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  • Students lend a shovel to start new high school

    The new Bordentown Regional High School building is scheduled to open in 2005. By: Eve Collins    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — Despite the steady rainfall that tormented the area Saturday, residents filled the multipurpose room at the Peter Muschal Elementary School to observe the groundbreaking for Bordentown Regional School District’s new high school.    Officials, residents and students…

  • June 12, 4:15 p.m.: Blaming the Times

    Times helped create momentum for war. By: Hank Kalet    One shouldn’t allow The New York Times off the hook for the role the paper played in creating the momentum that helped drive us into war (nor should we forget that The Washington Post was a huge pro-war cheerleader).    While the editorial page was critical of…

  • Paintball shooters concern neighbor

    Camoflauged "gunners" appearing in Lost Valley woods By:Alec Moore    A Boesel Avenue resident told the Borough Council Monday that a number of camouflaged individuals, who appear to be armed with paintball guns, have tread a little too close to her home for comfort.    "I almost fell over when this guy came out of the woods…

  • Church breaks ground on new center

    Church of St. Ann prepares its Faith Development Center. By: Lea Kahn    With the push of many shovels, large and small, parishioners of the Church of St. Ann dug into the earth to break ground for the congregation’s Faith Development Center on Sunday afternoon.    The ceremony marked the end of years of planning for the…

  • Make Mine a Draft

    It’s all in a day’s work for the stars of the Draft Horse Show in Sergeantsville. By: Susan Van Dongen TimeOFF/Andrea Kane The heavy horse, also called draft horse, is characterized as having a short, compact back, heavy bones and strong, muscular neck. Shela and Lorie, above and facing page, are 1,800-pound Percheron mares, standing…

  • Army veteran named official township bugler

    Retired Sgt. Maj. Richard Pinter honors veterans with "Taps" By: Eve Collins        BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP – The governing body on Monday named longtime Bordentown resident and retired U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. Richard Pinter official bugler for the township.    "There is no higher honor for a military musician than to sound ‘Taps’ for a fallen comrade,"…

  • Hopewell Township official says colleague lifted personal planner

    Committeewoman Kemp denies charge in latest governing body fracas. By John Tredrea    Hopewell Township Deputy Mayor Marylou Ferrara said Tuesday that Committeewoman Arlene Kemp stole her personal planner after adjournment of the raucous May 1 Township Committee meeting.    Committeewoman Kemp has denied that charge.    It was during the May 1 session — at which township…

  • South Brunswick family sues Shell Oil Co.

    Alleges well was contaminated by leaking storage tanks at gas station. By: Sharlee DiMenichi    The well of a Finnegans Lane family was contaminated by a leak from underground pipes and storage tanks at a nearby Shell gas station, according to a lawsuit filed on behalf of family members.    The lawsuit says chemicals and gasoline additives…

  • Independent seeks Washington seat

    Mark Tobias announces candidacy for Township Committee. By: Cynthia Koons    WASHINGTON — Mark Tobias, an independent candidate in the November Township Committee race and creator of the Citizens for Affordable Education citizens group, is taking his third stab at running for Township Committee.    Last week he announced his candidacy. He is one of four candidates…