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  • Decisions, decisions

    Mother’s Day plant sale Ashley Wyckoff, 9, of Titusville, looks over the display of plants at the Mother’s Day sale held Saturday at the Hopewell Firehouse by the Ladies Auxiliary of the Hopewell Fire Department. It must have been hard to make a choice!

  • Soul of the Earth

    Nakashima-style furniture and Arts & Crafts lamps come together at the Hopewell Train Station. By: Ilene Dube    In the photograph, Ru Amagasu, then 24, is standing next to his grandfather. Wearing a gray T-shirt with a stretched-out neck, bright yellow shorts and a red-and-black lumber jacket, he looks more like a high school athlete, just…

  • Hillsborough squeezed in SCT final

    County title bid ends suddenly in seventh By: Rudy Brandl    BRIDGEWATER – The Hillsborough High softball team had to be mentally, physically and emotionally exhausted after Saturday night’s 1-0 loss to Immaculata in the Somerset County Tournament championship game at North Branch Park. The team played five one-run games in eight days, including three in…

  • 14th District legislative candidates discuss the death penalty

    The candidates for state Senate and Assembly offer their positions on capital punishment and the state Senate bill that would repeal the death penalty. By: Paul Koepp    Candidates for the state Senate and Assembly in the 14th District are split on abolishing the death penalty, though not along party lines, with some wholeheartedly supporting a…

  • School budget sliced by $50,000

    Benefit costs, building repairs cut to reduce district’s spending plan. By: Eileen Oldfield    The Manville Board of Education approved the mayor and the Borough Council’s $50,000 deduction from the school budget at its work session Tuesday.    "The budget votes were unanimous," said Superintendent Donald Burkhardt. "We are very thankful for the continued support of the…

  • 107-year-old former educator goes back to school

    By: Stephanie Prokop    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — "Anger she knoweth not, and a fair smile she hath for all."    That was the caption next to Anna T. Burr’s senior picture in the 1918 Bordentown High School yearbook.    And after 107 birthdays, she is still holding true to the sentiment. On Friday, the former elementary and secondary…

  • Summer Internship (unpaid): Advertising Services Assistant Entry Level

    Explore the exciting world of newspaper publishing and learn the ins and outs of our busy Advertising Sales department. You will be trained in this entry-level position to assist advertisers and ad sales staff with phone calls, ad layout, ad copy, insertion orders and other clerical tasks. Will back up receptionist, and serve as liaison…

  • City gearing up for 30th street fair

    By: Stephanie Prokop    BORDENTOWN CITY — White tents will line Farnsworth Avenue for the 30th annual Bordentown Street Fair on Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m., rain or shine.    Farnsworth Avenue is expected to be blocked off for the street fair from Park Street to Burlington Street.    Peter Hobday, of Shoppe 202…

  • Town approves 2007 budget

    Council unanimously approved the proposed $38.9 million municipal budget for 2007 this week By: Lea Kahn    Township Council unanimously approved the proposed $38.9 million municipal budget for 2007 at its Tuesday night meeting, following a public hearing on the spending plan.    There was no comment from the five people in the audience.    The 2007 municipal…