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  • Check yard for Old Man Winter’s damage

    THE GARDENER’S HELPER By: Beth Nardone    Winter storms like the one Mother Nature sent us last week can be challenging.    After plowing the driveway and shoveling the walks, take some time to survey the landscape. Heavy snow loads on evergreen branches can cause them to snap. Use a broom to carefully remove the collected snow.…

  • Crossroads students, group help meals program

    Meals delivered to seniors with an extra touch of green By: Amanda Bok    This winter season, seniors in the Meals on Wheels program will see just a little more green than usual.    That’s because the Crossroads Gardening Club got down and dirty with soil, seeds and water these past weeks, put their green thumbs to…

  • Basketball coach finds rewards in long career of teaching

    A CHAT WITH MARY By: Mary Kaempfen    He talks about winning championships, about players who have "star" quality, and about Stephanie Shoop.    He is pleasant-looking, serious, and somewhat taciturn, and he happens to be head coach for girls basketball at Hillsborough High School. Twenty-six years at Hillsborough High have claimed the coach’s efforts, and 16…

  • If it snows in Pennington and Hopewell …

    Rules to go by … By:Ruth Luse    The Pennington Police Department reminds all residents and visitors to the borough that a local ordinance prohibits parking on any street in the borough when snow has fallen and has accumulated to a depth of 2 inches or more.    Also prohibited when 2 or more inches of snow…

  • ‘State and Main’

    A big-name cast doesn’t fit with this film — a satire about the movie industry — written and directed by critically acclaimed David Mamet.   [R] By: Kam Williams    Maverick writer/director David Mamet first won critical acclaim in the theater, where he honed his skills as a playwright, winning a Pulitzer Prize for Glengarry Glen Ross. Mamet…

  • Minnie McCoy

       Minnie L. McCoy, 82, died Dec. 24 at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital at Hamilton.    She was born in Smoaks, S.C., and attended the public school system there.    Wife of the late Leander "Ted" McCoy, she is survived by three daughters, Doris and Jean McCoy and Barbara McCoy Perkins, all of Trenton; one sister, Sennie Pierce…

  • Tribute concert to raise money for children’s school musical

           CHESTERFIELD — John McMenamin has been performing the music of Harry Chapin to raise money for hunger relief charities for almost 20 years. This month, the Crosswicks resident will lend his talents to a local cause, to raise money for Chesterfield Elementary School’s spring musical presentation of "The Wizard of Oz." By:Vanessa S. Holt…

  • John Bennett is reappointed as township municipal attorney

    During Jan. 2 reorganization By:John Tredrea    The full Hopewell Township Committee voted unanimously during its annual reorganization meeting Tuesday night to reappoint New Jersey Senate majority leader John Bennett to a one-year term as township attorney.    "John Bennett has done a fantastic job for us. We’ve benefited from his legal advice countless times," Committeewoman Kathy…

  • Tricarico returns as Hillsborough mayor in 2001

       The Township Committee reappointed Joseph Tricarico as mayor and filled about 180 paid and unpaid positions in township government, including newcomers to the deputy mayor and second deputy mayor posts. By: Laura Toto    Two new planning board members also were appointed.    Mayor Tricarico and Sonya Anne Martin were sworn in Tuesday to their three-year terms…