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  • Vikings score track hat trick

    South Brunswick girls win GMC meet to sweep all three county titles this year By: Sean Richards    There are just no amount of superlatives or room in a newspaper to adequately describe the greatness of the girls on the South Brunswick High School track and field team.    Doing what it does best over the weekend,…

  • Josephine A. Zevan

       HILLSBOROUGH — Josephine A. Zevan died May 9 at the Foothill Acres Nursing Home in Hillsborough. She was 91.    She was born in Duryea, Pa.    Mrs. Zevan was a homemaker.    She was a member of Christ the King Roman Catholic Church in Manville.    Her husband, George Zevan, died in 1982.    Surviving is a daughter, Barbara…

  • Commission begins council-mayor talks

    A council-mayor form of government places legislative functions exclusively in the hands of a township council, while administrative and executive functions are handled by the mayor. By: John Patten    The Charter Study Commission moved into the next part of its work of reviewing forms of government allowed by state law May 9, running through a…

  • Letters-May 17, 2007

    Murder mystery great success To the editor:    Murder Mystery at the historic Stockton Inn was a rousing success    "Murder Con Dolce" was a sold-out audience pleaser and a success for Anchor House, the beneficiary of the show’s charitable raffle.    The Stockton Inn held its first murder mystery show Friday, May 4. Actors from the Triangle…

  • Act 1 proposal rejected

    The proposal offered a property tax break to those who make less than $164,833 and people on fixed incomes. By: Linda Seida    Voters in the New Hope-Solebury School District on Tuesday narrowly shot down a referendum that offered homeowners a property tax break but also would have raised the earned income tax.    The referendum was…

  • ’28 Weeks Later’

    Handheld cameras, spontaneous shots and quick-cut editing make this tale seem like a horror documentary. By: Bob Brown    The zombie genre has gotten a makeover. Gone are the days when the undead lumbered around like somnambulists, as parodied in Shaun of the Dead (2004). These days, the bloodsuckers are a lot livelier. And they’re mad…

  • ‘The Valet’

    Like Francis Veber’s other farces – ‘La Cage aux Folles,’ ‘The Closet’ and ‘The Toy’ – this one is set for a Hollywood remake. By: Elise Nakhnikian    The Valet is like a graham cracker: If you’re in the mood for a little something sweet, it’ll do, but there’s nothing particularly memorable about it.    The clever,…

  • South bats in three more wins

    By: John E. Powers    With three victories in the last two weeks, the South Hunterdon High School softball team has been revitalized    And, as a bonus, the Eagles have picked up some motivation.    "We want to double what we did last year. That’s our motivation now — to beat our record from last year," said…

  • Farmland retention plan nearly completed

    The plan must be submitted to the state by June 15. By: Linda Seida    WEST AMWELL — A formal plan that outlines potentials for keeping agriculture alive in West Amwell needs to be submitted to the state by June 15, and Mayor Ron Shapella said the plan is well on its way to completion.    Farming…