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  • Week of July 10

    Herman Milder    WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP — Herman Milder, 83, died June 28 at home.    Born in Germany, he came to New York in 1947 and moved to Millstone in 1951. He also resided in Hamilton and Florida.    He was a self-employed builder and was also known as the "Eggman of Englishtown."    He was member of the…

  • Sopko retirement event slated

    Friends, colleagues to gather July 18 at The Hyatt Regency in Princeton.    Community members are invited to a retirement dinner party for Hopewell Valley Regional School District Superintendent Robert J. Sopko on Friday, July 18, at The Hyatt Regency Princeton.    Cocktails are at 6:30 p.m. Dinner is as 7:30 p.m.    For more information or to…

  • EDITORIAL: Give council thoughts on bike trail

    Now is the time for public comment on path.    Last month, the Township Council made a wise decision not to add a resolution to its agenda that would have approved a grant application for a part of the Lawrence Hopewell Trail. The Department of Transportation grant application sought $219,200 in state funding for the Lawrence…

  • Police enlighten students on department

    Lawrence academy camps let kids see officers at work. By: Lea Kahn    Ryan Dunn, who graduated from Lawrence High School last month, has had his sights set on becoming a Lawrence Township police officer since he was 5 or 6 years old.    So when Mr. Dunn learned that the Lawrence Township Police Department planned to…

  • Future looking up for Post 339 squad

    Baseball By: Jim Green    The Hopewell American Legion Post 339 baseball team seemed headed for disaster in the top of the second inning of its home game Sunday against Lawrence.    Post 339 was leading 2-0, but its starting pitcher, Nick Carnevale, had just been knocked out of the game when a line drive ricocheted off…

  • Hopewell Valley school officials get Timberlane fields gift

    Board also OKs key administrative reassignments. By Ruth Luse    At a special meeting held Tuesday night, the Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education accepted a $490,000 gift from the Recreation Foundation of Hopewell Valley, Inc. that will pay for the construction contract for the Phase I improvement of the athletic fields at Timberlane Middle School.…

  • Shopping center adding areas for public use

    Areas in front of center and between buildings will offer shoppers someplace to relax By:G. Natasha Zoe    Construction is planned to begin on the Community Garden Center at the Promenade this summer.    The garden center will be located on the tenth of an acre plot between Pathmark and a new pizzeria. The space has already…

  • Films to watch on those hot summer nights

    PERCEPTIONS by Steve Feitl By: Steve Feitl    We waited all spring for some decent summer weather to chase away the rain. So now when it finally comes, it gets so hot that the region goes under an extreme heat advisory. Sometimes it’s just too much of a scorcher to even venture outside.    With that in…

  • ‘Eugene Onegin’

    The Opera Festival of New Jersey serves up the second course of its summer season. By: Stuart Duncan    When it was first suggested to Tchaikovsky — apparently by a singer at a party — that he might use Alexander Pushkin’s Eugene Onegin as the basis for an opera, the composer started to dismiss the notion…