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  • Audubon trip slated Saturday

       The Washington Crossing Audubon Society is offering a field trip to Assunpink Wildlife Management Area on July 20. The trip will be led by Lou Beck and Charles Leck and will begin at 8 a.m.    Assunpink WMA, 5,400 acres of fields and woodlands, lakes and hedgerows, is located in Middlesex and Monmouth counties. Participants will…

  • Police called to quietdance recital melee

    By:Alec Moore    Parents at a dance recital last month were not applauding when a 10-year-old girl was removed from the show after the girl’s mother attempted to videotape her performance, causing a melee police were called in to quell. "This was so very wrong and my daughter was the one who paid the most for…

  • Indian Run Nursery to be classroom, park

    20-acres of land located off Robbinsville-Allentown Road. By: Sarah Winkelman    WASHINGTON — Standing among the rhododendrons that were loved by the late Leon Heuser and his wife, Josephine, Mercer County Executive Robert Prunetti announced the acquisition of the Indian Run Nursery property, to be used for an agricultural education program.    At a July 11 press…

  • Arsenic testing continues

       Due to the "tremendous response to the sale of arsenic test kits last week," the well-water-testing program has been extended through July 19.    Hopewell Valley residents may contact the Hopewell Township Health Department (737-0120) for information on test kit availability and return deadline.    The test kits cost $12 each. Arsenic is a natural contaminant that…

  • Board members caused problem

    To the editor     Theresa Schaefer, first off you were not at the door I was — I saw the whole deal between Dr. Brunn and Dottie Bradley.    But before I go any further, why is it the schools job to babysit how little Tommy and Mary have to act? To even be allowed to…

  • At the Bat

    Vintage baseball teams in New Jersey bring back a love of the national pasttime. Fans can see it played without the major-league off-field drama at Veterans Park in Hamilton July 20. By: Jim Boyle Above, members of the Flemington Neshanock: from left, kneeling: Dan Glazer and Chris Lowry; standing: Harry Roberts, Gerard D’Angelo, Bradley Shaw,…

  • August Peters

       MANVILLE — August G. "Gus" Peters died Sunday, July 14, at Warren Hospital in Phillipsburg. He was 83.    Born in New Brunswick, he lived in Manville for more than 60 years.    Mr. Peters served for a year in the Civilian Conservation Corps Company 1276 in the Hackettstown Fish Hatcheries.    He worked out of Local 545…

  • Agreement gives builder extra rights

    To the editor     Several weeks ago, a rather hard-core Democrat Party District Committeeperson expressed her concerns and, frankly, her disgust with the present Democrat-controlled Township Committee.    The subject was the builder’s remedy lawsuit settlement with PEC/SKP, but the track record goes far beyond that development. Annette Sammer worked hard to get the present people…