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  • School district to mark start of expansion project

    Upper Freehold officials will hold a ceremonial groundbreaking at noon Saturday. By: Cynthia Koons    UPPER FREEHOLD — It’s been two years since ideas for renovation and construction work at the elementary/middle school annex and Allentown High School were bounced around in Upper Freehold Regional Board of Education meetings.    On Saturday at noon, members of the…

  • Township clause bars local groups

    To the editor    My organization has been affected by the hold harmless agreement at the multi-purpose room at the Municipal Complex.    I am a parent volunteer for the Hillsborough Cub Pack. We have over 50 kids from Hillsborough as members. I came to the township two years ago to ask to use the room for…

  • Obituaries for week of Feb. 6

    Rite Feeny    Rite A. Feeny, 65, died Friday at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, Hamilton.    Born in New York City, she retired from Manufacturers Hanover Trust in Brooklyn.    Ms. Feeny was a past member of the Greater N.Y. Girls Scout Council, Boys Scout Troop 944 and a former member of Our Lady of Refuge Parish in…

  • Big rig flips over at Pennington Circle

    Driver charged with careless driving and with violating the ban on 102-inch-wide trucks on interstate runs from using Route 31. By John Tredrea    A short section of southbound Route 31 was closed for four hours early Wednesday morning after an oversize tractor-trailer flipped onto its side, blocking both lanes.    Hopewell Township Capt. George Meyer said…

  • MDs seek Rx for insurance woes

    Doctors hope to forceaction by legislators By:Sally Goldenberg    Local residents hoping to see Deborah L. Neiman, a doctor of internal medicine located on Omni Drive, were greeted with a sign explaining her office closed Monday and Tuesday.    "The environment for the practice of medicine in the state of New Jersey has become more and more…

  • School board candidates must file by Feb. 24

    Seats open in township and Pennington    Those interested in running for the two Hopewell Township seats (three-year terms) and the one Pennington Borough seat (three-year term) must file nominating petitions no later than 4 p.m. on Feb. 24.    Information about those petitions and about school board candidacy can be obtained by calling 737-4000, the school…

  • Steve Sopko

       MANVILLE — Steve C. Sopko, 84, died Jan. 29 at the Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. He was 84.    Born in Nanticoke, Pa., he had been a resident of Manville since 1924.    He served in the U.S. Air Force during World War II and was a member of the Thomas J. Kavanaugh Veterans of Foreign…

  • Robert’s rules ignored on appointments

    To the editor    In last week’s paper, it was reported that John Souren moved to appoint members to the Economic and Business Development Board and the Cultural and Arts Commission. Steven Sireci seconded the motion and then Mayor Tony Gwiazdowski said that since the motion was moved and seconded, the Township Committee had to vote,…

  • DISPATCHES: Malpractice reform is bad for patients

    Dispatches by Hank Kalet: Patients pay for the current insurance crisis originally caused by doctors and insurance companies    President George W. Bush wants it.    So do New Jersey’s doctors, who began a work slowdown Monday.    And so do doctors around the country.    So why is it a bad idea to cap damage award packages in…