Category: archives

  • POLITICAL FORUM: School budget response

    Why Jack really voted against our kids. By:    Editor’s note: The following column was signed by the following Washington Township Committee members: Dave Fried, mayor; Doug Tindall, deputy mayor; Vince Calcagno and Cathy St. John.     In a recent column, Washington Township Committeeman Jack Mozloom attempted to politically defend his vote against the school budget.…

  • Township Committee may introduce Master Plan measure tonight

    Proposal would appropriate$300K more, bringing total to $500K By: John Tredrea    A proposal to spend $300,000 more to finish updating the township’s Master Plan is expected to be introduced tonight at the Hopewell Township Committee meeting.    After a lengthy debate, $200,000 was appropriated, about three years ago, for the Master Plan rewrite.    Township officials said…

  • Red Raiders capture elusive four-peat

    Pennington School Softball By: Mike Molaro    The Pennington School softball squad captured its fourth-consecutive NJISWAA Prep B championship, but the Red Raiders (17-3) had to dig deep for everything they had to bring home that title.    Trailing second-seeded Rutgers Prep, 5-0, heading into the bottom of the seventh inning, top-seeded Pennington rallied for five runs…

  • Township voters pick November candidates

    By: Lea Kahn    Township voters apparently saw eye-to-eye with state and county voters, because they all backed the same winning candidates in the primary races for U.S. Senator and U.S. House of Representatives.    Douglas R. Forrester, who captured the nod to run for U.S. Senate on the Republican Party ticket, received 329 votes from Lawrence’s…

  • Race day

    Next year, forget the Indianapolis 500 — there’s a new event for motor sports fans By:John Patten    The residents of the Warner Drive neighborhood have an annual tradition that harkens back to the days of yore, before suburban development ended family farming on Valley Road.    Back to a time when Memorial Day was a respite…

  • Parent who’s been there offers college advice

    LEDGER FORUM    After shepherding two sons through the college search-SAT process, I would like to share some of what we learned before we move away.    If a student has taken a number of honors courses and can perform relatively well in both English and Math, get SAT preparation before the PSAT’s in October of the…

  • School district trims budget

    Washington officials cut $455,344 from spending plan in order to meet Township Committee-set tax rate. By: Mark Moffa    WASHINGTON — The school board last week passed a revised budget, trimming the $455,344 required to meet the tax rate set by the Township Committee.    The board did not cut the money from all of the line…

  • Plumsted ponders new fire substation

    Hoping to improve response times as growth spreads over 44-square-mile township. By: Scott Morgan    PLUMSTED — The question of residential expansion takes many guises — from whether and where to build, to economic impact and environmental concerns.    But over the past few years, another layer of the residential growth question — that relating to emergency…

  • Bargain-hunting

    One man’s trash is another’s treasure Cassidy Christensen, 6, of Hopewell looks at some toys on sale during the townwide Hopewell Borough yard sale on Saturday. The two-day event attracted hundreds of shoppers from all over the region.