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  • Resident pitches for Crossroads plan

    Letter to the editor    For several month, Mayor Pam Mount and I, with the assistance of Winona Nash, township historian, have been acting as an ad hoc committee to promote the inclusion of the above sites in the Crossroads of the American Revolution Program.    I attended a public meeting that described the program. The attendees…

  • Thomas C. Jamieson

       Thomas C. Jamieson Jr. of Lawrence died Tuesday at St. Francis Medical Center in Trenton after an extended illness. He was 66.    He was born in Trenton and was a longtime area resident.    Mr. Jamieson was partner-in-charge of the Princeton law office of Pepper Hamilton, the successor to the Princeton and Morristown law firm of…

  • Township Committee OKs design study for local Route 31

    Committeewoman Kathy Bird said $36,000 of that cost will be paid with a Smart Growth Grant the township recently received from the state Department of Community Affairs (DCA). The township will pay the $9,000 balance By: John Tredrea    The Hopewell Township Committee voted unanimously July 5 in favor of a $45,000 design study of Route…

  • EDITORIAL: Open space best township investment

    South Brunswick should strengthen its efforts to preserve land    The township is looking for help determining the best ways to use its newest open space acquisitions.    The township is planning to spend about $2.06 million to develop three properties that were acquired in the last few years — the 32.5-acre Friendship Park on Friendship Road,…

  • School board president quits

    After eight years of service to the district, Board of Education President Walter Fuller is calling it quits, leaving the board with a new president and a new seat to fill. By:Alec Moore    br>    Mr. Fuller announced his resignation at Monday’s school board meeting, citing a job transfer as the reason for his departure.    "The…

  • Manville No. 1 wins first game of summer

    Palitchka triple highlights winning rally By: Rudy Brandl    HILLSBOROUGH — It took a dramatic rally in the bottom of the seventh inning, but Manville No. 1 prevailed for its first victory of the summer season in the Hillsborough Senior Softball League last Thursday night at Ann Van Middlesworth Park.    With sprinkles falling from a threatening…

  • Estimates for Alliger Tract athletic fields plan expected

    Owned by the township, the 178-acre tract is north of Washington Crossing Road, a few hundred yards west of Scotch Road. The new fields, and parking facilities for those who would use them, would go on a 15- or 16-acre portion of the tract, located west of the township Public Works Building By: John Tredrea…

  • Water world

    Manville pools offer cool games and events for all By: Laura Pelner    This summer the Manville Recreation Commission is offering young borough residents wacky watermelon, a chance to dive for goldfish and a bubble gum contest, and these are only some of the poolside events available at the Memorial Pool complex.    The Recreation Commission has…

  • Bordentown 8’s advance to winners’ bracket final

       After rolling off three consecutive wins to start the HTRBA Tournament, the Bordentown 8-year-old all-star juggernaut was stopped temporarily by an unlikely foe on Tuesday night – lightning. By:Sean Moylan    Bordentown was scheduled to have faced HTRBA in the winner’s Bracket final that night in a rare 8:00 p.m. start. Ironically, if the game had…