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  • Volkswagen leaving town for Cranbury

    The new, larger facility will be located at Route 130 and Station Road near Exit 8A of the Turnpike. By: Amanda Bok    Volkswagen of America Inc. is preparing to replace its location in South Brunswick with a soon-to-be built facility in Cranbury.    Volkswagen, which operates a regional parts depot out of its 24-acre facility on…

  • Parent contests new school maps

    Appeal to state claims the school board discriminated against newer residents and poorer residents. By: Nick D’Amore    Joan Puchalski, a resident of the Reserve, has taken her dissatisfaction with a school board plan to change which students go to which schools to the state Department of Education.    Ms. Puchalski is asking that the plan be…

  • Sick of train noise, area residents ask Holt to seek cure

    The office of Rep. Rush Holt (D-12) says it is trying to set up a meeting with Montgomery, neighboring Hopewell Borough and other communities in an effort to reach an agreement with CSX Corp. to reduce the blare By: Helen Pettigrew    At least one Hopewell Borough resident and several residents of Montgomery Township are making…

  • For the week of August 2

    By: Edward J. Elias    HAMILTON — Edward J. Elias, 60, of Hamilton Square died Wednesday, July 25, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton.    Born in Trenton, he was a lifelong area resident.    Mr. Elias retired in 1997 after 38 years as a tool and die maker with General Motors Corp., Ewing, and had…

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  • Why Teenagers Should Be Able to Attain Jobs?

    Student discusses a teenager’s ability to make money By:Courtney Jefferson I think that 13-year-olds should be able to get jobs because teenagers need money. Chances are that if they can’t earn it they will ask for it. There should be many ways to earn money. If parents don’t want to just hand money over, they…

  • Student argues for electoral reform at D.C. conference

    Mary McLaughlin loves caring for sheep but don’t try to pull the wool over her eyes. By:Alec Moore    This Hillsborough teen is no lost little lamb when it comes to debating the issues on Capitol Hill.    Ms. McLaughlin was among more than 300 young people from across the country who converged on Washington, D.C., recently…

  • Pennington Council is expected to vote on radar ordinance

    The sum of $5,000 for radar equipment for borough police cars could be spent if the Pennington Borough officials adopt an ordinance expected to be on their agenda Monday night By: John Tredrea    The sum of $5,000 for radar equipment for borough police cars could be spent if the Pennington Borough officials adopt an ordinance…

  • Watson cares for 26 horses at Mercer’s equestrian center

    ON THE JOB IN HOPEWELL VALLEY By: John Tredrea Editor’s Note: This is another in the series of stories about people at work.    Taking care of horses is not easy work. It can be heavy — buckets of water need to be carried, bales of hay need to hoisted to the top of the barn,…