired and smiling and has the taut, sturdy body of an athlete. She is Sherri Lynn, and right now she is getting ready for the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer in New York City on Sept. 21. The Avon Fund for…
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Teams ready for 2003 Heart Walk Sept. 13
The 2003 Mercer County American Heart Walk is scheduled to step off Saturday, Sept. 13 at Mercer County Park in West Windsor, Teams from Bristol-Myers Squibb, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, area hospitals and local businesses ranked among the top teams that participated in the American Heart Association’s 2002 American Heart Walk. Featuring the statewide…
