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  • Mayor takes on bagging duties

    For a good cause!     Pennington Mayor Jim Loper takes a turn at bagging groceries at the Pennington Quality Market (PQM) on Tuesday during Fight Cancer Day. Each year PQM sets aside this special day to raise money for the Ameri­can Cancer Society and area dignitaries come to help out.

  • Allentown junior wins state pageant

    Twirling a baton at 4 years old, Cream Ridge’s Jenna Baker didn’t think she’d be a pageant winner. By: Scott Morgan    UPPER FREEHOLD — Twirling a baton at 4 years old, Jenna Baker didn’t think she’d be a pageant winner — mainly because she didn’t compete in them then.    After she started participating in pageants,…

  • Is meaningful propertytax reform near?

    EDITORIAL: Defeat of school budgets may help push legislative action    With only one opportunity to express dissatisfaction with tax rates available, voters are choosing more and more often to vent in April elections, rather than in November balloting.    This may be one reason progress to reform New Jersey’s tax system — which seems to enjoy…

  • Township goes to bat for local Yankees fans

    Washington committee asks Major League Baseball to change Mercer County’s market designation. By: Mark Moffa    WASHINGTON — In an attempt to help local New York Yankees fans who have been unable to see most of the team’s games on television so far this season, the Township Committee last week passed a resolution asking Major League…

  • Muslims rally to support Palestine

    By: Nick D’Amore    Several hundred members of the Islamic Society of Central Jersey attended a rally recently in Washington, D.C. to support fellow Muslims in Palestine.    The rally April 20, which had been scheduled prior to the increased military campaign between Israel and Palestine, became a demonstration in support of Palestine, said ISCJ president Magdy…

  • Edition of May 2, 2002

    George A. Franklin    George A. Franklin, 57, died Saturday at Compassionate Care Hospice, Trenton. Born in Red Bank, he lived in Pennington.    A veterinarian, he owned Stony Brook Animal Hospital for 25 years. He was a graduate of Lafayette College where he was active in Theta Delta Chi; and the University of Pennsylvania Veterinary School.…

  • Board prepares to facechallenging new year

    Members select Dorothy Bradley as president for 2002-03 year By:Krzysztof Scibiorski    Dorothy Bradley, who held on to her school board seat by a five-vote margin in the recent school elections, won another squeaker on April 29, when five of the nine board members elected her president.    Board members Jeanne Golden, Lisa Galasso, Janice Mathewson and…

  • Recent rain should help, farmers say

    Right now, conditions are good for planting By: Brian Shappell    Though weather conditions could turn on local farmers this summer, farmers believe the rain of recent weeks could be a positive sign for the season to come.    However, if the rain were to continue daily, it could be too much of a good thing.    Local…

  • Hopewell girls need three for tourney

    Softball By: Mike Molaro    The Hopewell Valley Central High School softball squad knows the challenge lying ahead to earn a berth in the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group III Tournament.    With a record of 6-7, the Lady Bulldogs must win three of their next five games against Trenton, Hun, Hamilton, Princeton and Hightstown to have the…