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  • School board OKs Back Timberlane’s first phase

    Recreation Foundation to foot bill By:John Tredrea    The first phase of construction of 10 new athletic fields and five tennis courts on the western end of the Timberlane Middle School’s grounds (known as "Back Timberlane") was approved in a unanimous Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education vote Monday night.    Under the vote, the $1.4 million…

  • Protect your garden from Old Man Winter and from deer

    THE GARDENER’S HELPER By:Beth Nardone    Preparing the garden for the cold winter months ahead is the important task for November.    Freezing temperatures, drying winds and hungry wildlife are some of the stresses the plants will have to endure. But with some preparation now, these stresses can be reduced.    New and established plantings will benefit from…

  • Teen drug abuse on the rise

    Seeking to ameliorate emotional pain, adolescents abuse drugs By:Dr. Martin Weinapple    When it comes to adolescents and drug use, the sad truth is that yes, things are getting worse. Law enforcement officials and teen-age drug abusers are visiting high schools throughout Mercer County and talking to packed audiences about the prevalence of drugs in suburban…

  • Mt. St. Helens in 1981, presidential election in 2000

    DEAR NEIGHBOR By:Hugh Brennan    Back in 1981, when I lived in Portland, Ore., was the first time the earth moved for me. That’s when Mt. St. Helens blew up. It didn’t erupt. It blew up.    A cubic mile of rock disappeared downwind, and an 11,000-foot mountain became a 6,000-foot mountain. Just as that cataclysm shook…

  • Voting habits shift away from GOP loyalty

    But Republicans say town still favors them By:Laura Toto    Is Hillsborough becoming more Democratic and less Republican? The answer may depend on whom you ask.    Democratic incumbents Sonya Anne Martin and Mayor Joseph Tricarico won two three-year terms on the Township Committee last week, defeating Republican challengers Tony Gwiazdowski and Mike Avolio. In 1999, Democrats…

  • Princeton Academy secures financing to buy site

    The $8 million purchase of the Our Lady of Princeton site is assured by the backing of the state Economic Development Authority. By: David Weinstein    With the backing of a leading state finance agency, Princeton Academy of the Sacred Heart officials said Thursday that the school is prepared to purchase the 43-acre Our Lady of…

  • Garden Theater won’t make holiday curtain call

    Two months of renovation work remains to be completed. By: David Weinstein    Maybe the Grinch had something to do with it.    The Garden Theater won’t reopen for the holiday season as was hoped.    There are two months or more of renovation work still to be completed before the 80-year-old movie house on Nassau Street reopens…

  • Kingston center work hits snag

    Village Center designation has been sought for several years By: Matthew Armstrong    If the township wants Kingston to gain Village Center status, it will have to revise an application that includes not only downtown Kingston, but surrounding areas that are not necessarily in the "Village" area.    Kingston has been seeking a Village Center designation for…

  • Florence field hockey notches Group I sectional title

       Lauren Mangus had waited her whole life to reach last Friday’s NJSIAA Group I Central Jersey title game versus Maple Shade. By:Sean Moylan    Lauren Mangus had waited her whole life to reach last Friday’s NJSIAA Group I Central Jersey title game versus Maple Shade.    So when the Florence Township Memorial High School girls’ varsity field…