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  • April 27 is deadline for applying for farm preservation program

       Residents of Hopewell Township interested in preserving their farms are reminded that the deadline for submitting an application is Friday, April 27.    Applications are available from Hopewell Township or the Mercer County Agricultural Development Board (MCADB). Interested landowners should contact Christine Smeltzer, Hopewell Township administrator, at 737-0605, or Leslie Floyd, MCADB secretary, at 989-6545.    Established…

  • Letters to the editor

    For the week of April 19. By: Quality time can make a difference To the editor:     Don’t say it can’t happen in Millstone because it can. Violence in our nation’s schools is appalling and it has an paralyzing effect on all of us. I can’t help but wonder why this is occurring and who…

  • Edition of April 19, 2001

    Mary E. Burrows Phillips    Mary E. Burrows Phillips, 78, died Sunday at Cranbury Center, Monroe.    Born in New York, she was raised there and in Valley Stream, N.Y. She lived in Kendall Park 20 years before moving to Cranbury in 1982.    She retired after 13 years as a production planner and inventory analyst for EG&G…

  • Enjoying a European spring break

    BUZZ IN THE HALLS by Pam Koharchik: When I tell people who know me that I’m going away to a European locale for spring break, they are rarely impressed. Rather, they will ask me, "How many?" By:    When I tell people who know me that I’m going away to a European locale for spring break,…

  • Francis Drummer Sr., 73

       MANVILLE — Francis V. Drummer Sr. died Sunday, April 15, at Somerset Medical Center, Somerville. He was 73.    Born in Pottstown, Pa., he lived in Manville for the past 43 years.    Mr. Drummer worked as a packer in Johns-Manville Corp. from 1955 through 1987 and was a member of its Quarter Century Club.    He was…

  • MS Walk has extrameaning to leader

    Bonnie Higgins Sullivan of Mountainview Drive, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1997, will be stepping out with her team in the MS Walk from the middle school on Sunday. By:Laura Toto    Ms. Higgins Sullivan, 35, had suspected something was wrong when she had numbness in the right side of her body and flashes…

  • Residents say yes to budgets

           Eight budgets were put forth to local residents for their approval in this year’s school board elections, with all passing. By:Vanessa S. Holt and David Koch    Also, local residents had to choose among 25 school board candidates vying for 21 open seats, and four school budget questions. Here are the unofficial results: BORDENTOWN CITY…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP ZONING UPDATE

    By: Marianne Hooker    At its April 4 meeting, the Hopewell Township Zoning Board of Adjustment approved one use variance and two hardship variances for residential properties, and one use variance for adding residential quarters to a barn. Barn conversion    Jay and Amy Regan, who live at 174 Harbourton-Woodsville Road, said their farm contains several contiguous…

  • Delaware floods will be topic for Valley’s historical society

    Presenters of the 45-minute slide program will be Bob and Carol Meszaros, lifelong residents of Hopewell Township    "Flood! High Waters on the Delaware" will be presented by the Hopewell Valley Historical Society on April 25 at 7:30 p.m. at the United Methodist Church, Church Road, Titusville.    The church is located just off Route 29 at…