Category: archives
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‘You Never Know’
Off-Broadstreet Theatre revives this Cole Porter oldie, which began as a European chamber musical. By: Stuart Duncan You Never Know is the 157th show at Hopewell’s Off-Broadstreet Theatre, the latest in a series that will reach 19 years sometime next month. The first thing you will notice as you munch on one of the four…
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No cuts for school budget in Washington
Township Committee decides to leave defeated budget alone. By: Cynthia Koons WASHINGTON In a 3-2 vote, the Washington Township Committee sided against 1,186 of its constituents when it voted May 15 to instate the school board’s 18-cent tax rate increase that residents had already rejected. It’s the second year in a row that the…
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Special ed decline cannot continue
Letter to the editor To the editor: Stunned, I watched on the evening of May 14 as the Lawrence Township school board presented its report on the deteriorating condition of special education in the district. I was stunned not once, but three times. The essence of the board committee’s report is that there is indeed…
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Early deadline for May 29 edition!
Questions? Call 466-1190. By Ruth Luse Because of the Memorial Day holiday Monday, the deadline for submission of news copy for the May 29 edition of the HVN is Friday, May 23, at 3 p.m. All photos being submitted for that edition should be in this office no later than 1 p.m. on Friday, May…
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South’s volleyball season ends with loss to EB
By: Tyler Dey After topping Piscataway, 2-1, in a home match at the end of last month, the South Brunswick High School boys volleyball team had hopes of making a push at the end of the season against some of the lower teams in the Greater Middlesex Conference. The Vikings stood at 2-5, and though…
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Police Beat
From the May 22 Register-News BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP Timothy Kerr, 26, of Gloucester and Vance Williams, 37, of Williamstown were charged with theft and possession of narcotics at 5 p.m. on May 6. Police received a call from employees at the Acme Supermarket on Route 130 reporting that security had a shoplifter in custody, police said.…
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Corps delays Rt. 92 report
State requests chance to review environmental study. By: Rebecca Tokarz The federal Army Corps of Engineers announced this week that it will delay release of an environmental study of the proposed Route 92 for about three months at the request of state officials. According to the Army Corps, state officials asked that Gov. James McGreevey’s…
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Editorial: Good reform should go a step further
EDITORIAL: Put all public service contracts out to bid. South Brunswick Democrats set another record for political fund-raising in 2002. The candidates garnered $123,994 in campaign contributions for the 2002 campaign, about $20,000 more than in 2000. The bulk of the money came from the Middlesex County Democratic Organization as it has every year…
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Council postpones rezoning
Decision made to hold off on Route 535 ordinance. By: Sharlee DiMenichi The Township Council voted Tuesday to hold off on an ordinance that could have allowed the construction of warehousing and distribution centers on 140 acres of land at the intersection of Route 535 and Dunhams Corner Road. The ordinance was tabled by a…
