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  • Township budget expected to stay flat

    Municipal budget of about $19 million expected to be introduced Tuesday night By:Alec Moore    The Township Committee is expected to introduce a $19 million municipal budget at its meeting Tuesday night. The municipal budget approved for 2001 was $19.11 million.    While the total spending may not be increasing, the tax rate picture is cloudier. Mayor…

  • Keep road rural

    To the editor    By the time this letter is printed we will have already been to a forum on the proposed widening of Amwell Road between East Mountain and Black Point roads.    The county had set this up in attempt to placate the citizens of Western Hillsborough and to make us believe that they will…

  • Residents concerned about tree removal at new park

    Enough trees cleared to equal more than four highway lanes By: Brian Shappell    A passive recreation park located off Beekman Road will likely be open for picnickers and walkers by this fall.    But, some residents in the area say that too many trees are being cut down to make the park a reality.    The township…

  • READERS DISCUSS BACK TIMBERLANE

    The HVN received a record number of letters on the topic of Back Timberlane this week. In the interest of saving space for news items and for letters on other topics, we found it necessary to place about half of the letters on our Web site. See other Opinion sites this week Spend money on…

  • Anchor picks charity biking route

       The Anchor House Ride For Runaways Committee has announced the route for its 24th annual charity bike ride to benefit the shelter for runaway and abused children.    This year’s ride will depart from Martinsburg, W.Va., July 14 and head east, stopping in Westminster and Northeast, Md., before dipping south into the eastern shore of Maryland…

  • South ice hockey team falls to Dayton in NJSIAA tournament

    By: Brian Shappell    The ride ended for the South Brunswick ice hockey team in Montclair on Feb. 28 as Morris Knolls ousted the Vikings from the second round of the NJSIAA playoffs.    Less than a week after its first-ever state playoff victory against Dayton, the Vikings were handed a 6-2 loss by the eighth seed…

  • Kowal reflects on successful hockey season

    Ice Hockey By: Matt Nalbone    The Hopewell Valley Central High School ice hockey team had its season come to an end last week when the Bulldogs lost in the second round of the state tournament.    Hopewell was eliminated by Bernards, 5-4.    It took a while for Hopewell to get started in this one as the…

  • EDITORIAL

    Trio leaves some large shoes to fill    When voters go to the polls April 16 to select the newest members of the Board of Education, they will have four candidates from which to choose.    There is a former board member, Matthew Speesler; a zoning board member, Barry Nathanson; a board volunteer, Martin Abschutz; and an…

  • OBITUARIES, March 8, 2002

    Frederick E. Burrell, Diane P. Balestri, Jacob W. Schaefer, Doris U. Goodman. Frederick E. Burrell Owned floral business    Frederick Elias Burrell of Princeton Township died March 1 at the Merwick unit of The Medical Center at Princeton. He was 88.    Born in Princeton, he was one of 10 children, attended Princeton public schools and was…