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  • BOOK NOTES: Time for a vision check

    Summer vacation from school provides a lull from the rapid pace of the school year. By: Joan Ruddiman Reading Today offers some good tips on how to take advantage of the time off from schedules to attend to some important business like getting the kids’ eyes checked.    The International Reading Association has produced a new…

  • Hands Across Hopewell Valley to hold July 30 9-11 meeting

       Hands Across Hopewell Valley will meet on Tuesday, July 30 at 7 p.m., in the second floor conference room of the Hopewell Valley Regional School District Administration Building, 425 S. Main St., Pennington.    To observe the anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001, the group has confirmed plans for two area events:    • One minute of bell-tolling throughout…

  • Denow Road closing slated

    Could last 12-16 weeks    Hopewell Township police report that on or about July 29, Denow Road in the Brandon Farms area of Hopewell Township will be closed so that a sewer main can be extended to the Hopewell Grant subdivision.    The closing will be between Van Brunt Road and Treymore Court (in the area of…

  • Catchers star for Elite; Seniors set for playoffs

    SUMMER SOFTBALL ROUNDUP By: Rudy Brandl        The Hillsborough Elite softball team finally found some competition and survived the challenge with another victory.    Hillsborough improved to 5-0 with a 2-1 triumph over a previously unbeaten Bridgewater squad to set up a showdown with defending champion Flemington. The Raiders scored twice in the bottom of the…

  • Department putting community policing to work

    The philosophy is to promote a partnership between the community and law enforcement, which will reduce crime and improve the quality of life. The following article was prepared by the Lawrence Township Police Department.    The Lawrence Township Police Department has implemented the community-oriented policing philosophy for all of its officers.    Over the past few months…

  • Let’s not take this train trip back in time

    EDITORIAL    When Amtrak very nearly went belly-up earlier this month, there was more than a little anxiety among the hundreds of thousands of commuters who ride the Northeast Corridor rail line every day. From Boston to Washington, the threat that the National Railroad Passenger Corp. might be derailed due to lack of funds had commuters…

  • True Secrets

    Jenny Lyn Bader, whose humorous pieces have been featured in The New York Times Week in Review, is the author of three plays featured in Café Theatre at the George Street Playhouse. By: Susan Van Dongen    You’re out with a date or a friend at a chic little café, enjoying an after-dinner espresso and conversation,…

  • Son offers not guilty plea

    Michael Janicki, charged with stabbing and murdering his father the night of July 16, has pleaded not guilty By: Brian Shappell    Michael Janicki, 19, of Dayton pleaded not guilty last week to charges that he stabbed and killed his father on July 17.    Bail was set at $500,000 at his arraignment on July 18, one…

  • Sept. 11 aftermath stories sought

    Readers’ thoughts to be published in Sept. 5 issue. By: >    It’s hard to fathom it has been nearly a year since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.    It seems like such a short time ago we all were glued to the television set and were terrified the fallout — or actual attack — would hit…