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  • Administrator taken to hospital after collapsing at meeting

    By:Alec Moore    Township Administrator Judith Haas was transported to the emergency room at Somerset Medical Center Tuesday night, not long after a heated Township Committee discussion took place in which Committeeman Tony Gwiazdowski called for her dismissal.    Ms. Haas did not show any signs of illness or distress during the heated discussion, but shortly afterward…

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– An ordinance that would have frozen new residential development in the township’s agricultural zone for 90 days was rescinded by the Township Committee last week on the recommendation of the Joint Land Use Board.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

  • Democrats take first steps in Plumsted

    Loser in Township Committee race says his party is "here to stay." By: Scott Morgan    PLUMSTED — At first, the victory of Mayor Ron Dancer in last week’s Township Committee election might seem like a landslide. The incumbent Republican scored 1,755 votes — a full, five times that of his Democratic contender, Howard Nadell.    But…

  • ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’

    Actors’ NET of Bucks County revives Dale Wasserman’s play, adapted from the book by Ken Kesey. By: Stuart Duncan    It has been 40 years since Ken Kesey’s novel One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest skewered conditions in state-run mental facilities throughout the country. Playwright Dale Wasserman adapted the novel after Kesey sold the rights to…

  • Clinton lawyer to be municipal judge in two towns

    Richard P. Cushing will replace Judge Jeffrey Martin in Lambertville, West Amwell By: Linda Seida    Richard P. Cushing, an attorney with the Clinton firm of Gebhardt and Kiefer, will replace Judge Jeffrey Martin in the municipal courts of West Amwell and Lambertville when Judge Martin retires at the end of the year.    The West Amwell…