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  • Resource Center kicks off annualplayhouse fund-raiser Saturday

    Last year’s event raised over $24,000    The Resource Center for Women and Their Families, the lead domestic violence agency for Somerset County, is proud to announce that the Playhouse Festival Ribbon Cutting Ceremony will take place at noon March 16th in center court at Bridgewater Commons.    Magic 98.3 Radio Station will broadcast the kick-off and…

  • Another Voice Stream round occupies township zoners

    Voice Stream expected to continue testimony at April meeting By: Marianne Hooker    At its March 6 meeting, the Hopewell Township Zoning Board of Adjustment heard further testimony on an application by Voice Stream Wireless to build a 100-foot cellular telecommunications tower.    The proposed site is on the premises of Hardy Nurseries, off Pennington-Rocky Hill Road.…

  • Lightning plan to add younger tackle division

    Third- through sixth-graders would qualify for Thunder By: Steve Feitl    There can’t be lightning without at least a little thunder.    Such will be the case on Lawrence Township football fields this fall when the Lawrence Lightning adds a new younger tackle division to its already successful football club.    The new group will be called the…

  • Gym redundantfor athletes

    To the editor     High school physical education serves the purpose of keeping students healthy and somewhat in shape; however, that purpose is irrelevant to those who engage in demanding sports after school.    I perfectly understand that gym is a necessary course for high school students so as to prevent lazy, overweight students. Students should…

  • HOPEWELL PLANNING UPDATE

    By: Catherine P. Moscarello    Beth Judge and Will Mooney, owners of The Brothers Moon restaurant, received approval from the Hopewell Borough Planning Board at its March 3 meeting for renovations to the interior of their building.    The changes will add approximately 20 more seats to the eatery.    Because there will be no physical change to…

  • Demolition under way for Saturn site

    Work expected to last one week By: Lea Kahn    Demolition started this week on the remnants of the abandoned Saturn Chemical Co. plant on New York Avenue, according to Lawrence Township officials.    The work will take about one week to complete.    Township Council awarded a $28,000 contract to Mercer Wrecking Recycling Co. several weeks ago…

  • For the week of March 14

    Lucy A. Swem, Patricia C. Moore, Dwight L. Jenkins, Anna Elizabeth Clark, Sadie Wagner Neigel, Shirley B. Gerath, Gerald R. Shepard Jr., Elmer A. Tindall, Stephanie Opalski Allen, Kostas A. Linardos, Rhoda Lake. By: Lucy A. Swem    TRENTON — Lucy A. Swem, 74, died Saturday, March 9, at home.    Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., she lived…

  • BUZZ IN THE HALLS: Marching on

    BUZZ IN THE HALLS by Pam Koharchik: A look at events and happenings at Allentown High School. By:    One thing that was urged after 9/11 was that we, as a country, could not alter our way of life, lest the terrorists win. Some events were postponed, but they were not canceled. Many others went on…

  • Composer’s digital musicset for debut

    Gary DiBenedetto uses sampled sounds to create a Sept. 11 commemorative work By:Krzysztof Scibiorski    A week after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, East Mountain Road resident Gary DiBenedetto went to New York City to face the reality of the catastrophe.    "Because of the incident, it seemed appropriate to commemorate it somehow," he said.    And so,…