Category: archives
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Millstone continues to shape tree ordinance
Officials seeking to balance personal liberty, environmental protection. By: Scott Morgan MILLSTONE The four-year process toward formalizing a tree ordinance in the township took another step forward last week. But not everyone is happy with how things are shaping up. At a special workshop meeting April 30, the Township Committee discussed how to guard…
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Motorcyclists often incorrectly portrayed
To the editor Many people think that motorcycles and their riders are accidents waiting to happen. The fact of the matter is that automobile accidents are more common on the roads today. Similar to learning to drive a car, it takes practice to ride a bike. Bikers spend a lot of their time after purchasing…
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Local teen charged with knife possession
By: Sharlee DiMenichi A 16-year-old South Brunswick High School student was charged with aggravated assault, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and unlawful possession of a weapon, after he pulled a knife with a 3-inch blade during an altercation behind the high school May 1, police said. South Brunswick Police Detective Jim Stoddard…
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Gavel grabbing has no place in township hall
EDITORIAL By Ruth Luse The unfortunate confrontation between Hopewell Township Committeewoman Arlene Kemp and Deputy Mayor Marylou Ferrara at the May 1 Hopewell Township Committee meeting could have and should have been avoided. Common sense says that since Committeeman Jon Edwards has not yet been sued or charged with anything in relation to…
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Board must protect students’ safety
To the editor Surprise, surprise, surprise. The April 25th incident where two first-graders "escaped" from Sunnymead Elementary school did not come as a big shock to our family. Last year, our then sixth-grade son walked away from the middle school on several occasions after altercations with other students while the students were in the hallway…
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POLICE BLOTTER
Mark Terrizzi, 20, of North Brunswick was charged with a battery of drug possession and motor vehicle charges after being stopped by police on April 25. Hillsborough police stopped Mr. Terrizzi at 12:20 a.m. on Amwell Road in Franklin Township after the officer conducted a random check of Mr. Terrizzi’s license plate and found his…
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Claire Beskind
Claire Beskind died Thursday, April 17, in Tucson, Ariz. Ms. Beskind lived in Prince and Kendall Park for 35 years. She worked for Caliper on Mt. Lucas Road for 20 years. She was the president of the Princeton chapter of the League of Women Voters in the late 1960s. She also was a member of…
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Unsafe entrance will be patrolled
Auction lot’s Brooks Boulevardentrance deemed too small By:Alec Moore Manville is getting ready to crack down on truck drivers who enter, and exit, the Adesa Auto Auction property through the Brooks Boulevard entranceway. According to borough officials, car carriers and other large trucks driving onto the Adesa property located on North Main Street between…
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Student honors
Hillsborough students receive awards from county school officials group By:Sally Goldenberg Jeff Pagano helps feed local poor Jeff Pagano has spent days before Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter over the past three years assisting the township Social Services Department with food drives. To recognize his community service, the Board of Education awarded him the Somerset County…
