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  • Scouts thankful for car wash support

    LEDGER FORUM    On behalf of Boy Scout Troop 27, which is chartered to Lawrenceville Presbyterian Church, we would like to thank everyone who participated in the recent Scout car wash. This activity was organized in response to the Sept. 11 tragedy and the collected money has been sent to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief…

  • Students make silk carnationsto help Red Cross relief efforts

    Ashley Kugleman, Deanna Zabawa, Ayla Bruckmann and Jennifer Level raise $400 for Sept. 11 fund By:Krzysztof Scibiorski    Four sixth-grade friends, with some help from their families, raised $400 for the Red Cross’ Sept. 11 relief fund by distributing more than 300 handmade red, white and blue silk carnations to shoppers in exchange for donations.    Alexander…

  • Open space group slates annual Valley cleanup Nov. 3

       Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space in cooperation with Hopewell Township and Hopewell Borough will be sponsoring the 21st Cleanup Day in Hopewell Valley on Nov. 3.    Participants can clean up the Valley, earn money for a favorite nonprofit organization, earn a T-shirt for hard work, and enjoy donuts, coffee and soda, courtesy of Pennington…

  • Committee candidates review ideas for Millstone

    Republican Greg Bellotti faces Independent John Pfefferkorn in race for seat on Township Committee. By: Scott Morgan    MILLSTONE — With Election Day less than two weeks away, the township’s two committee candidates reasserted their platforms on taxes, development and maintaining the township’s rural character.    Republican candidate Greg Bellotti and Independent candidate John Pfefferkorn are vying…

  • Legal costs adding up for district

    Tangled case stems from construction of high school science wing By:Krzysztof Scibiorski    A high-stakes legal battle between the Board of Education and the contractor initially hired to construct the high school science wing is costing the district plenty, even though the case is "dormant," according to one lawyer involved.    The board on Oct. 15 unanimously…

  • Reader plans to vote for Rick Miller

    LEDGER FORUM    Rick Miller has served this township as a councilman for almost eight years. He has lived in this township his entire life — going to school and church here, growing up here and buying a home here.    He has watched our township change over the years, some for the better, some not. As…

  • Mustangs still seeking first football victory

    New Providence comes to town Friday night By: John E. Powers    The signs have been better in recent weeks for the Manville High School football team. The squad has made those little upgrades in facets of the game that might not be clear to those watching from afar.    But time is running out for the…

  • Township Committee hopefuls talk about St. Michael’s plan

       Recently, the Hopewell Valley News asked the four candidates for Hopewell Township Committee the following question:    During the summer, the Diocese of Trenton, owner of the now vacant 360-acre Hopewell Township tract on which the former St. Michael’s Orphanage was located (off Princeton Avenue), revealed a plan to place a housing development — much of…

  • Board approves referendum

    Upper Freehold to send $19.57 million renovation plan to voters on Dec. 11. By: Mark Moffa    UPPER FREEHOLD — The school board last week unanimously approved a resolution formalizing its intent to ask voters Dec. 11 if they will support a $19.57 million school renovation and expansion project.    The resolution, passed at a meeting Oct.…