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  • Residents to addressAmwell Road plans

    Group organizes after becoming concerned over imrovements By:Alec Moore    Longtime Amwell Road resident Robert Simpson is spearheading a newly formed citizens group to investigate and explore solutions to the traffic and safety issues affecting Amwell Road. "We want to conduct in-depth research on the serious problems associated with this road running through our town," said…

  • Mayor’s conference salutesCorradino for shared services

       Mayor Angelo Corradino was the recipient of the Good Government Award during the Annual Conference of Mayors in Atlantic City. The award, which recognizes productivity in government through the use of shared services, was presented to Mayor Corradino on April 19.    "I was honored," said the mayor of the award. "It’s always nice to be…

  • Decision on Route 92 delayed

    Army Corps of Engineers now expected to unveil report in September. By: Brian Shappell and David Campbell    An environmental study that could decide the future of the proposed Route 92 project will not be released in early June as expected.    The New York District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Monday the release…

  • Artist hopes monument delivers message of sacrifice

    Veterans’ Memorial Monument dedication ceremony is scheduled for Monday following the Memorial Day parade. By: Scott Morgan    MILLSTONE — Sitting just off Stagecoach Road, to the rear of the Clarksburg School grounds, is the giant granite field of stars. For months, this monument was consigned to tabletop models and the imagination of its maker.    But…

  • TOWN TALK: Plumsted seeks more police aid

    Community increases full-time force with addition of Officer Earl Meroney. By: Ron Dancer    The Township Committee appointed Earl Meroney as another full-time police officer for Plumsted. Our community has its first full-time (24/7) local police patrol and coverage without increasing taxes. Obtaining grant funding from federal, state and county sources has helped the Township Committee…

  • Warriors fall 1-0 in state softball playoffs

    New Egypt High School squad knows its day will come — perhaps very soon. By: Kyle Moylan    The Paulsboro High School softball team walked off the field this past Tuesday with a 1-0 win in the South Jersey Group I Tournament.    The New Egypt High School softball team walked off the field knowing that its…

  • Double take

    Studio’s customers preserve memories of images created in adjoining salon By:Jon Steele    Some things make so much sense that you wonder why you don’t see them more often.    Take, for example, the marriage of a photography studio with a style salon, which was celebrated last month when the daughter-mother combo of Jennifer Hoffman and Mary…

  • Allentown Borough gets ‘village center’ status

    Surrounding municipalities will be encouraged not to develop near Allentown, and the borough will have priority in obtaining state grants. By: Mark Moffa    ALLENTOWN — The borough last week received a recognition it has been striving toward for more than 12 years.    The New Jersey State Planning Commission voted unanimously to bestow its "village center"…

  • Effort is officially under way to bring football to CHS in fall

    School board directs administrators to try to do three things needed to get a team on the field for the 2002 season. By: John Tredrea    An effort to bring interscholastic football to Hopewell Valley Central High School this fall is officially under way.    The unanimous consensus of the school board on May 16 was to…