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  • Bohdan Landwijt, 82

       BRANCHBURG — Bohdan Gregor Landwijt died Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2000, at home. He was 82.    Born in Rohatyn, Ukraine, he came to the United States in 1950 and had lived in Bound Brook and Raritan before settling in Branchburg 45 years ago.    Mr. Landwijt retired in 1980 from the former Johns-Manville Corp. in Manville where…

  • Hopewell may get open space tax

    If voters say OK in Novemnber By:John Tredrea    An open space tax that would raise about $15,000 annually to buy land and preserve it in its natural state is in the works in Hopewell Borough.    The borough council voted unanimously Tuesday night to introduce an ordinance under which a referendum on the proposed open space…

  • FORUM: Open space

    Should Monroe buy land as open space to prevent residential developpment? Should Monroe buy land as open space to prevent residential developpment?

  • A CHAT WITH MARY

    Local Rotary club has deep roots, many worthwhile activities By:Mary Kaempfen    It was a cold winter’s day in Chicago, Ill., Feb. 23, 1905, to be exact, when the first members of the Rotary Club gathered together. A lawyer, Paul Harris, called three friends to a meeting. He wanted to kindle fellowship among the business community.…

  • Planners should reverse Krame decision

    To the editor:    As concerned Hillsborough residents, we must speak out against the proposed 400,000-square-foot Hillsborough Promenade development plan, recently approved by the Planning Board.    For the last few years, Democratic candidates for Township Committee have stridently campaigned on an anti-development, traffic-alleviation platform.    So we find it disappointing that our Democratic Mayor Tricarico, while a…

  • Study: Main, Camplain cross suited for professionals

    It’s "One of the things that defines Manville" By:Eric Schwarz    A different business environment pervades South Main Street south of Camplain Road, the revitalization plan consultants said last week.    Camplain Road and South Main Street is the dividing line for the proposed Town Center and South Main districts.    "The area between Camplain and CVS (Plaza)…

  • Land use is issue

    Need better approach to fielding of competitive sports By: Mark Hammond and Noreen Tully    The new recreational complex proposed for the area between Timberlane Middle School and Scotch Road has been presented as a fait accompli by the Hopewell Valley Recreational Committee. The over-reaching plans presented Tuesday, July 2,5 to the Township Committee were met…

  • Pennington may go for reassessment

    Could be done in 2001 for 2002 By: John Tredrea    On the advice of borough Tax Assessor Antoinette Sost, the Pennington Borough Council is considering doing a townwide tax reassessment next year. The intent of the project would be to bring assessed values of borough properties into conformity with their market values, Ms. Sost said.…

  • RCN discount for basics only

    To the editor:    The Aug. 3 edition of the Hillsborough Beacon featured an informative article by Rich Harvey regarding the proposal of Cablevision to provide cable, Internet and telephone services in competition with RCN Cable to residents of Hillsborough ("Cablevision proposes Internet, cable TV package").    In reading the article, I found information which was new…