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  • Gas station plan meets opposition

    Some Washington Township residents fear a proposal to construct a gas station and food mart at the corner of Route 130 South and Meadowbrook Road will devalue their property. By: Sarah Winkelman    WASHINGTON — Some township residents fear a proposal to construct a gas station and food mart at the corner of Route 130 South…

  • EDITORIAL: ‘Garbage train’ a better choice than 1,000 trucks

    For most people, garbage is one of those subjects that falls into the out-of-sight, out-of-mind category.    For most people, garbage is one of those subjects that falls into the out-of-sight, out-of-mind category.    The stuff we throw away — whether it’s paper products in the green bin, plastic and glass in the yellow bin or everything…

  • Council OKs expansion of library

    The Township Council has given its endorsement to a $4 million library expansion plan. By:Brian Shappell    The Township Council has given its endorsement to a $4 million library expansion plan.    The 16,458-square-foot expansion, approved Tuesday night, is slated to include a new children’s programming area for events such as storytelling and puppet shows; an 18-station…

  • ‘Jurassic Park III’

    Once-extinct carnivores are on the hunt in this new-and-improved summer sequel.   [PG-13] By: Kam Williams    Finally, a summer blockbuster really worth seeing. Jurassic Park III stands a spinosaurus head and shoulders above Jurassic Park: The Lost World, that dreadful San Diego invasion sequel. For my money, it’s even an improvement over the Steven Spielberg original. Directed…

  • School officials reveal high school plans

    By: Mark Moffa    WASHINGTON — The school board plans in December to ask voters to approve $66.5 million in spending, officials announced Wednesday.    At a meeting at Pond Road Middle School, the school board announced the projected cost of the district’s proposed high school to be $56 million, including $4.2 million for a pool. A…

  • Belle Mead depot slated for redevelopment

    Officials tour 800-acre site to evaluate its potential. By: Alec Moore    HILLSBOROUGH — Township officials met with representatives of the General Services Administration Friday to take a look at the former Belle Mead depot, which the GSA is studying to determine its redevelopment potential.    The GSA, a federal agency responsible for disposition of federal properties,…

  • Dialogue necessary as growth continues

    EDITORIAL: When it comes to commercial development in the area, residents soon will get to decide whether bigger is better. By:    When it comes to commercial development in the area, residents soon will get to decide whether bigger is better.    Plans for the Hamilton Marketplace — which calls for some 1.5 million square feet largely…

  • Police may be in CHS, Timberlane by 2002

    ‘In a post-Colombine world, we need a resource officer … it would make the school safer. It would make school life better and police work more effective,’ said CHS Principal John Bach By: John Tredrea    One or two Hopewell Township police officers may be working full time at Hopewell Valley Central High School and Timberlane…

  • A time for heroes

    Washington Township Police Sgt. Dominick Botteri was getting coffee. Officer Chris Nitti was on patrol. Both were working 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. shifts, which, on a Monday night, are usually quiet hours. By: Mark Moffa Sgt. Dominick Botteri(right) and Officer Chris Nitti. Mayor Dave Fried with Frank Petrangeli Jr., Jason Palmer, Steven Kadir and…