Category: archives
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Seniors community gets final nod
Final approval given to last two phases of Villages at Bear Creek in West Windsor By: David M. Campbell WEST WINDSOR The Township Planning Board approved the final two phases of the Villages at Bear Creek seniors community Wednesday night, marking the near conclusion of a project begun with preliminary approval in 1996. The…
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Help wanted: Must have snow shovel, 4WD
MOST THINGS CONSIDERED By:Minx McCloud When I was in college, snowstorms meant that you grabbed a tray from the cafeteria and spent the day sliding down hills on the campus. Nowadays I couldn’t fit my ample butt on an empty refrigerator carton. I would have been happy about the first snowstorm this winter had Jim…
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‘Fab Five’ improves to 42-6
By: Kyle Moylan Anyone who has seen a show with good individual performances but a predictable ending understands what has been happening with the Allentown High School wrestling team this season. Allentown has five wrestlers with a combined mark of 42-6. A sixth Allentown wrestler is also a very solid 6-3. Unfortunately, the team is…
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Leno Bethea
Leno Bethea, 47, died Tuesday, Jan. 23, at Capital Health System at Fuld hospital. Born in Dillon, S.C., he lived in Trenton 22 years. He was a truck driver with the city’s Department of Sanitation 16 years. Son of the late Bobby Robinson, he is survived by his former wife, Jennie Negron-Bethea of Lawrenceville; six…
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After-school program recognized
Dayton School satisfies criteria set by national review panel By: Amanda Bok The school board recognized Dayton School on Monday for meeting a national education panel’s criteria for providing quality before- and after-school programs for students. Dayton satisfied 144 standards set by the Boston-based National School Age Care Alliance of educators and business leaders. The…
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Hopewell grapplers go back to mat
Hopewell Valley WrestlingThe Hopewell Valley Central High School wrestling team returned to action this past week, still trying to recover from the tragic loss of their teammate. By: Matt Nalbone With the memories of Luke Verbeyst still fresh in their minds, the Bulldogs took on a very powerful team from West Windsor-Plainsboro South. Hopewell gave…
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Book Notes
By: Joan Ruddiman The American Library Association at the Mid-Winter Conference in Washington, D.C. this month announced the winners of its annual awards. This week offers a look at the Caldecott and Newbery winners, to be continued next week with, among others, the Coretta Scott King and the newest, the Robert Sibert Award. The Caldecott…
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NJ Transit chief to tour proposed rail line
By: Matthew Armstrong NJ Transit Executive Director Jeffrey Warsh will be discussing the proposed Monmouth-Ocean-Middlesex commuter rail line with the Township Council today (Thursday) during a tour of the route at the municipal building at 1 p.m. A proposed commuter rail line in central New Jersey was added to the state’s Circle of Mobility last…
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Failed township sewer plan debt would be paid by all
If ordinance is OK’d by committee on Feb. 1 By: John Tredrea The Hopewell Township Committee will hold a public hearing next week on plan to have all residents, not just those with sewers, repay the $2.1 million debt from an abandoned sewer connection plan. The committee voted 4-0 on Jan. 18 to introduce the…
