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  • An introduction to firefighting

    The volunteer fire squads in Kendall Park, Monmouth Junction and Kingston are sponsoring a Firefighter Explorer program. By: Matthew Armstrong    Township volunteer fire departments are looking for a few good, young volunteers eager to learn all aspects of fire safety and fire prevention.    The volunteer fire squads in Kendall Park, Monmouth Junction and Kingston are…

  • Congressmen ask support for tougher water supply standards

    By: Catherine P. Moscarello    Congressional representatives — Hopewell Township resident Rush Holt (D-12th District) and Frank Pallone (D-6th District) — held an outdoor press conference April 18 in Hopewell Borough, where they presented a united front of opposition to President George W. Bush’s rollback of arsenic standards for public water supplies.    The two politicians were…

  • Learning the art of debate

    BUZZ IN THE HALLS: Life at Allentown High School. By:    "Resolved: That the superpower status of the United States is mainly a force for good in the world."    As citizens of the U.S., most of us would agree to that statement, but try to prove it. That is the challenge faced by members of the…

  • OBITUARIES, April 27, 2001

    George W. Kmenta, John L. Mahon, Dr. Charles R. Ream, Peter J. DeMarzio, Sylvia Samuelsen, Katharine A. Reinhardt, Martin A. Dale. George W. Kmenta Lifelong West Windsor resident    WEST WINDSOR — George W. Kmenta died Monday at home. He was 71.    Born in Princeton Junction, he was a lifelong resident.    Mr. Kmenta was a maintenance…

  • Golf team improves to 3-2

    The members of the Allentown High School golf team are still in the process of getting familiar with each other and the teams on their schedule. By: Kyle Moylan    With the season only five matches old, the members of the Allentown High School golf team are still in the process of getting familiar with each…

  • PENNINGTON DAY UPDATE

    Saturday, May 19, Pennington Day, now is less than two weeks away.    Art Festival committee chairwoman Liz Jenkins has announced that several local artists will be returning to the Pennington Day Art Festival to display and sell their work. They are James Lucus, Rosemary Hausdoerfler, Linda Bradshaw, Sue Ewart, and Livy Glaubitz.    Also showcasing their…

  • Residents clean up Colonial Lake park

       Earth Day 2001 in Lawrence was observed with a cleanup at Colonial Lake and the Shabakunk Creek, which drains into it. This was a community event, with at least 25 participants from Rider University and the community taking part. By: Linda J. Field    Rakes and shovels were not needed. A group of inmates from the…

  • Police pan planned cuts in grant program

    The proposed reduction would slash the federal Universal Hiring Program, which allotted about $500,000 since 1995 to South Brunswick to hire new police. By: Amanda Bok    South Brunswick police are critical of a proposal by President George W. Bush to cut a grant program from the federal budget that has provided the township with $1.2…

  • Mine plan hits snag

    East Brunswick zoners denied Operating Engineers Local 825 permission to relocate, so Dallenbach will not be able to expand onto the union’s South Brunswick property. By: Matthew Armstrong    An East Brunswick zoning board decision means a local mining company on Deans Rhode Hall Rhode will not be expanding its operations to adjacent property.    In addition,…