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  • Hopewell Democrats run unopposed for council seats

    By: Ruth Luse    On Nov. 6, Hopewell Borough voters will pick two members of Hopewell Borough Council. The only candidates this year are incumbents, Alice C. Huston and David Mackie, both Democrats. No Republicans filed.    Alice C. Huston grew up in Princeton Township and has lived in Hopewell Borough for 17 years. A lifelong Mercer…

  • Trash pickup decision process will be open one

    GUEST OPINION By: Elizabeth Muoio    After reading the Hopewell Valley News article on the subject of trash removal in Pennington I’d like to provide Pennington residents with some additional information regarding current efforts to explore options for future trash service by the borough.    Solid waste removal in Pennington is currently a service provided to residents…

  • Bears edge Vikings for second at GMC cross country meet as rivalry blossoms

    By: Redd E. Patrick    With the Old Bridge High School boys cross country program taking its act to a national level, South Brunswick has developed quite a rivalry with its fellow Greater Middlesex Conference Red Division member East Brunswick on a local level.    In a class meet to open the season at Monmouth Battlefield State…

  • ‘K-Pax’

    Kevin Spacey stars as a kook from outer space in this light sci-fi comedy.   [PG-13] By: Kam Williams    It is not unusual for mental patients to have delusions of grandeur. However, most don’t entertain delusions quite as grand as Prot, a nondescript, middle-aged eccentric who claims to be from K-Pax, a remote planet in a faraway…

  • Leaf collection to begin in Hopewell Borough

       The Hopewell Borough Public Works Department will not be picking up brush after October 31. At that time the truck will be converted for use in leaf collection.    There is no set schedule for leaf collection. Leaf crews will make one pass through the entire town ending on Broad Street at which time they will…

  • Candidate helped explain tax bill

    To the editor    It is hard to get by on just a Social Security check and small pension. Everything seems to be going up. Sometimes it scares me to think about what will happen in the next four years.    The other day I sat down with Bob Mack, our deputy mayor of Hillsborough, and told…

  • Council OKs deputy chief position

    "My duties take me out into the community, and a restructuring would leave no question who is in charge in my absence." -Chief Michael Paquette By: Melissa Morgan    The Township Council has approved plans to appoint a deputy police chief.    The council voted 4-1 in favor of the plan, which was proposed by Police Chief…

  • GMCT opening acts a hit for Vikes

    Rout trend maintained against JFK girls By: Carolyn M. Hartko    Most of the first round games in this year’s Greater Middlesex Conference Girls’ Soccer Tournament were offensive romps for the higher seeded team, and the game at South Brunswick High School on Tuesday followed the pattern.    The 3rd-seeded Vikings rolled to a 6-1 victory over…

  • Mystery letter was not tainted with anthrax

       The Police Department and township clerk’s office were closed briefly Oct. 18 after a white powder leaked from an envelope. By: Lea Kahn    A white powder that made its way into the municipal building last week through a piece of mail was not anthrax, township Health Officer Carol Howell said Monday.    The envelope containing the…