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  • May 5 is deadline for June primary voter registration

       The League of Women Voters of Hopewell Valley reminds voters that May 5 is the last day to register to vote or change voting address for the June 3 primary election.    To register to vote a person must be a U.S. citizen, at least 18 years old on or before Nov. 4, 2003, and reside…

  • Sondra Eisma

       Sondra Marie Eisma, 37, of Kendall Park died Friday, April 11, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick.    She was born in Buffalo, N.Y., where she graduated from SUNY, Buffalo in 1988 with degrees in business management and information systems. She was a member of South Brunswick Assets and a class mother at…

  • Board must do better to inform public

    Editorial    The Lawrence Township Board of Education had a good night Tuesday.    First, township voters approved the board’s $50.6 million operating budget for 2003-04, despite a 7-cent tax rate increase.    Secondly, the public gave the board a vote of confidence in returning all three incumbents to the group for another three years. It’s been a…

  • Hopewell boys lax squad wins first two

    Boys lacrosse By: John E. Powers    The Hopewell Valley Central High School boys lacrosse team began its season Monday with a thrilling 10-9 win over Old Bridge. The Bulldogs might have topped those theatrics 24 hours later.    The Bulldogs rallied from a 4-0 halftime deficit Tuesday to beat Montgomery 7-6, as junior Jeff Mills scored…

  • Manville hosts meeting of area’s governing officials

    By:Alec Moore    Manville played host to a contingent of local and county officials who were in town, April 9, for a meeting of the Somerset County Governing Officials.    The meeting, the first the group has held in the borough, took place at Mia Sorrela Ristorante on North Main Street.    Mayor Angelo Corradino, who is a…

  • Local runners’ marathon paths will cross in Boston

    Gary Verhoorn and Charles Clark to run in Monday’s Boston Marathon By:Kara Alaimo    Gary Verhoorn and Charles Clark, both veteran runners and longtime residents of Hillsborough, have never met. But their paths will cross on Monday, when they join thousands of runners competing in this year’s Boston Marathon.    For Mr. Verhoorn, 57, of Brookside Lane,…

  • Voters say ‘no’ to Washington school budget

    Armenti joins Silvestrov, Gange on Board of Education. By: Cynthia Koons    WASHINGTON — For the second year in a row, Washington Township residents voted decisively against the Washington school board’s budget, with 1,186 voters saying "no" to the proposed $24.1 million spending plan and 896 voting "yes."    Incumbents Faith Silvestrov and Florence Gange were re-elected…