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  • High gas price doesn’t faze local drivers

    But dramatic increases are hurting retailers By:Beth Kressel    Sophie Paluchniak usually tanks up her Odyssey minivan with super unleaded gasoline. But this past month, a single visit to the gas station cost this Hillsborough resident $35 compared to $22 in July.    Ms. Paluchniak, filling up on Tuesday at the Exxon gas station on the southbound…

  • Sept. 4, 6:25 p.m.: A new poem

    Some shameless self-promotion. By: Hank Kalet    Some shameless self-promotion:    Here is a poem — by me — published this week in The Free Press of Columbus, Ohio.

  • On taking a half-mile-high balloon ride over Hopewell Valley

    REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK By John Tredrea    Hovering a little more than 3,000 feet above southeastern Hopewell Township recently, Neal Blackwell couldn’t have looked more content, relaxed and confident.    I, on the other hand, felt just the opposite.    Mr. Blackwell, a lifelong Pennington resident and hot-air ballooning enthusiast for more than 20 years, leaned over the waist-high…

  • MBPA set for Sunday’s street fair in September

    More than 100 vendors expected By:Alec Moore    Thousands of people are expected to descend upon South Main Street this Sunday for the borough’s annual street fair, sponsored by the Manville Business and Professional Association.    The fair, which will feature more than 100 artisans, crafters, apparel makers and merchants of all sorts of various odds and…

  • Black Civil War heroes will be honored Sunday in Pennington

    The cemetery is located near the Hopewell Valley Regional School District’s administrative headquarters, at 425 S. Main St., Pennington. By John Tredrea    The Pennington African American Cemetery Association will hold its first official tribute to black Civil War veterans buried at the cemetery, located on a secluded tract in southern Pennington Borough.    The event is…

  • Report due on Lawrence special education

    Board expects to hear progress at meeting Wednesday. By: Lea Kahn    While some deadlines for implementing improvements to the Lawrence Township special education program have passed, the Board of Education is confident that the administration will follow through on the recommendations made in a board subcommittee report on the department.    The first of those deadlines…

  • Lady Bulldogs aim for stronger attack

    Field hockey By: John E. Powers    Seven times, the Hopewell Valley Central High School field hockey team went into overtime last fall. Seven times, the Lady Bulldogs lost.    The Lady Bulldogs finished 4-11-4, but if coach Jami Taranto’s squad could have scored a few more goals, perhaps the story would have been dramatically different.    Now,…

  • Opening Bell: First day, final year

    SBHS seniors ready to learn. By: Rebecca Tokarz    Members of the incoming South Brunswick High School senior class are ready to hit the books and enjoy good times with their friends.    At the same time, many are already getting anxious about the road that lies ahead after they graduate in June.    "I’ll definitely want to…

  • Florence soldier back from Iraq

    Capt. Jason Foerter, a soldier from Florence returns home from service in Iraq. By: Scott Morgan    FLORENCE — Jason Foerter always knew the road home would take him through Baghdad. He just wasn’t as prepared to look it in the eye as he expected.    There were the homes with only three walls. The ones with…