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  • Council gives Guhl three-year contract

    Receives 9.9 percent pay increase By: Lea Kahn    Municipal Manager William Guhl received a 9.9 percent salary increase for 2000 and 2001, and was awarded a three-year contract by the Township Council Wednesday night.    The council passed the resolution by a 4-1 vote.    The council also introduced an ordinance setting the salary range for the…

  • Area leaders want statewide truck task force

    Township Deputy Mayor Edwards calls for action By:Sue Kramer        Lambertville Mayor David Del Vecchio, in a move he asserted will send a definitive message echoing throughout the State of New Jersey, announced plans for a bipartisan, unified, regional Truck Traffic Task Force, made up of elected officials throughout the state.    He also made a…

  • Pennington wants in-depth study of airport plans

    By:John Tredrea        The Pennington Borough Council has joined Hopewell, Ewing and Lawrence townships in calling on county and federal officials to perform a full Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on the county administration’s proposal for an expansion of the terminal at Mercer County Airport.    The EIS, which county freeholder Jim McManimon estimates would cost a…

  • Strategic plan session will be on cable

       Hopewell Valley Regional School District’s Strategic Planning Council’s June 5 presentation to the Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education will be broadcast next week on local cable stations.    “HVRSD’s Strategic Plan: A Roadmap for the Future” features presentations by the Strategic Planning 2000 Committee. The presentation detailed the school district’s Belief Statements, Mission Statement, and…

  • Strategic Plan: how did it come about?

    And who framed it? By: Ruth Luse        According to Hopewell Valley Regional School District Superintendent Robert Sopko, the Strategic Plan, unveiled Monday night, involved widespread community involvement and a planning process that “engaged over 500 members of the Hopewell Valley community — including people representing local businesses, staff, parents, residents whose children are not…

  • Merrill plans to have two buildings ready for fall

    Over 1,000 employees should begin working then By:John Tredrea       With nearly 800 workers setting a brisk pace of construction at the site of Merrill Lynch’s eight-building Southfields office park in south-central Hopewell Township, the first two buildings are expected to open and be occupied in four months or less.    “The first two buildings should be…

  • Big Momma’s House

    Martin Lawrence revisits Eddie Murphy’s ‘The Nutty Professor’ with a ‘Tootsie’ role.  [PG-13] By: Kam Williams    Original, no. Entertaining, yes. Big Momma’s House is a cross-dressing comedy which will certainly find its audience in lovers of the drag genre.    Martin Lawrence, the rich man’s Eddie Murphy, rips a hem right out of his mentor’s girdle…

  • School board may consider after-school bids

    Official appointments of LHS principal and interim superintendent expected as well By: Lea Kahn    An after-school program child-care provider may be selected by the Lawrence Township Board of Education at its regular meeting next week.    The school board also will name the principal of Lawrence High School and appoint an interim superintendent Wednesday night. The…

  • Soldiers’ ‘mom’ says thank you

    Letter to the editor To the editor:    To all of you who sent cookies and other treats to my company (A Co. 201st LTF) in Kosovo for their coming-home party, a big thank you from my soldiers and me for your kindness. They had a great party and everyone had a good time. They loved…