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  • Legislative redistricting session Oct. 24

       The Hopewell Valley League of Women Voters invites Valley voters to a town meeting on Oct. 24, from 7-9 p.m., to hear the ins and outs of legislative redistricting, from a university professor who has played a role in the process.    The meeting will be held at Mercer County’s Hopewell Township Branch, next to Hopewell…

  • Firefighters to gather for safety celebration

    Fire Safety Day will be held 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Crossroads Middle School. By: Brian Shappell    Firefighters from around the township will come together Saturday when all three South Brunswick fire departments celebrate the first combined Fire Safety Day.    The Fire Safety Day with the Kingston, Monmouth Junction and Kendall Park departments…

  • FEATURES: Pastor looking for flock to grow

    Hopes to increase memebership at Upper Freehold Baptist Church in Imlaystown. By: Ken Weingartner    UPPER FREEHOLD — The Rev. Staton Bentley is trying to spread the word.    Not just about the Gospel, but about his church.    The Rev. Bentley is the new pastor at Upper Freehold Baptist Church in Imlaystown. The church, which can hold…

  • ‘Bandits’

    A pair of escaped convicts rob and romance in an offbeat crime comedy.   [PG-13] By: Kam Williams    Barry Levinson, one of Hollywood’s most respected directors, knows how to make an intelligent feature film. Over the years, his name has always been associated with relatively sophisticated fare, whether as a writer, director, editor, producer, actor or all…

  • Council to hear public on improvement plans

    Township Council will meet at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the courtroom at the municipal building.    Township Council plans to hold a public hearing Tuesday on an ordinance that allocates money to replace sidewalks, curbs and driveway aprons in front of selected houses.    Township Council will meet at 8 p.m. in the courtroom at the municipal…

  • White elephants galore

    Bargain hunters line up early for the Medical Center’s rummage sale. By: Jillian Kalonick    LaVerne Hebert of Kendall Park knows how to handle the sometimes over-eager crowd of first-day shoppers at the annual White Elephant rummage sale, sponsored by the Auxiliary of The Medical Center at Princeton.    "If you knock me over," she says, "you’re…

  • Candidates all business on taxes

    Washington hopefuls Vince Calcagno and Bob Giangrasso discuss bringing commercial growth to township. By: Mark Moffa    WASHINGTON — Township Committee candidates last week discussed ideas to control taxes and increase the number of businesses in the township, with incumbent Republican Vince Calcagno touting the governing body’s successes while Democratic challenger Bob Giangrasso criticized it for…

  • Township Committee plans to create health advisory group

    At the suggestion of Hopewell Township Committeeman and Board of Health Chairman Robert Higgins, the committee voted unanimously Oct. 4 to introduce an ordinance under which a township Board of Health Advisory Committee would be created By: John Tredrea    The Hopewell Township Committee, whose members also serve as the Board of Health, wants to create…

  • Township officials plan to appoint new member Oct. 18

    By: Ruth Luse    The recent resignation of Hopewell Township Committeewoman Kathleen Bird has left a vacancy on the governing body.    At the regular meeting of the committee on Oct. 18, the four current committee members plan to vote on the appointment of a new committeeman to fill the balance of Ms. Bird’s term, which ends…