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  • Streets get snow emergency designation

    Bordentown Township has chosen the streets that must be kept open in the event of a snow emergency. By:Eve Collins    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — In response to this winter’s snowstorms, the Township Committee passed an ordinance Monday making certain streets in the municipality emergency snow routes.    Officials said the ample snow this past January and February…

  • Hopewell Valley school officials keep secretary, attorney

    Also reappointed for another year were two other district veterans, the bond counsel and treasurer. By John Tredrea    John Nemeth will continue as secretary to the Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education.    Mr. Nemeth, who also is the school district’s business administrator, was reappointed board secretary, effective July 1 through June 30, 2004, during the…

  • Howell Living History Farm visitor center is unveiled

    On Saturday, the farm, located in Hopewell Township, will officially open its new visitor center, built close to the parking area. By John Tredrea    Since Howell Living History Farm opened to the public 20 years ago, visitors to the farm have faced a 400-yard uphill trek — along a dirt path that sometimes turned quite…

  • Police Beat

    May 1 Edition BORDENTOWN CITY    Police said an East Church Street resident returning home from work at 6:50 p.m. on April 25 observed a man urinating on a neighbor’s property. Police said Jamie Ganges, 32, of Bordentown, was charged with urinating in public and given a May court date. BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP    Police said a wallet…

  • Letter: Events to celebrate historic march

    To the editor:     South Brunswick will celebrate its role in the American Revolution as part of the "Road to Monmouth" commemoration. A series of events along both Washington’s route from Lambertville and the British evacuation from Philadelphia to New York through New Jersey will commemorate the 225th anniversary of the Battle of Monmouth.    Washington’s…

  • Seeking passage of balanced, comprehensive energy plan

    GUEST OPINION By Rush Holt    Access to reliable, sustainable, and affordable energy is critical to this nation’s long-term economic growth and prosperity. Today, however, the United States economy finds itself in a precarious situation. We depend on foreign oil to fuel for 56 percent of our energy needs.    If current events in the Middle East…

  • Lawyer says client paid with illegal guns

    By:Alec Moore    A 53-year-old Hillsborough man was charged with two counts of possession of illegal weapons last week.    Nicholas Spadoro of Orchard Drive now faces one third-degree charge of possession of an assault rifle and a fourth-degree charge of possession of a "large capacity ammunition magazine."    Mr. Spadoro turned himself in to Hillsborough police April…

  • School budget talksrepresent welcome change

    EDITORIAL    A warm wind blew through the municipal courtroom last week when the Township Committee members spoke with one voice on how to approach their pending review of the defeated $56.9 million school budget.    At their first meeting since the April 15 school election, the members present discussed the budget in calm and concerned tones…

  • John Kersnowsky

       John Kersnowsky, 83, died Wednesday, April 23, at his home in Spring Hill, Fla.    Born in New York City, he resided in South Brunswick before moving to Florida in 1978. He was employed by Ford Motor Company in Edison as a paint sprayer and retired in 1978.    His wife, Anna, died in 1995. His son,…