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  • Around Allentown

    AROUND ALLENTOWN by Julie Gartland: A look at area happenings and events. By:    March 19 marks the annual celebration of the Feast of St. Joseph. Known as Jesus’ adoptive father, Joseph is the patron saint of fathers and families. Pope Leo XIII said, "Joseph shines among all mankind by the most august dignity, since by…

  • Ernest I. Miller

       Ernest I. Miller, a.k.a. Ollie Presley, 88, died Thursday, March 1 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick.    Born in Florida, he lived in Jersey City before moving to South Brunswick in 1976.    He was a self-employed electrician and a veteran of the Army.    Surviving are his wife, Eulalee Miller of South Brunswick, and…

  • Backers to show Timberlane plan changes tonight

    Fields application on ARC’s agenda Monday By:Ruth Luse    The Recreation Foundation of Hopewell Valley and the Recreation Roundtable will host an open house tonight between 7 and 9 p.m. in the Activity Room of the Hopewell Township Branch, Mercer Library.    The library is located on Pennington-Titusville Road (West Delaware Avenue), just east of Hopewell Valley…

  • Consultant to detail plan for future high school

    Works with architect to coordinate facilities and programs in Washington. By: Frank C. D’Amico    WASHINGTON — Before an architect’s plan for any new school can be completed, another plan must be consulted.    The "ed specs" — or educational specifications — plan details what will be included in a school, not just how it should look.…

  • Council considers one post office

    The council wants a postal designation of South Brunswick for the township, rather than the three it has now — Kendall Park, Monmouth Junction and Dayton. By: Matthew Armstrong    The Township Council wants South Brunswick to be known as South Brunswick, not as the sum of its parts — Kendall Park, Monmouth Junction and Dayton.…

  • Weathermen network commits successful political terrorism

    GUEST COLUMN By:Cynthia Daniels    (DOH Wire Service) — In the most confusing turn of political events since Yippie Jerry Rubin turned capitalist, this generation’s profit-driven Weathermen Network has wreaked political havoc in a small New Jersey township by means of terroristic forecasts of an explosive but non-existent blizzard.    Hopewell Township, N.J., already suffering from political…

  • Grapplers find mixed results in District 17

    Hopewell Valley WrestlingThe Hopewell Valley Central High School wrestling team sent nine wrestlers to the District 17 tournament this month at Hunterdon Central, and left with mixed results. By: Matt Nalbone    The tournament featured everyone in a must-win situation or his season was done. District 17 is considered one of the toughest in the state…

  • Monster invades local studio

           BORDENTOWN CITY— The world’s largest oil rig has just been built off the coast of Greenland in the icy waters of the North Atlantic. A one-man submersible doing repair work beneath it is violently hit on its side. The operator turns the craft and faces "60 feet of prehistoric terror." By:David Koch    Megalodon has…

  • Society shares blame for school shootings

    DISPATCHES by Hank Kalet: The most disturbing aspect of this week’s school shooting near San Diego is that the alleged perpetrator is just a child.    He is just a child.    That’s what makes it such a troubling piece of news, that a 15-year-old kid could get his hands on a .22-caliber pistol and open fire…