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  • OBITUARIES (12/21/06)

    Elizabeth Estabrooke Elizabeth Doris Mahoney Estabrooke, of Lawrence, died Dec. 13 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton. She was 75.    Born in Trenton, she was a lifelong area resident.    Mrs. Estabrooke was a former member of St. Vincent DePaul Church in Yardville.    Daughter of the late John and Mary Bartlett Mahoney, wife of the…

  • Making every drop count

    Sunnymead Elementary School first-grader with leukemia inspires more than 100 to donate blood. By: Donna Lukiw    Annie Ryan, a Sunnymead Elementary School first-grader, sat at a table with her pillow, exhausted after a session of chemotherapy for her leukemia, while more than 100 Hillsborough residents, parents and teachers donated blood in her name during a…

  • DOE report vexes schools

    By: Cara Latham    Two local administrators criticized the Report on the Cost of Education released last week by the state Department of Education, saying the report was biased and used figures that were outdated.    The state DOE released the report and hoped to gather public input during three public hearings held in separate locations Monday,…

  • Walking safe, walking healthy

    School, township hope to use grant to improve sidewalk conditions By: Purvi Desai PLUMSTED — Township and school board officials are working together through a federally funded program to construct sidewalks, improve existing ones and continue to promote the benefits of exercise for people living within a two-mile radius of local schools, the mayor said…

  • Director’s dedication to job not overlooked

    Ray Olsen awarded American Public Works Association’s Superintendent Award By: Joseph Harvie    Clean roads, beautiful parks and maintaining a fleet of township vehicles, are just some of the things Ray Olsen is responsible for.    It’s part of his job as township Public Works director, a job that he is one of the best at.    In…

  • South Brunswick girls ready to take a break

    By: James McKeever    With several new faces joining the lineup, South Brunswick girls bowling coach Tara Burniston knew that her team would experience some ups and downs this season. So far that has been the case.    This week, a victory over Old Bridge on Monday was followed by a loss to East Brunswick on Tuesday,…

  • Students enjoy exotic mammals at assembly

    An environmental educator brought in the rescued animals to teach the students about respecting and caring for them. By: Donna Lukiw    Roosevelt Elementary School students got a lesson about some of the world’s more unusual mammals at a Dec. 12 assembly that included visits by a chinchilla, wallaby, fox and a skunk.    Environmental educator Travis…

  • History photo contest winners are chosen

    Photos will be on the township’s 2007 calendar By John Tredrea    An image of a wood-frame passenger train station that was turned into a utility building for a local business long ago and a picture of The Mine Road Bridge over Stony Brook are among the grand prize winners of Hopewell Township’s "Honoring Hopewell’s History"…

  • 10-acre zoning passes, with protest

    By: Stephanie Prokop    SPRINGFIELD — A controversial 10-acre downzoning ordinance was unanimously approved by council members at the Dec. 13 meeting.    Approximately 170 residents representing both sides of the issue came out to the elementary school’s multipurpose room to make their feelings known to council members.    Council member Peter Sobotka said that the issue is…