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  • Plumsted to get state transportation grant

    TOWN TALK by Ron Dancer By:    Sen. Bob Singer and Assemblyman Joe Malone have informed the Township Committee that our grant application to the New Jersey Department of Transportation has been approved in the amount of $150,000 to improve Evergreen Road and the intersection at Route 537.    Road widening and improvements to Evergreen Road will…

  • Welcome to the Dollhouse

    The New Jersey Film Festival explores the world of experimental filmmaker Daina Krumins. By: Jillian Kalonick    Somewhere in northern New Jersey, two cherubic infants pluck dried leaves from a nearby pile and watch them light aflame in their tiny hands; stinkhorn mushrooms push up and collapse, and a crew of ladybugs colonize a dollhouse drawing…

  • ‘Mighty Midgets’ had a successful season

    Ask Alice Leon what kind of season her Lawrence High School girls tennis squad had, and the six-year head coach proudly lists her team’s accomplishments. By:Mike Molaro    Ask Alice Leon what kind of season her Lawrence High School girls tennis squad had, and the six-year head coach proudly lists her team’s accomplishments.    Start with a…

  • Letters to the Editor, Nov. 21, 2002

    Help Santa in Hopewell To the editor:     Imagine how excited your children will be to have Santa arrive at their house on a fire engine to deliver a present to them!    The Hopewell Fire Department and Emergency Medical Unit is arranging to have Santa and his elves deliver Christmas presents by fire engine. The…

  • School board names panel to study special ed

    Stung by criticism of the school district’s special education program and the rapid turnover of Child Study Team members, the Lawrence Township Board of Education has created a three-member subcommittee to study the issue. By:Lea Kahn    Stung by criticism of the school district’s special education program and the rapid turnover of Child Study Team members,…

  • Five fire questions pass easily Tuesday

    Township voters OK vehicle funding By John Tredrea    Five ballot questions. Five voter approvals, all by wide margins. That was the story in a Hopewell Township fire district referendum held Tuesday.    Voters’ approval of all five questions will enable the Hopewell Township Board of Fire Commissioners to move ahead with the purchase of five emergency…

  • More downzoning eyed by planners

    Township officials might act tonight By John Tredrea    The permitted density of development in much of Hopewell Township will be substantially reduced if changes recommended by the township Planning Board are put into effect.    The proposed changes reflect a complete rewriting of the township’s book-length Master Plan, a project which has been under way for…

  • Richard Lenches

       HILLSBOROUGH — Richard F. Lenches died Friday, Nov. 15, at Somerset Medical Center. He was 69.    Born in Elizabeth, he was a resident of Hillsborough for many years.    Mr. Lenches was a licensed realtor since 1967, he opened the Ar-Land Appraisal Company and Ar-Land Realty in 1972 in Somerville and subsequently moved his business to…

  • Emily Sherratt Koenig

       Emily Sherratt Koenig died Nov. 17 at her home at Summerhouse in Naples, Fla.    Born in Trenton, Mrs. Koenig lived in Ewing Township for many years. Upon retirement, she moved to Beach Haven Terrace on Long Beach Island.    She was a former elementary school teacher at Fisk School in Ewing and was a graduate of…