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  • Contracts awarded for Washington school renovations

    Groundbreaking ceremony set for 6 p.m. Tuesday at Pond Road Middle School. By: Mark Moffa    WASHINGTON — The school board last week approved eight construction contracts pertaining to the addition to be built on Pond Road Middle School and lavatory renovations at Sharon School.    More than $4 million in contracts for three new wings at…

  • Plumsted to get sweet treats

    Ice cream social, barbershop quartets on tap Saturday. By: Sarah Winkelman    PLUMSTED — Ice cream and barbershop quartets will be back at Oakford Lake Park this weekend.    The Plumsted Township Council for the Arts will step back to the turn of the century for an old-fashioned ice cream social in the park, located on Lakeview…

  • Board reinstates courtesy busing

    Procceds from sale of land, state reimbursement to fund routes By:Krzysztof Scibiorski and Sally Goldenberg    The Board of Education not only reversed an earlier decision to cut courtesy busing for middle and high school students at Monday’s meeting, but also added several routes to fill gaps in the district’s transportation plan.    The board also is…

  • David Belanger keeping AT&Ton high-tech’s edge

    When advances in technology heat up, David Belanger wants to be in the line of fire. By:Sally Goldenberg    As the vice president of information and software systems research and recently appointed chief scientist of AT&T Labs, the Roycebrook Road resident spends the bulk of his time studying the technology of today and tomorrow, in order…

  • New Legislation urges more pollution control

    New legislation urges the government to reconsider pollution proposal Assemblyman Upendra Chivukula has introduced legislation urging President Bush and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency administrator to reconsider their proposal that would relax air pollution rules making it easier for utilities to upgrade and expand their coal-burning power plants.    The measure (AR144) urges the president and…

  • At 6, Mark Blackwellgot hooked on auto racing

    GOOD TIMES IN THE VALLEY By: John Tredrea    Editor’s Note: This story is the first is a series of three focusing on the land, sea and air adventures of the Blackwell brothers of Pennington. It also is the latest of the GOOD TIMES IN THE VALLEY features about people doing what they like to do.…

  • PU’s carillon to ring out each Sunday

       Beginning Sunday at 1 p.m., bells will ring out from Princeton University each Sunday through Sept. 1 as part of the 10th annual Summer Carillon Series. The free concerts at Cleveland Tower of the Graduate College will feature seven carillonneurs.    • July 21: Marcel Siebers, Cuyk, The Netherlands.    • July 28: Scott Parry, Class of 1954, Princeton…

  • Council agrees on new tax question

    Voters to get say in open space increase By: Nick D’Amore    The Township Council voted Tuesday to ask voters to support an increase in the amount raised through taxes to fund open space.    One question for November’s general question is for a 1.5-cent tax increase in the open space tax and the other seeks a…

  • ‘Kids on Tap’ appears in NYC show

       Kathleen Dance Academy’s "Kids on Tap" 10-member youth tap company under the direction of Kathleen Cirioli performed at the Duke Theatre on 42nd Street in New York during the New York City "Tap Festival," last week.    The members of Hillsborough’s "Kids on Tap" include Andrew Pirrozi, Jennifer Salazar, Courtney Craven, Andrea Marshall, Julie Lapadula, Janine…