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  • Library seeks funding hike

    Plan before Township Council By: Sara Peters    The library board of trustees is seeking a 13 percent increase in funding from the Township Council.    The increase would help fund a $2.3 million 2001 budget proposal that includes hiring of a part-time bookkeeper to help address fiscal concerns raised by the council.    The plan also calls…

  • Officials’ cases go to county

    Erney, Leese arraigned in municipal court    Two township officials have been arraigned on charges of theft of services and falsifying or tampering with records and complicity to commit those offenses in Lawrence Township Municipal Court. By: Lea Kahn    Construction Code Official William Erney was arraigned before township Municipal Court Judge Paul Catanese Monday night, and…

  • Vikings prepare for Group IV meet

    Boys cross country SBHS team takes in NYC Marathon By: Redd E. Patrick    The South Brunswick High School cross country program likes to do things in style.    During the season, the Vikings made an annual trip to Busch Gardens in Virginia. Not only do they get to take in the amusement park for a fun-filled…

  • ‘Billy Elliot’

    A bouncy British boy trades boxing gloves for ballet tights.   [R] By: Kam Williams    Billy Elliot is one of those films that all the critics rave about, but will never find an audience. Superficially, at least, the movie has all the earmarks of a heartwarming tear-jerker: an ostensibly uplifting tale of a young ruffian who finds…

  • Chwastyk guides squad to 8-7-1 mark in his first year

           This year the Florence Township Memorial High School girls’ varsity soccer team produced two of its greatest stars in the squad’s short history – Kristen Kimock and Heather Lynch. By:Sean Moylan        This year the Florence Township Memorial High School girls’ varsity soccer team produced two of its greatest stars in the squad’s short…

  • Township wants 60 more days for B-MS comments

    Also wants public hearing held in municipality By:John Tredrea    The Hopewell Township Committee has made a formal request of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to add 60 days to the standard 30-day public comment period on the renewal of Bristol-Myers Squibb’s (B-MS) pollutant discharge permit for the firm’s research campus in the…

  • Lawrence field hockey advances to championship match

    Cardinals play for title SaturdayThe second-seeded Lawrence High School field hockey squad had triple motivation heading into yesterday’s NJSIAA Central Jersey Group III semifinal home match-up against third-seeded Warren Hills. By: Mike Molaro    Not only would a victory propel the Cardinals (14-3-1) into Saturday’s CJ III championship against the winner of the Notre Dame/Cranford clash,…

  • Valley children go to the polls

    Kids Voting USA and local schools produce results By:Ruth Luse    On Election Day, Hopewell Valley voters probably wondered why they saw so many young people at the polling places.    The reason is a project known as Kids Voting USA – a program coordinated locally by the Hopewell Valley League of Women Voters in cooperation with…

  • Demolition of contaminated homes to begin soon

       Demolition of nine houses on East Camplain Road contaminated with creosote will occur after the borough issues demolition permits, expected some time this or next month. By:Eric Schwarz    The federal Environmental Protection Agency EPA recently applied for the demolition permits from the borough, which has 20 business days to complete its review, said Vivian DeGroot,…