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  • EDITORIAL: Change Amwell Road’s name

    Loss of history less significant than increase in safety By:Hillsborough Beacon    Sacrificing the piece of township history tied up in the name of Amwell Road, or making it easier to navigate central Hillsborough is a Hobson’s choice. We support the ordinance the Township Committee was expected to approve last night to change the name of…

  • Country gives way to karaoke

    Classic rock another staple of Sherri’s By:Eric Schwarz    Sherri’s bar has adjusted with the times and expanded its musical base to include classic rock and karaoke as well as the country music on which it built some of its popularity.    About a year ago, the bar, at 52 S. Main St., de-emphasized the music it…

  • HOT TOPICS

    Should Carson Road residents be upset about the use of a field for a parking lot?    Last week, residents of Carson Road, located near the Tournament Players Club at Jasna Polana in Princeton, were upset that a field on their street was being used as a parking lot for the Instinet Classic Senior PGA golf…

  • Board approves moving school offices

    Administrators go from ABIS to Roosevelt By:Eric Schwarz    The school district last week approved spending more than $28,000 on several summer projects, including moving administrative offices, clearing asbestos from two classrooms and wiring a library for computers.    Moving and centralizing administrative offices at a projected "soft" cost of $5,150 in in-house man-hours caused the most…

  • Weekly Planner

    For week of July 27 to Aug. 3 By: Friday, July 28    The Washington Branch, Mercer County Library will host "Music Mania with Joe Paris" at 10:30 a.m. Children ages 2-6 are invited to this interactive musical program. Preregistration is required. Saturday, July 29    The Theatre Guild of N.J. Inc. will present "A Toast to…

  • Donald J. Symonoski

       MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP – Donald J. Symonoski, 67, died July 24 at home.    Born in Shamokin, Pa., he lived in Riverside, Old Bridge and Jamesburg before moving to Belle Mead in 1967.    He retired in 1989 as a test technician with AT&T Corp., Woodbridge. Previously, he was a repairman, lineman and technician with New Jersey Bell…

  • Recreation complex gets mixed reviews

    By:Kristy Klaus    Members of the Hopewell Valley Recreation Roundtable called the conceptual plan for the Hopewell Valley Recreational Complex "a slam dunk" for the community, but those who live near the fields disagree.    The roundtable made a presentation of the plan for the 48-acre site at Timberlane Middle School during the July 20 Hopewell Township…

  • Loris A. ‘Larry’ Watson

       TRENTON – Loris A. "Larry" Watson, 59, died July 15 at Capital Health System at Mercer Hospital.    Born in Andrews, S.C. he was a longtime Trenton resident.    He was an electrician with Amtrak for 31 years.    He was an Army Veteran of the Korean War.    Mr. Watson was a member of Church of Christ and…

  • RCN makes revisions

    Corporation may want more than one tennant at Princeton Pike facility By: Lea Kahn    Township planners have scheduled back-to-back public hearings next week to discuss the RCN Corp.’s request for approval of an amended preliminary overall site plan and final site plan approval for Phase I.    The Planning Board will meet Monday at 8 p.m.…