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  • Pemberton’s Landry supplies decisive win for Greyhounds

           Like they have done for hundreds of previous matches this season, the members of the Northern Burlington High School wrestling team lined up just off the mat and let everyone know who they were rooting for in the District 25 Tournament heavyweight championship bout. By:Kyle Moylan    What made this match unique — besides for…

  • Bordentown police looking to recruit new Explorers

           BORDENTOWN CITY — The successful city Police Explorer program is looking for a few good young men and women with dreams of a career in law enforcement to take an important first step toward a future career by joining its ranks. By:Vanessa S. Holt    Bordentown City’s Police Explorer program began in 1992, and many…

  • Football proposals being studied

    School board expects to learn more March 12 By:Ruth Luse    Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education members — after hearing a report on the Central High School football feasibility study Monday — asked Superintendent of Schools Robert Sopko to address several of their concerns in time for discussion at their March 12 meeting.    Among major…

  • Monument committee to seek local, state funding

           BORDENTOWN — The Public School Number Two Historical Preservation Committee met this Monday, bringing the creation of its monument to honor educators from the city’s former Number Two School a step closer to reality. By:David Koch    The committee will seek state and local funding as well as private donations from businesses, churches, individuals, and…

  • Worker dies after fall from roof

    A Howell man fell from the roof of a construction project at the corner of Route 130 and Deans Road Wednesday afternoon.    A 32-year-old Howell man died after falling from the roof of a warehouse under construction at the corner of Route 130 and Deans Rhode Hall Road at 1 p.m. Wednesday.    According to witnesses,…

  • ‘Center’ of attention

    New Urbanist movement faces critics who say planning trend comes up short. By: Mark Moffa    WASHINGTON — Local officials are hoping that Town Center will be a shining example of New Urbanism. Related stories: • Town Center reflects New Urban trend (Feb. 15, 2000)    New Urban aspects have been designed prominently into Town Center —…

  • Council looks at zoning changes

           FLORENCE — Zoning along Route 130 in the township could be changed to allow a variety of business and light industry uses, making its zoning contiguous with an adjacent portion of the corridor in neighboring Burlington Township. By:Vanessa S. Holt    According to the ordinance introduced by Township Council Feb. 21, the new business and…

  • Florence school district eyes 1-cent drop

           FLORENCE — Despite an increase in the local tax levy, school officials said taxpayers could see a 1-cent decrease in the school tax rate because of a larger ratable base in the township. By:Vanessa S. Holt    Copies of the 2001-2002 school budget summary were distributed at the school board’s Feb. 26 meeting. Although the…

  • Suspended teacher resigns

    David Umbach, a SBHS teacher accused of pointing a gun at another man’s car in September, resigned Monday after more than five months on suspension. The charges were dropped Jan. 11. By: Amanda Bok    Suspended high school science teacher David Umbach has resigned.    Mr. Umbach had been temporarily suspended after a September incident in which…