Category: archives
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Council to review disputed development
Residents will wait for a town council decision on the construction of age-restricted communities. By: Brian Shappell It will be up to the Township Council to review a September Zoning Board of Adjustment decision that granted a variance to build an age-restricted development on two Ridge Road sites. The council will review the application because…
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Local firm wins school communications awards
School boards association heaps 11 awards on Boyar and Sandler School Communications The Flagtown-based Boyar and Sandler School Communications received 11 awards from the New Jersey School Boards Association in the 2001 School Communications Competition. Boyar and Sandler School Communications partners Sandy Boyar and Dave Sandler formed their partnership in 1991, working with design professionals…
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Viking girls swim team optimistic
By: Carolyn M. Hartko The motto for this year’s girls’ swim team at South Brunswick High School could be "onward and upward." In spite of losing a girl who dominated the program for four years, Lady Viking head coach John Harding thinks he’s looking at the best team to hit the water for SBHS in…
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HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP ZONING UPDATE
Voice Stream Wireless gets OKs By: Marianne Hooker At its Nov. 7 meeting, the Hopewell Township Zoning Board of Adjustment granted approvals that will allow Voice Stream Wireless to build a new 145-foot tower on a site near the intersection of Routes 31 and 518. The board also granted two hardship variances. One of these…
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Trinity Church bazaar is Saturday
Not to be confused with Santa Claus, St. Nicholas himself will welcome holiday shoppers to the St. Nicholas Bazaar from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Trinity Church, 33 Mercer St. in Princeton. The bazaar will feature 30 homemade gingerbread houses; hand-crafted boxwood topiaries and Christmas ornaments; a silent auction with antiques; more than…
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Development official will aid Washington
EDITORIAL: The decision by the Washington Township Committee and Board of Education to co-hire an economic development officer is worthy of attention. By: The decision by the Washington Township Committee and Board of Education to co-hire an economic development officer is worthy of attention. With the possibility of a high school being constructed in Washington,…
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Buying a blueprint
Washington Town Center residents start to move in. By: Mark Moffa WASHINGTON "We were scared," Art Sarzen said. "We had no idea what we were getting into." Related stories: • Town Center series (November 2000) • New Urbanism series (February 2000) Mr. Sarzen and his wife, Pamela, are one of almost 200 families already…
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Recheck leads to request for Lawrence ballot recount
The next issue is to press for the counting of approximately two dozen absentee ballots that arrived at the Board of Elections office Nov. 7 and Nov. 8. By: Lea Kahn A recount of the paper ballots cast in the disputed Nov. 6 Township Council election is slated for Friday at the Mercer County Board…
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Parents pledge to keep teens from drugs
Each year, the Hillsborough Life Skills Committee recruits parents of local kids in a pledge to keep their homes safe for their children and their children’s friends. The families participate by pledging not to allow children to use drugs or alcohol in their homes, and to keep an eye of kids when they are at…
