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  • Area woman spends time in Inuit village

    Grandmother visits Bethel, Alaska By:Vanessa S. Holt    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — The sun barely rises at noon before it sets again at 4 p.m. in Bethel, Alaska, a village on the tundra 400 miles west of Anchorage.    It may not sound like the typical place to take a winter vacation, but Marge Baiamonte travels from Bordentown…

  • South Brunswick reorganizes for 2002

    Council appoints members to township’s boards and commissions.    The South Brunswick Township Council appointed various committee and commission members at its Jan. 3 reorganization meeting. 3.    Planning and Zoning Board members also were chosen at the meeting.    No council members were sworn in, as their terms run through this year. Next year, Mayor Debra Johnson…

  • Cream Ridge businessman found dead

    State Police investigate ‘apparent triple homicide’ at North Hanover trailer park. By: David Koch    NORTH HANOVER — State Police on Monday released the names of three victims who were found dead Saturday from an "apparent triple homicide" in a mobile home at the California Village Trailer Park on Cookstown-New Egypt Road.    Police officials said the…

  • Township mulls Raymond upgrade

    ‘We have to make Raymond Road a safe road.’ By: Brian Shappell    Residents near Raymond Road may be getting some traffic relief.    The Township Council is looking at possible improvements to the road near Douglas Drive, sidewalk improvements and restriping.    Mayor Debra Johnson said the council is willing to spend $5,000 to $10,000 this year…

  • Pennington mayor looks backat 2001 and ahead to 2002

    GUEST COLUMN By: Jim Loper    In his address to Pennington Borough Council and Pennington residents Monday, Mayor James Loper said:    The year 2001 started off with a bang. The economy was going well and unemployment was down. However, the events of Sept. 11 have become permanently etched into each of our memories. In the borough…

  • Edwards, Higgins lead township

    HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP REORGANIZATION By: John Tredrea    Jon Edwards took the oath of office as Hopewell Township mayor during the Township Committee’s annual reorganization meeting, held in a packed municipal auditorium Jan. 3.    Mr. Edwards was the unanimous choice of the all-Democratic committee. Replacing Mr. Edwards as deputy mayor, a post he held two years, is…

  • Turnovers, poor shooting doom Raiders

    Solid effort not enough at Franklin By: Rudy Brandl    SOMERSET — It certainly wasn’t lack of effort that doomed the Hillsborough High boys’ basketball team in last Friday night’s game at Franklin.    The Raiders played tough defense, did an adequate job on the boards and dove all over the court to recover loose balls. Unfortunately,…

  • Work at intersection faces delay

    Attempt to realign Gordon and Meadowbrook roads with Route 130 in Washington on hold. By: Mark Moffa    WASHINGTON — The wait continues.    Since 1998, the township has been trying to realign the intersection of Meadowbrook and Gordon roads with Route 130. It thought it had cleared all the hurdles in October when a contractor was…

  • OBITUARIES, Jan. 11, 2001

    Mae L. Cevera, Percy I. Siskowitz, Donald Spencer, D. Lorraine Underwood, Michele Matticoli. Mae L. Cevera Nurse at Merwick    SEASIDE PARK — Mae L. Cevera died Wednesday at home. She was 84.    Born in Syracuse, N.Y., she lived in Princeton for 60 years, moving to Seaside Park three years ago.    She was a private duty…