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  • Township mulls repairs to historic home

    Analysis underway to determine extent of damage form water leak By:Alec Moore    The Van Derveer House, Hillsborough’s most prominent historic home, may not remain a historic home for too much longer if vital repairs and restorations are not made to the 260-year-old house on Route 206 soon.    Earlier this month, the Township Committee announced that…

  • Pennington School gets final OKs for building project

    PENNINGTON PLANNING UPDATE By Marianne Hooker    At its May 14 meeting, the Pennington Planning Board gave final approval to the plans of The Pennington School, which plans to build a new campus center and reconfigure some existing streets and parking lots.    The school will be installing a sidewalk to complete the missing link along the…

  • ‘Finding Nemo’

    The latest Pixar-Disney collaboration has heart and plenty of fun along the way.   [G] By: Jay Boyar    Finding Nemo is a find.    A computer-animated undersea adventure from those dependable Pixar pros, it has humor, heart and a storytelling style that can only be called fluid.    This is one fish story you can really believe in. And…

  • Local towns ready for primary elections Tuesday

    By: Sarah Winkelman    Voters will go to the polls Tuesday to decide which Republican and Democratic candidates will battle it out for municipal governing body seats in the November general elections. The following is a breakdown, by municipality, of those local candidates running in next week’s primaries. Allentown    Uncontested June primaries mean the November general…

  • Judge rules farmer can build dorm for migrant workers

    Decision overrules denial by township land use board By: Eve Collins     NORTH HANOVER — A farmer proposing a 4,000-square-foot dormitory to house 35 migrant workers has the go-ahead from a judge to build the structure.     Superior Court Judge John Sweeney ruled May 21 that Neil Robson can build the dormitory, overruling a decision…

  • My years as mayor, Part 2

    HISTORICALLY SPEAKING    Originally published in the Allentown Messenger, Albert Robinson’s open letter to the residents of Allentown upon his relinquishing his duties as mayor after 34 years follows. Longtime principal of the high school, Robinson reminisces about his many years of service. January 1, 1934 To the People of Allentown:     The light system was…

  • Citizens’ groups make presence felt on Washington education scene

    School spending primary focus of organizations. By: Cynthia Koons    WASHINGTON — They are both citizens’ groups with an interest in education finance — but that’s where their similarities end.    In theory and in practice, the philosophies of the Citizens for Affordable Education and Citizens for Advancement of Responsible Education (CARE) run antithetical to one another.…

  • New Jersey approves farm funds

    Mansfield, North Hanover, Springfield farms among 11 to be preserved By: Eve Collins     The state Assembly last week approved $3.8 million in appropriations for the preservation of 11 farms in Burlington County.     Officials in the Assembly unanimously approved the bill May 22. The appropriations were approved by the state Senate in December, said…

  • Hopewell Memorial Day parade held Sunday

    Hopewell Valley American Legion Post 339 awards trophies By Ruth Luse    After the marching was over Sunday, Hopewell Valley American Legion Post 339 awarded trophies to the following Hopewell parade winners:    First Place Color Guard: Hopewell Township Police Color Guard.    Best Marching Group, Senior Division: 15th Regiment New Jersey Volunteer Infantry.    Best Marching Group, Junior…