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  • Industrial properties face limits

    Rezoning eyed for land west of Route 130 by Paul Koepp, Staff Writer    The Township Council began the process Tuesday of rezoning land near the intersection of Friendship Road and Route 130, over the objections of the company that wants to build a multiple-warehouse complex there.    Joe Taylor, the CEO of the Matrix Development Group,…

  • TRIPS

    Community-sponsored trips near and far Arts Council of Princeton, Philadelphia: an insider’s look at how art comes to life, meet artists in their studios

  • HVCHS learns from opening loss

    BOYS SOCCER By: Tim Falls    At best, the Hopewell Valley Central High School boys varsity soccer team’s game against Steinert provided some valuable experience.    The Spartans defeated the Bulldogs, 4-1, in their Colonial Valley Conference season opener on Friday.    "That was a tough game," said Hopewell coach Ed Gola. "They were pretty solid and I…

  • Josephine Dahms

       HILLSBOROUGH — Josephine (Banco) Dahms died Sept. 6 at home. She was 75.    Born in Raritan, she lived in Hillsborough for 46 years.    Mrs. Dahms was employed for 15 years in the Quality Control Department at Ortho Pharmaceutical in Raritan, retiring in 1992.    She was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Woods Road…

  • John Guria

    John E. Guria    BURLINGTON TOWNSHIP — John E. "Jack" Guria, 78, of Burlington Township died Sept. 2 at home.    Born in the Harlem section of Manhattan, N.Y., he also lived in Queens, N.Y., and spent the remainder of his life in the Florence and Burlington Township area.    Mr. Guria was a self-employed truck driver for…

  • Hooked on Words

    Gretna Wilkinson to kick off South Brunswick’s poetry reading series. By: Megan Sullivan GRETNA WILKINSON    Poet Gretna Wilkinson loves playing with words and messing with language. Born and raised in Guyana, she was exposed to poetry in childhood and recalls having to memorize and recite poetry every Friday in school. "The imagery you can construct…

  • Betty Truszkowski

       MANVILLE — Betty Truszkowski died Sept. 8 at home. She was 76.    Born in New Brunswick, she had lived in Manville her entire life.    Mrs. Truszkowski was a nursing assistant at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville for 30 years, retiring in 1997.    She was a communicant of Christ the King Roman Catholic Church in Manville…

  • Police offer walking safety tips

    Parents asked to share these with their children By John Tredrea    Due to cutbacks in school busing this year and the significant population and commercial growth Hopewell Valley has experienced in recent years, there probably are more young pedestrians in this area than ever before.    Because of concerns about the safety of area children, Lt.…

  • Film

    Film festivals and special screenings County Theater, 20 E. State St., Doylestown, Pa., Preview of The War by Ken Burns, Sept. 19, 7 p.m.; Janus Revisited: A Film Forum w/Jennifer Steinberg, Sept. 24, 7 p.m.; (215) 345-6789; www.countytheater.org Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrenceville, Independent Films at Your Library series: The Way I Spent the…