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  • Vikings’ girls soccer team gives strong effort in loss to unbeaten East Brunswick

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    This has been a tough season so far for the South Brunswick High School girls’ soccer team.    The Vikings followed Saturday’s 4-2 victory at home over J.P. Stevens with a 5-1 loss to East Brunswick on Monday, also at home. That leaves the Vikings 2-4, while the Bears are on an…

  • Law would end possibility of conflicts

    EDITORIAL By Ruth Luse    The Hopewell Township Committee deserves credit for proposing an ordinance that will do its best to eliminate conflicts of interest with firms serving the township.    The proposal, if adopted, will make it almost impossible for a professional business entity that makes political contributions to elected officials to receive a public professional…

  • Experts’ views diverge widely at forum on attacking Iraq

    Four Princeton University experts on international affairs sound off. By: Jeff Milgram    A standing-room-only crowd that came to the Frist Campus Center on Tuesday night looking for food for thought about a possible American attack on Iraq got a lot to chew on from four Princeton University experts on international affairs.    The Global Issues Forum,…

  • Townships look for ways to save farmland

    Upper Freehold, Plumsted try to protect open space. By: Scott Morgan    It has been almost a year since the Upper Freehold Planning Board began its re-examination of the township’s Master Plan.    Facing the Planning Board is a pair of tasks: keep Upper Freehold in step with the changing times without altering its rural character, and…

  • Township mayor backs state truck-check plan

    Proposed legislation would create pilot program for infrared inspection of trucks By John Tredrea    Hopewell Township Mayor Jon Edwards has voiced support for proposed legislation to create a pilot program for the infrared inspection of trucks on state Route 31, which runs north-south and bisects Hopewell Valley, and on U.S. Routes 1 and 206, which…

  • Kohl’s ready to open in Promenade

    Hillsborough store set to open on Oct. 10 By:Sally Goldenberg    One week from today, Kohl’s will officially open to the public — the first store to open in the 390,000-square-foot Hillsborough Promenade.    Since Hillsborough does not currently have a department store on the style of Kohl’s, a high customer turnout is expected, which would be…

  • Bulldogs have room to improve

    Boys Soccer By: Mike Molaro    Tony Suozzo feels his Hopewell Valley Central High School boys soccer squad is developing nicely into one of the area’s better units. But the third-year head coach knows there’s still room for improvement.    Based on its play over the last two weeks, opponents may beg to differ on that opinion.…

  • POST FORUM

    Should the U.S. Sen. Robert Toricelli have resigned from the campaign? Should the U.S. Sen. Robert Toricelli have resigned from the campaign?

  • Filled with the Spirit

    Actor and playwright Regina Taylor wrote Crowns over the past year and a half, and will direct its premiere at McCarter Theatre in Princeton Oct. 15-Nov. 3. By: Matt Smith Playwright Regina Taylor’s Crowns opens at McCarter Theatre in Princeton Oct. 15.    Although the six African-American women in Crowns are fictional, Regina Taylor says she…