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  • 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,…

  • The Rev. Howard Fish

       LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — The Rev. Howard M. "Mac" Fish Jr., a noted educator and scholar whose career spanned 50 years, died Sunday, July 29, of a heart attack. He was 72.    The Rev. Fish was the chaplain at The Lawrenceville School in Lawrence Township from 1969 to 1988. He was the first chaplain hired…

  • LETTER TO THE EDITOR, Aug. 2, 2001

    A ‘puerile argument’ To the editor:    I find it ironic that the puerile argument of "everyone else is doing it" is touted by the school board as a key reason to put armed police officers in the schools, after the same argument was righteously ignored in the decision about whether to fund a high school…

  • Edition of Aug. 2, 2001

    Samuel L. Draughon    Samuel Lawrence Draughon, infant son of Megan Miller and Dennis Draughon of Blakely, Pa., died at birth on July 18.    He is survived by his sister Frances, his grandparents Linda and Bill Miller of Hopewell, and Garl and Bobbye Draughon of Garner, N.C.; his great-grandmother Annette Weinrich of Princeton; his aunt Melissa…

  • Borough seeks to create new police position

    Allentown next month will move to create the position of corporal within its Police Department. By: Mark Moffa    ALLENTOWN — The borough next month will move to create the position of corporal within its Police Department.    Public Safety Director Harvey Morrell said the borough currently has one sergeant, Sgt. Joshua Madama, and no other command…

  • Local trio make 3 Across sing

    Band to share musical stylings Friday at Woodlot Park. By: Brian Shappell    For the band 3 Across, their gig Friday is going to be different from other shows — it’ll be a little brighter, people will be less tipsy and all eyes will be on them.    The band will be appearing at Woodlot Park as…

  • Town Center zone may see tax levy

    Seven months after dozens of residents and business owners packed a Township Committee meeting to object to a Special Improvement District for Town Center, the committee has begun a process designed to determine if the district is needed. By: Mark Moffa    WASHINGTON — Seven months after dozens of residents and business owners packed a Township…