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  • Officials praise new bus line

    Route 130 service to operate between Hamilton and South Brunswick. By: Mark Moffa    WASHINGTON — A bus line previously embroiled in political bureaucracy and controversy formally was launched last week during a ceremony at the Jack Morton warehouse in the Northeast Business Park.    Mercer County Executive Robert Prunetti and Mercer County Workforce Investment Board Chairman…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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,…

  • 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…

  • 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…