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  • Long closed session occupies Pennington officials

    Focus of meeting was unknown matters pertaining to Karen Waldron, who is borough administrator and borough clerk. By John Tredrea    For more than two hours Monday night, Pennington Borough Council was in closed session, discussing unknown matters pertaining to Karen Waldron, who is borough administrator and borough clerk.    When the council re-emerged from behind closed…

  • Stephen Mark Finley

       Stephen Mark Finley, 49, of Hopewell Borough died July 11 when the Cessna 206 he was piloting crashed into the ocean at English Bay, Alaska, while attempting to land at a remote village.    Born in New York City, he was a former resident of Brookline, Mass., and Boulder, Colo.    Mr. Finley, director of operations for…

  • Elites miss veterans but don’t miss beat

    Barkey, Murphy take turn in circle By: Rudy Brandl    While the summer audition process continues on the Hillsborough Elite softball diamond, the team has started to gain a little momentum.    A mixture of new faces and old veterans combined to lead Hillsborough to a 4-0 victory over Delaware Valley last week. That shutout ran the…

  • Obituaries for week of Aug. 7

    Joseph Nestor    Joseph P. Nestor, 79, of Ewing died July 30 at Compassionate Care Hospice at St. Francis Medical Center.    Born in Princeton and a lifelong resident of Lawrence and Ewing, Mr. Nestor was an electrical engineer at Marie Katzenbach School for the Deaf in Ewing. He was a Navy veteran of World War II…

  • Textbooks giving students pains

    Legislation aims to lighten students’ loads By:Beth Kressel    The Taylor twins stand straight and tall until asked to demonstrate a backpack’s effect on their posture. Then both Susan and Lizzy, 11, hunch their backs and bend their arms as if to grip straining shoulder straps.    "Their feet, their ankles and their shoulders hurt," said their…

  • Thanks for help taking down signs

    To the editor By:    Thank God those goose signs are down!    We, of the "Goose Brigade" would like to thank the Somerset County Road Department for taking down the goose crossing signs. Certain idiots out there seemed to have had a grudge against the geese and kept taking the original signs (two sets of five…

  • LETTER: League supports broadcast bill

    Broadcasters have civic responsibility to serve public. To the editor:    To help curb the high cost of political campaigns, Sen. McCain (R-Ariz.), Sen. Feingold (D-Wis.) and Sen. Durbin(D-Ill.) introduced legislation on July 30 that will help make ideas matter more than money in our electoral process. The bill requires broadcast stations to provide free air-time…

  • ETS expansion plan receives approval

    Lawrence planners accept building proposal. By: Lea Kahn    The Educational Testing Service gained the Planning Board’s approval Monday night for a proposed 427,500-square-foot expansion at its Rosedale Road headquarters.    The board unanimously approved the application, which seeks to construct three office buildings and a five-level parking garage north of the loop road that bisects the…

  • Car thief strikes Eldridge Park neighborhood

    Chevrolet Impala taken from owner’s driveway July 27. By: Lea Kahn    A thief broke into six cars and stole a seventh one while the vehicles were parked at their owners’ homes in the Eldridge Park neighborhood between July 26 and July 27, said police, who noted the incidents may be related.    The stolen car was…