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  • PENNINGTON PLANNING UPDATE

    May meeting By: Marianne Hooker    At its May 8 meeting, the Pennington Planning Board approved two hardship variances to permit additions to residential buildings.    The properties are at 118 E. Delaware Ave. and 4 W. Franklin Ave.    The board also discussed a proposed change of occupancy at 145 S. Main St. They made plans to…

  • GUEST COLUMN: Remembering Ellis

    Our paths first crossed in the early ’50s, as a young woman, when I stopped by the Allentown Messenger to place an advertisement for any outstanding obligations upon the death of my grandmother, Mary Anna Oakerson By: Ethelyn Maginnis (This was a ritual all families did as a legal matter to be sure any and…

  • Hopewell midwife team has brought hundreds of babies into the world

    ON THE JOB IN HOPEWELL VALLEY By: John Tredrea    Midwife Louise Aucott has been present at the birth of nearly 1,000 babies.    "And I feel connected to all of them," she said Friday in the Hopewell Township office she shares with partner Pamela Rosser. "It seems like such a privilege. The oldest of those babies…

  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

    For the week of May 30. By: Give your vote to Regular Republicans To the editor:    Prior to moving to Millstone Township three years ago, my exposure to politics centered on Hudson County and the home I called Hoboken. Deceit and corruption commanded the polls and any honest hopefuls were silenced just as quickly as…

  • South Avenue name change discussed

    Wierzba suggests renaming roadway ‘Nicholas Berezansky Boulevard’ By:Alec Moore    Residents and business owners along South Avenue may be changing their addresses if an effort succeeds to rename the street in honor of the late Nicholas Berezansky.    "If you look up the word volunteerism in the dictionary, then I would be shocked if there was not…

  • DISPATCHES

    Remembrances of a fallen friend By: Hank Kalet    Mukul Agarwala was a rare sort.    He was one of the funniest people I knew back in high school, a real easygoing kid with a quick wit and sharp mind. We were friends from Crossroads through high school and then, after graduation, like so many people, we…

  • Voters to decide party nominations

    Polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. By: Brian Shappell    Voters go to the polls Tuesday for a primary election to pick Democratic and Republican candidates for state and local offices.    Polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.    Offices being contested this year include U.S. Senate, U.S. House of…

  • Tuesday primary picks will set up November races

    Hopewell Township Democrats have only local contest By: Ruth Luse    On Tuesday, June 4, Democrats and Republicans across the state will go to the polls to pick their candidates for the November election ballots.    Polls will be open from 6 a.m.-8 p.m. at the Valley’s various polling places.    Hopewell Township — The only Valley race…

  • Laxmen give spirited effort in SCT semifinal loss

    RAIDER ROUNDUP By: Rudy Brandl Vince Coviello knew it would be nearly impossible to defeat heavily favored Bridgewater-Raritan in the Somerset County semifinals, but his Hillsborough High boys’ lacrosse team gave it a good shot. The fifth-seeded Raiders outscored the top-ranked Panthers 2-1 in the second quarter and were in contention at halftime, trailing by…