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  • Candidates’ Night will feature two forums on Oct. 30

       The nine candidates running for municipal office in Hopewell Township and Pennington will debate the issues at two candidate forums on Tuesday, Oct. 30.    There will be no debate for Hopewell Borough candidates, since the two seats on Borough Council are uncontested this year. Members of the public can submit questions to the candidates in…

  • Beatrice Gordan Breitkopf, 89

       Beatrice Gordan Breitkopf, 89, of Monroe died Thursday, Oct. 4, at Cranbury Care & Rehabilitation Center in Monroe.    She was born in Brooklyn and lived most of her life there. She also resided briefly in Rockaway Park, N.Y., before moving to Clearbrook in 1978.    She wrote for the Clearbrook Chronicle.    Her husband, Louis, died in…

  • Driver ditches police and stolen car

    Police chased the car onto the Trenton Freeway before losing sight of it.    Someone driving a stolen car led police on a high-speed chase on Brunswick Pike Sept. 28, which ended when the pursuing officer lost sight of the vehicle on the Trenton Freeway, police said.    The car, a 1994 Acura Legend sedan belonging to…

  • Beatrice Gordan Breitkopf, 89

       Beatrice Gordan Breitkopf, 89, of Monroe died Thursday, Oct. 4, at Cranbury Care & Rehabilitation Center in Monroe.    She was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and lived most of her life there. She also resided briefly in Rockaway Park, N.Y., before moving to Monroe in 1978.    Since coming to the township, she kept herself busy by…

  • Week of Oct. 12, 2001

    From East Windsor, Hamilton, Hillsborough, Hopewell, Pennington, Princeton, Princeton Junction and Yardley EAST WINDSOR    Felix Quist-Natter, branch manager, announced that two sales associates at Weichert, Realtors’ East Windsor Office have been honored for their accomplishments in August.    Betty Dziegielewski led the office in listings and dollar volume throughout August.    Kirk Hummel led the office in…

  • News failed in vigil coverage

    To the editor    As a newspaper known as "The Manville News," I can not believe the lack of coverage, other than a couple pictures of our Sept. 29, 2001, Candle Light Vigil, with 400 to 500 people present.    I would have thought there would have been better coverage. It’s not like there was a lot…

  • Upcoming events

    For the week of October 11. By: Thursday, Oct. 11 The Allentown Garden Club meeting will be held at 7 p.m. at the Allentown Methodist Church on Church Street, Allentown. Members will create wreaths out of amaranth that can be hung inside or outside for the birds in winter. Pre-registration is not necessary. The public…

  • Searching for paradise

    Area band issues new compact disc.The Maggi Hill Band will perform an acoustic show tonight (Thursday) at the Barnes & Noble Booksellers at the MarketFair on Route 1 from 8 to 9 p.m. The band will perform a two-set show at the Yankee Doodle Tap Room at the Nassau Inn in Palmer Square in Princeton…

  • Charles Good

       HILLSBOROUGH — Charles "Al" Good, 73, died Wednesday, Oct.3, at home.    Born in Philadelphia, he lived in Levittown and Bristol, Pa., before moving to Hillsborough in 1978.    Mr. Good was a floor-covering salesman with the Flemington Department Store.    He was a communicant of Mary, Mother of God Church in Hillsborough.    He was predeceased by a…