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  • Gas station appeal sees twist

    Amoco hopes to build on corner of Meadowbrook Road and Route 130 in Washington Township. By: Mark Moffa    WASHINGTON — The Township Committee this week is scheduled to hear a resident’s appeal of a zoning board decision, but it may not be able to do so until it figures out how it will pay for…

  • HoVal students get DECA awards

    AT VALLEY SCHOOLS    In January, 84 students from Hopewell Valley’s Marketing I and II, Accounting II, Sports and Entertainment Marketing, and Business Administration classes attended the South Blue Regional DECA Conference in Cherry Hill.    DECA (Distributive Education Clubs of America) is a co-curricular, student-centered organization designed to provide activities that will motivate students to learn…

  • John Brown

    Friends remember activist By: Nick D’Amore    "The little guy" has one less person in his corner.    John Brown, 73, died on Feb. 1. His friends and colleagues said they will remember him as someone who kept in mind the needs and issues of the affordable housing and mobile home population.    "He was always battling for…

  • Budget presentation goes high-tech

    Administrators meet to begin sorting out budget priorities for next year By:Krzysztof Scibiorski    It wasn’t a setting for a science fiction movie, but the disembodied voice of Technology Supervisor Mike Skara could be heard late into the night at the Alexander Batcho Intermediate School Media Center last week.    Mr. Skara was making a presentation to…

  • Bulldog Griffin wins county title

    Wrestling By: Mike Molaro    Hopewell Valley Central High School’s Joe Griffin and The Pennington School’s Chris Liwosz each captured individual wrestling championships at last weekend’s Mercer County Tournament at Trenton High School.    Griffin, a senior, won the 135-pound title, while Liwosz, also a senior, brought home the 215-pound crown.    First-round and quarterfinal matches were last…

  • Raider cagers endure adversity during skid

    Boys drop fourth straight game By: Rudy Brandl    Two basketball teams going in opposite directions met at Hillsborough High last Friday night. Not surprisingly, the red-hot squad prevailed over the one in turmoil.    The Hillsborough boys dropped their fourth consecutive game to fall out of the Delaware Division race, while Warren Hills posted its sixth…

  • Wendy’s proposal: Pennington Planning Boardmay address rezoning plea

    Attorney Dan Haggerty asked council in December to consider changing the zoning of the 2¾ acres, known locally as the Falanga property, from office building to highway business By: John Tredrea    Pennington Borough Council will ask the borough Planning Board to respond in writing to a developer’s request to rezone 2¾ acres on the eastern…

  • Reassessments designedto keep values up to date

    County program seeks to bring assessed values closer to sales prices By:Alec Moore    Property tax assessments for the 2002 have been mailed to local property owners, leaving many wondering how the assessments have been figured.    According to Hillsborough Tax Assessor Debra Blaney, the new assessment program is designed to ensure that every piece of property,…

  • Township releases bonds for the Point

    Township officials met with Lawrenceville Point residents and the developer’s representatives to work out a compromise. By: Lea Kahn    Township Council, satisfied with a developer’s promise to make repairs, voted 4-0 Tuesday to release a portion of the performance and soil disturbance bonds that it holds.    Mayor Doris Weisberg was absent.    The council was set…