Category: archives

  • Township withdraws support for 31/518 widening

    Committee asks state to drop project By:John Tredrea    The full Hopewell Township Committee voted unanimously Nov. 2 in favor of a resolution withdrawing its support, expressed in a township resolution several years ago, to widen the intersection of state Route 31 and county Route 518, at the northern border of the township.    Like the resolution…

  • NEWS OF OTHER DAYS 11/09

    From the Nov. 9 edition of the Register-News By: 100 years ago    The greatest event in American politics, a Presidential election, has come and gone for four years more. President McKinley is re-elected and Congress is Republican.    The election in this state resulted in an overwhelming Republican victory. The majority on the McKinley ticket is…

  • Conrail: MOM line is possible

    No problem seen with NJ Transit line By: Amanda Bok    Conrail told township officials Thursday that it doesn’t see a problem sharing its tracks with a proposed NJ Transit commuter line.    However, Conrail officials also said NJ Transit would build a second set of tracks and additional passing locations along the proposed route, to handle…

  • Whatever happened to teachers’ dedication to students?

    LIVING IN MANVILLE — Nov. 9, 2000 By:Mary Ellen Zangara    Over the past few days, since the release of the guest column of Manville Education Association’s president Kathy Kovach in The Manville News, there has been a lot of talk around the community.    I have been stopped, phoned and questioned why certain statements were made,…

  • Caridnal football squad earns state game

    Lawrence plays at noon Saturday at ColoniaThe Lawrence High School football team must wish every day was a Homecoming. By: Steve Feitl    The Cardinals’ late-season three-game win streak has come in three consecutive Homecoming games. First, the Cardinals won their own over Princeton. Then they sent the West Windsor-Plainsboro South fans home disappointed from their…

  • 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…