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  • Bulldogs earn first victory of season at Bound Brook

    BOYS BASKETBALL By: Steve Feitl    With the Hopewell Valley Central High School boys basketball team still winless entering its holiday tournament last week, the Bulldogs were looking for something — anything — to spark their season.    They got that — and a lot more — not only capturing their first win of the season, but…

  • Hopewell Township seeks input on new Master Plan…

    Planning Board member Kathy Bird lists meetings, explains process    The future land use and amount of development in Hopewell Township will be the focus of three upcoming Master Plan hearings scheduled by the township Planning Board.    The hearings are scheduled for Jan. 31 at 7:30 p.m., Feb. 23 at 10 a.m., and March 14 at…

  • Resident seeks to stop gas station…

    Asks Washington Township Committee to overturn zoning board decision regarding Meadowbrook Road-Route 130 corner. By: Mark Moffa    WASHINGTON — Resident Mike Bennett has asked the Township Committee to overturn a zoning board decision to grant several variances to BP Amoco, allowing the company to build a gas station at the corner of Meadowbrook Road and…

  • Plumsted applies for grant to get connected

    TOWN TALK by Ron Dancer News and events from Plumsted Township. By:    The Township Committee has applied for a new state grant known as "GovConnect" that will pay for the purchase of new computers for the municipal clerk’s office and the finance office. In addition to the state grant funding, the township also enrolled in…

  • Edition of Jan. 3, 2002

    Carolyn LaRue Orr    Carolyn LaRue Orr, 83, died Dec. 27 at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.    Born in Hopewell, she was a lifelong area resident and graduate of Central High School in Pennington.    She worked with the U.S. Postal Service in the Hopewell Post Office for many years. Mrs. Orr was a…

  • Mayor reviews ups and downs from 2001

    High school, business, Town Center among the focal points. By: Mark Moffa Mayor reviews ups and downs School, business, Town Center among focal points Dave FriedMayor ÿ8MAYORÿ Mark MoffaStaff Writer WASHINGTON — Mayor Dave Fried recently talked openly about Washington Township’s successes and failures in 2001 as well as his hopes for this year. He…

  • Pakistan native enjoysworking at Country Farms

    ON THE JOB IN HOPEWELL VALLEY By: John Tredrea    Vic Hassan says he likes his job just fine. Watching him do it, you have to believe him, because he looks happy and enlivened.    "I like people," he said with a disarmingly straightforward smile. "I like everybody. I’m just that kind of guy."    Since last spring,…

  • Joseph Demming

       HILLSBOROUGH — Joseph P. Demming died Dec. 29 in Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. He was 74.    He was born and raised in Somerville and moved to Hillsborough in 1955.    Mr. Demming worked for the US Postal Service for over 30 years, retiring in 1985 as the Branch Manager of the Bridgewater Post Office. Prior…

  • Hopewell pair capture solo crowns at tourney

    WRESTLING By: Steve Feitl    The Bulldog wrestling team saw two of its grapplers capture individual crowns at the Harry S. Truman Wrestling Tournament in Bristol, Pa., over the weekend.    But the young Hopewell squad did well in the team competition as well, finishing fifth in the eight-team field.    Senior Matt Strattman at 152 and junior…