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  • Pennington mulls merger with township police

    Council seeking state grant to help pay for feasibility study By John Tredrea    Pennington Borough is considering the advisability of doing what Hopewell Borough did over 20 years ago – giving up its own police department and getting police services from Hopewell Township instead.    But before any final decision – which is many months away…

  • Dutchman’s homeland recreated in business aesthetic, lifestyle

    Gert van Manen’s iTi Tropicals business officially opened their new location at 30 Gordon Ave. last week. By: John Dunphy    Last Friday, a little piece of Amsterdam officially opened for business in Lawrenceville.    After 20 months of construction, iTi Tropicals, an importer of exotic fruit purees, opened its new location at 30 Gordon Ave.    What…

  • Alerting system added to proposed school budget

    The automated system is designed to notify parents of any emergency closings or delayed openings. By: Donna Lukiw    The Hillsborough Board of Education unanimously approved adding $18,000 to the proposed 2007-2008 school budget to buy an automated system to notify parents of any emergency closings or delayed openings.    The instant alert system will automatically alert…

  • Historical figure comes to city

    By: Stephanie Prokop    BORDENTOWN CITY — Continuing the city’s 325 anniversary celebration, a talk on Francis Hopkinson will be held tonight, Thursday, at the Friends Meetinghouse on Farnsworth Avenue.    Sponsored by the Bordentown Historical Society, the presentation, titled "A Visit With Francis Hopkinson" is set to start at 7:30 p.m. and will feature Christian Johnson…

  • TANGENTS by John Saccenti: The death of a hero, a community mourns

    By: John Saccenti    Editor’s note: Here’s what the South Brunswick Post’s take on the death of Captain America might be if the costumed adventurer were real. Some of the below information was taken from www.marvelcomics.com.    He was someone even the most powerful could look to for inspiration — proud, noble and strong.    "He’ll always be…

  • Old Friend

    Giuseppe Verdi’s ‘Requiem’ will be performed by the Westminster Symphonic Choir and Festival Orchestra. By: Susan Van Dongen    Bass-baritone Simon Estes has performed in all the major international opera companies around the world — in Milan, Paris, London, Barcelona, Berlin, Hamburg, Munich and Vienna, to name just a few. He’s worked with American symphony orchestras…

  • HHS adds five track and field All-Americans

    O’Connor, Reiss, Millemann, Lane, Szwarc gain medals By: Rudy Brandl    Taryn O’Connor found herself in the toughest competition of her life at Sunday’s Foot Locker Indoor National Track and Field Championships in Landover, Md.    The Hillsborough High senior shot put star and NJSIAA champion has faced many top throwers during her fabulous scholastic career but…

  • POLICE BLOTTER

    By:    A car buyer at the Adesa Auto Auctions lot on North Main Street reported someone stole dealer license plates, several vehicle titles and three checks for unknown amounts from his car parked at the lot at 3:24 p.m. on March 8.    The total value of the stolen items was $50. ***     Leandrew Ashe,…

  • Longtime fireman remembered for devotion to community

    By: Cara Latham    SPRINGFIELD — The very last fire call answered by Bob Schetler occurred at about 5:15 a.m. Feb. 28, when he heard a report of an accident in the township.    As usual, Mr. Schetler, 59, responded, putting that last fire call above everything else.    This was always the case for the life member,…