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  • Windsor residents group voices concerns to township

    Newly formed Windsor Association requests help with community improvements. By: Cynthia Koons    WASHINGTON — The village of Windsor wants to be heard.    With 50 members, a new residents group calling itself the Windsor Association approached the Washington Township Committee last week to make its concerns known.    "We appreciate the past efforts of the Township Committee…

  • Hopewell Township endorses tri-state truck plan

    Proposal asks state to lower speed limit for trucks to 55 mph and expand its existing truck route restrictions to include 96-inch-wide tractor-trailers. By John Tredrea    The Township Committee has endorsed a transportation watchdog group’s report urging the state to lower the speed limit for trucks to 55 mph and expand the state’s existing truck…

  • DISPATCHES: Astroturf stunts democracy’s growth

    Dispatches by Hank Kalet: Beware of front groups posing as grassroots movements. By: Hank Kalet    The Republican National Committee wants me to serve on a special leadership committee for small businesses — or at least it did until it found out I wasn’t a registered Republican.    I received a call last week from the RNC’s…

  • Washington school board chooses high school principal

    Deborah Fadde begins work for the district April 1. By: Cynthia Koons    WASHINGTON — A round of yeses concluded with an "absolutely" as the Board of Education appointed Deborah Fadde principal of the future Washington Township High School Tuesday night.    Ms. Fadde currently is principal of the 1,700-student Brick Township High School in Ocean County,…

  • Obituaries-Jan. 30

    Tiberio Rocco    CAPE MAY — Tiberio A. Rocco, 68, died Monday, Jan. 20, at the Burdette Tomlin Memorial Hospital in Middle Township, N.J.    Born in Lambertville, Mr. Rocco had lived in Cape May for the past 28 years.    He was a self-employed cook and owned various restaurants over the years including T’s Place in Lambertville,…

  • Teacher, baker, recipe maker

    Sally Treonze joins staff of nation’s largest-circulation food magazine By:Mary Kaempfen    Pretty soon Sally Treonze of Mountain View Road expects to have an audience of some 4.5 million people for her home-tested recipes.    And that’s not just wishful thinking, because the busy teacher and local volunteer recently joined the field staff of the magazine, A…

  • Time to recall lessonslearned from Vietnam

    EDITORIAL    The cold winds of war are blowing this January, with the imminent possibility of military action in Iraq.    As the deployment of troops continues, more and more Americans are taking to the streets to protest. Last week, residents in several local communities protested, including the third such event in Hillsborough in the last eight…

  • Resident will get chance to talk to township officials

    By: Concetta Benuzzi Volpe    WEST AMWELL — Resident Roger Cohen is questioning the priority of certain decisions made by township officials.    He said Friday an ongoing process of communication recently had been established with the township, and plans to meet and discuss his concerns are in the works.    In one of two letters to The…

  • West Amwell police negotiator returns to duty

    Township officers are continuing to work under the previous contract that expired Dec. 31. By: Concetta Benuzzi Volpe    WEST AMWELL — Contract negotiations between the township and its Police Department are under way after one month of operating without the traditional three-year agreement.    The department continues to function under its previous contract, which expired Dec.…