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  • Editor’s Journal (09.13.07)

    Memories mulled over sausages and suds By: John Dunphy    I pulled the cell phone from my pocket and switched it to video. For 15 seconds, it captured grainy, barely recognizable memories of when the flatbed tow truck came and picked up Victoria’s 1965 Mustang.    It was Sunday night in Astoria, but not how I had…

  • Township Democrats introduce themselves

    Democrats Janet Krommes and Robert A. Giangrasso are running for two open seats on the Hopewell Township Committee this November    Democrats Janet Krommes, MD, of Todd Ridge Road, Titusville, and Robert A. Giangrasso, of Chicory Lane, Brandon Farms, are running for two open seats on the Hopewell Township Committee this November.    Dr. Janet Krommes is…

  • Woodlane Road resident supports GOP council candidate

    Thomas Pearce of Woodlane Road To the Editor: In late summer 2005, when Pam Mount was spearheading a drive to force the Wilk family off land they were farming so she could build playing fields there, it was Bob Bostock who went to town council meetings and wrote letters to the editor questioning whether Mount’s…

  • Report IDs flood cause in Pigeon Swamp State Park

    Older warehouses are said to be producing the runoff. By: Paul Koepp    Runoff from warehouses built during the 1980s and 1990s is to blame for flooding in Pigeon Swamp State Park, according to a recently completed stormwater impact study of the Davidsons Mill Road area near the N.J. Turnpike.    The runoff that has flowed west…

  • Sharing a world of words

    NBC Chinese language program enters second year By: Stephanie Prokop    MANSFIELD—The students in Bonnie Yang’s fourth period class at Northern Burlington County Regional High School start off with a chorus of zhè’s, dà’s and wo’s.    The 15 students, enrolled in the Level 2 Chinese class, begin by singing a few bars of a tune that…

  • Pennington to enforce jaywalking law on Route 31

    Some area students are disregarding the traffic signal at the intersection of Route 31 and Delaware Avenue By John Tredrea    Each day during lunch, students from Hopewell Valley Central High School cross Route 31 to reach eateries on the other side of the road.    Some of those students are disregarding the traffic signal at the…

  • Ravens coach finds positives in gridiron defeat

    The Ravens’ defense played with remarkable poise and intensity in the Sept. 7 game against Hopewell Valley. And while the offense made its share of mistakes, for the most part they were correctable ones. By Sean Moylan, Sports Writer    After a 13-0 loss to Hopewell Valley in front of a packed house at home last…

  • South Brunswick chamber is seeking to revitalize

    Inactive for several years the chamber is looking for new members as South Brunswick’s roster of businesses grow By Paul Koepp, The Packet Group    Local business leaders and township officials are looking to breathe new life into the South Brunswick Chamber of Commerce.    Mayor Frank Gambatese met with a small group of prospective members recently…

  • Letters to the Editor, Sept. 13, 2007

    Senior picnic helpers, attendees are thanked To the editor:     I would like to express my thanks to all those who made the Hopewell Valley Senior Citizen Picnic possible this year. It was wonderful to see over 350 residents attend the annual picnic on Sept. 6 in Washington Crossing State Park on one of the…