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  • Martin Sutphin

    Retired AP editor born in Hightstown By: Staff    RUTHERFORD – Martin D. Sutphin, 69, of Rutherford, died August 17.    Mr. Sutphin was a retired supervising editor for The Associated Press.    He worked for more than 30 years on the AP’s General Desk in New York, following assignments in Annapolis and Baltimore, Md. In Rutherford, he…

  • Margaret Conover

    Longtime resident of Hightstown By: Staff    HIGHTSTOWN – Margaret B. Conover, 88, of Hightstown, passed away Sunday at the Medical Center at Princeton.    Born in Trenton, she resided in the Whitehorse section of Hamilton Twp. before moving to Hightstown many years ago. Mrs. Conover graduated from Trenton High School and McKinley School of Nursing as…

  • Merrill Lynch sues township over rezoning

    Case involves land across from Southfields By:John Tredrea    Hopewell Township’s recent rezoning of 444 acres owned by Merrill Lynch has sparked a lawsuit from the brokerage giant.    The land, north of I-95 and west of Scotch Road in the south-central township, was changed last month from Industrial Office Park (IOP) to a new residential zone,…

  • Help preserve Hamburg Mountain … again

    THE STATE WE’RE IN by Michele S. Byers    It would be nice to think that once public dollars go into buying parks and open space for the citizenry, the land is protected once and for all. We should not have to buy it twice, or spend time and effort to preserve the land again. Unfortunately,…

  • Teens charged with peddling without permit

    Represented Texas company By:David Learn    Police charged two out-of-town teens with violating the township’s ban on door-to-door soliciting without a permit on Aug. 17.    Melissa McKnight, 18, of 260 Hughes Road, Grass Valley, Calif., and Tammy Lewis, 19, of 300 Spence St., Fairmont, W.Va., were arrested at DeCamp Drive and Westcott Road at 3:06 p.m.…

  • Gulick House suit goes to trial Tuesday

    Developer seeking approval for 71-room assisted living facility By: Lea Kahn    The long-running lawsuit between Laurel Construction Management Inc. and the Lawrence Township Zoning Board of Adjustment is headed for a nonjury trial in U.S. District Court next week.    Hanging in the balance is the fate of the historic William Gulick House, which Laurel Construction…

  • Valley Chorus has welcome event

       Tired of singing to the shower walls? Looking for a congenial group of singers to learn and perform a wide variety of choral music with you? Meet the Hopewell Valley Chorus!    On Sept. 11 at 7 p.m., the chorus will hold a "Welcome to Chorus" rehearsal, the first of its 2000-2001 concert season. Members invite…

  • The Cell

    This gruesome, virtual-reality shocker flick is the feature-film debut for commercial director Tarsem.   [R] By: Kam Williams    How do you go from filming whiny billionaire Bill Gates droning on unsympathetically about his money problems to making a bloody, bizarre sci-fi thriller about a barbaric, berserk serial killer? Ask Tarsem, the uni-named East Indian director who won…

  • Trap Rock sues Hopewell Township

    Recent rezoning is the target By:John Tredrea    Trap Rock Industries has a filed a lawsuit against Hopewell Township, alleging that recent zoning changes affecting Trap Rock property in the central township are "arbitrary and capricious," thus violating the firm’s rights as stated in the New Jersey Municipal Land Use Law (MLUL).    Trap Rock attorney Richard…