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  • Section of Reed Roadgets speed limit change

    By John Tredrea    The speed limit on the stretch of Reed Road that runs south from Pennington-Washington Crossing Road (Route 546) to Diverty Road has been lowered from 35 mph to 25 mph.    The change comes as the result of passage of an ordinance adopted by a unanimous vote of the full Hopewell Township Committee…

  • North Hanover cancels development law

    NORTH HANOVER – An ordinance that would have frozen new residential development in the township’s agricultural zone for 90 days was rescinded by the Township Committee last week on the recommendation of the Joint Land Use Board. By:Vanessa S. Holt    NORTH HANOVER — An ordinance that would have frozen new residential development in the township’s…

  • ‘Frida’

    Director Julie Taymor delivers a lush film portrayal of the romance between Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera.   [R] By: Bob Brown    Biopics were invented for the Frida Kahlos of this world. Larger than life in her talent and her appetites, she suffered for them both. Add to this her lifelong struggle to overcome severe injuries from…

  • New guidance chief anxious to start at MHS

    Board approves hiring Andrea Saladino By:Sally Goldenberg    Andrea Saladino will hit the winter roads a little earlier each morning, come 2003.    The new head of guidance at Manville High School, unanimously approved during Tuesday night’s Board of Education meeting, will travel over an hour from Tannersville, Pa., to her new job.    Despite the trek, the…

  • WWII vet fights for peace

    When veterans return from war, many become active in groups dedicated to remembering fallen comrades, advocating for veterans’ rights and encouraging new generations to join the armed forces. By: Sharlee Joy DiMenichi    When veterans return from war, many become active in groups dedicated to remembering fallen comrades, advocating for veterans’ rights and encouraging new generations…

  • Local veteran was witness to atomic bomb’s impact

    A flattened city with only a church left standing is the image the word "Hiroshima" evokes in one South Brunswick veteran’s mind. By: Sharlee Joy DiMenichi    A flattened city with only a church left standing is the image the word "Hiroshima" evokes in one South Brunswick veteran’s mind.    Randall Dammers toured Hiroshima two weeks after…

  • Lamb School student dies in crash; sister critical

    CHESTERFIELD — A 9-year-old North Hanover boy was killed and his 10-year-old sister critically injured on Saturday when the family van was struck by another car and flipped over at the intersection of Route 537 and Sykesville Road. By: Vanessa S. Holt    CHESTERFIELD — A 9-year-old North Hanover boy was killed and his 10-year-old sister…

  • Board considers changing structure of high school

    Suggestions on new ways to organize students, teachers and administrators at South Brunswick High School have been narrowed down to two. By: Rebecca Tokarz    Suggestions on new ways to organize students, teachers and administrators at South Brunswick High School have been narrowed down to two.    The options were presented to the school board Monday night…

  • Rutgers students offer long proposal to Eggerts residents

    Gateway among proposed changes By: Lea Kahn    Residents of the Eggerts Crossing neighborhood know where they are today and where they want to be, but redeveloping the neighborhood means following a long, meandering path — one that won’t be completed in a year’s time.    That was the message delivered to about two dozen Eggerts Crossing…