Category: archives

  • West Windsor seeks information on military personnel

    By: Gwen Runkle    WEST WINDSOR — Know anyone currently serving in the military?    If so, the township would like to know about it.    "We don’t have a clear record of who from West Windsor is involved in the military and currently at war," said Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh. "We’d like to recognize those from our community…

  • Techies invited to help revise computer systems

    Township set to launch new committee By:Alec Moore    The township is now accepting applications for a new technology advisory subcommittee slated to be up and running by year’s end.    Committeeman John Souren, an information technology specialist, conceived the committee as a means of capitalizing on the experience and professional knowledge of technical specialists in town.…

  • SBHS volleyball struggles after gaining historic win

    By: Tyler Dey    With just over two weeks of the season gone by, the South Brunswick High School boys volleyball team is 1-5.    The focus is not on the five losses, however; it is on the "1" in the win column signifying the first win in the first-year program’s history.    The Vikings swept Edison for…

  • Hopewell Township introduces spending proposal

    If approved, the budget would raise the municipal property tax rate by 5 cents to 30 cents per $100 of assessed property value. By John Tredrea    The municipal tax rate in Hopewell Township would increase 20 percent if the draft $15,046,182 township budget introduced last week is enacted next month.    The full Township Committee unanimously…

  • ‘Anger Management’

    Adam Sandler and Jack Nicholson team up for a therapy-busting comedy that’s light on laughs but heavy on star cameos.   [PG-13] By: Bob Brown    Behavioral therapy is ripe for parody in the movies. Hollywood could have several field days with anger management by itself. There are dozens of anger-management ranches for teens (as if cow-punching will…

  • Hopewell Township to offer early retirement incentive

    Administrator Christine Smeltzer said the early retirement plan could be a cost-saving measure for the township. By John Tredrea    Hopewell Township employees who have worked for the municipality and been in its pension plan for at least 25 years can retire at age 55 and continue to be covered by the township’s medical insurance.    The…

  • Fire fighters teach young Scouts safety rules

    LIVING IN MANVILLE By:Mary Ellen Zangara    Girl Scout Cadette Troop 861 held a Safety program as a service project last Friday night at firehouse #3 on North Eighth Avenue.    Daisy and Brownie Scouts learned about fire safety from the firemen and participated in workshop stations with the Cadettes.    Scouts Catina Santoro, Anna Stadtmueller and Amanda…

  • Hopewell Borough tax rate expected to remain as is

    Officials hear complaints about vandalism at April council meeting. By Sandra Phelps    Hopewell Borough Council introduced its 2003 budget at its April 10 meeting.    The spending plan totals $1,858,998. The tax rate for 2003 would remain at 48 cents per $100 of assessed valuation, if the budget is approved as is.    That means that for…

  • United council hires two police dispatchers

    Move will free up police for patrols By:Alec Moore    The Borough Council voted unanimously in favor of hiring two full-time police dispatchers at a meeting held Saturday morning.    The decision to hire the dispatchers at approximately $28,500 a year for each comes on the heels of a recommendation in a report by the state attorney…