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  • Raven and the Peach – Fair Haven

    A first-rate selection of New French dishes creates the menu at this distinctive shore location. The heights (like fenugreek ravioli and chocolate soufflé) can be dizzying, but the depths (cold entrees and purple ostrich) disappoint. By: Pat Tanner Raven and the Peach 740 River St., Fair Haven (980) 747-6446 Food: Very good, but with lapses…

  • LHS opens strong with Ewing win

    Boys soccer By: Nick Schaefer    Sometimes the final score of the game can be quite deceiving of how the game was actually played.    The Lawrence High School boy’s soccer team beat Ewing by a small margin of 2-0 on Friday in the season opener. The score might indicate that it was a tightly played contest,…

  • Township dead-ends Dublin Road

    Restricts parking on area streets, and moves to do so on Dublin, as well. By:John Tredrea    Dublin Road will be turned into a dead-end street under an ordinance unanimously adopted by the Hopewell Township Committee Sept. 7.    Also adopted unanimously was an ordinance intended to stop Central High School students from parking their cars on…

  • Edition of Sept. 14

    Funeral dates, details James N. Malina    James N. Malina, 74, died Saturday at The Medical Center at Princeton.    Born in Little Falls, N.Y., he moved to the Pennington area in 1980.    Mr. Malina retired as a senior associate engineer with Mobil Research & Development Corp., Pennington.    He was an Army veteran of World War II…

  • Ora Bennett

    By: Staff    MORGANTOWN, W. VA. – Ora John Bennett, 91, of Morgantown, W. Va., passed away Sept. 6 in Morgantown.    Born in Jamesburg, he resided in Hightstown for many years and most recently resided in Morgantown, W. Va.    He retired as an agriculture salesman from Agway-Farmer’s Cooperative Association after 53 years of service.    Mr. Bennet…

  • County steps up mosquito spraying

    West Nile virus surfaces in Belle Mead By:Laura Toto    Local health officials say there is no cause for alarm over a dead crow found in Belle Mead last week that tested positive for West Nile virus.    The crow was found Sept. 1 in the Fox Chase housing development on Hillsborough Road. The state Department of…

  • Township to create municipal public advocate post

    By:John Tredrea    A new position in Hopewell Township government, that of municipal public advocate, would be created under an ordinance introduced by 4-0 Township Committee vote Sept. 7.    Under the ordinance, which will get a public hearing and adoption vote Sept. 21, the new position would satisfy "substantial public need for the representation of and…

  • Flood has lessons even those it didn’t hit

    MOST THINGS CONSIDERED By:Minx McCloud    I keep all the pages from my calendars for three years, just in case I’m ever accused of some terrible crime and have to account for my whereabouts. The calendar also serves as a catchall for all sorts of notations.    Under Sept. 17, 1999, there is simply a penciled word…

  • Proposed recreation complex concerns aired

    School board tells citizens to attend Roundtable meeting, Sept. 26 By:Ruth Luse    Anthony Arnone of Pennington-Titusville Road and Gene Ramsey of Scotch Road – both neighbors of the Timberlane Middle School property – brought concerns to the school board Monday about the proposal for a Valleywide recreation complex on the Timberlane site.    Mr. Arnone, who…