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  • DWI checkpoints yield 32 summonses

    Township police target drinking and driving By John Tredrea    Over 600 cars passed through two separate DWI (Driving While Intoxicated) checkpoints run by the Hopewell Township Police Department on two separate occasions during December.    Police issued a total of 32 summonses — including one for DWI —at these checkpoints.    The latter checkpoint, which ran from…

  • Dolores Dombey

       HILLSBOROUGH — Dolores Dombey died Dec. 28 at home. She was 73.    Born in Highland, Pa., she lived in Hillsborough for many years.    Mrs. Dombey worked as Quality Assurance Supervisor at Ethicon, Inc. in Bridgewater for 37 years, retiring in 2001. She was a gifted artist.    She was a communicant of Christ the King Roman…

  • Hopewell gets good start

    WRESTLING By: Tim Falls    The Hopewell Valley Central High School Wrestling team gained two good wins before the new year.    The Bulldogs beat Metuchen, 41-28, for their first win of the season last Wednesday and added a 41-20 victory over Princeton along with a 47-21 loss to Voorhees last Saturday.    In all three matches, Hopewell…

  • Workshop promotes family time

    Parent Academy urges families to focus on togetherness By: Bill Greenwood    The South Brunswick Parent Academy wants to remind parents of the value of playing.    The group will hold its fourth workshop, titled "Creating a Healthy Family Atmosphere," tonight (Thursday) at 7 p.m. in the Crossroads North cafeteria, according to Christine Mariano, coordinator for EPIC,…

  • ROAD CLOSINGS

    Watch for work in these areas    Hopewell Township police Lt. Lance Maloney has reported the following road closings:    • Route 654 (Pennington-Hopewell Road) between Marshall’s Corner and Moore’s Mill Mount Rose Road, will be closed for approximately nine to 10 months for bridge reconstruction work near the Hopewell Valley Golf Club. Work is tentatively scheduled to…

  • OBITUARIES (01/04/07)

    Erwin Penrose    Erwin Walter Penrose, of Lawrence Township, died Dec. 27 at home. He was 85.    Born in Trenton, he resided most of his life in Lawrence Township.    Mr. Penrose was a retired plumber with the Plumbers & Pipe Fitters Local No. 9. He was an Army veteran of World War II and served with…

  • Noyes wins John Molinelli Sr. Award

    GIRLS BASKETBALL By: Tim Falls    Suzie Noyes gave Joy Molinelli an extra-long hug.    The Hopewell Valley Central High School senior became the first to claim the John Molinelli Sr. award for the Bulldogs’ girls basketball team and accepted the plaque along with a hug from Mrs. Molinelli    The hug meant more.    Pennington defeated Hopewell ,…

  • County adds to farm preservation

       The well known agri-tourism destination, the Indian Acres Tree Farm on Tuckerton Road in Medford and Evesham townships, will be permanently preserved by Burlington County through an easement to allow continued operation while preventing future development.    The owners, Indian Acre Tree Farm, LLC, have accepted the county’s offer of $1.3 million ($8,613 per acre) for…

  • Open hiring process yields familiar names

    The method now used by the township is part of the state’s reforms to limit ‘pay-to-play’ practices. By: Rebecca Weltmann    Although the names are familiar, seven appointments made at Tuesday’s reorganization meeting came from a new process for filling positions.    The Township Committee, under the direction of newly appointed Mayor Anthony Fererra, approved the appointments…