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  • Police drive for safer roads

    Emphasis put on catching aggressive drivers By: Joseph Harvie    Township police were swarming on Route 1 Monday morning, patrolling the highway looking for aggressive drivers.    The police were targeting drivers who rode in the shoulder to avoid rush-hour traffic, passed other vehicles illegally or did anything else to make the roadways unsafe.    "Our goal is…

  • LETTER TO THE EDITOR

    From the issue of Nov. 30, 2006. Property tax burden due to unions To the editor:    As I’m sure everyone has heard by now on the news the State of New Jersey is planning on an average 20 percent property tax reduction discount on your next property tax bill.    What many of you probably haven’t…

  • Rockefeller Group abandons Breza Road

    Rockefeller Group abandons Breza Road By: Purvi Desai    UPPER FREEHOLD — The much-criticized development plan application by Rockefeller Group to build 1.8 million square feet of warehouses on Breza Road was withdrawn late Tuesday afternoon, according to officials.    Sue Babbitt, secretary of the Upper Freehold Planning Board, said she received a "very short, short letter"…

  • School officials make personnel decisions

    SCHOOL BOARD UPDATE By John Tredrea    The acceptance of veteran Central High School (CHS) teacher Suzanne Snyder-Carroll’s retirement was among the personnel actions approved unanimously by the Hopewell Valley school board at its regular Nov. 20 meeting.    Ms. Snyder-Carroll has been with the Hopewell Valley district since 1989. The effective date of her retirement is…

  • A penny saved is a lesson learned

    By: Cara Latham    MANSFIELD — Students who behave well in class and do their best to succeed in Mansfield Township Elementary School not only get good grades, they get a small monetary reward to use in the school store.    As part of the school’s behavioral modification program, the school received a federal IDEA (Individuals With…

  • Township residence auction slated Friday

    Property, which borders Moore’s Creek, is on Pleasant Valley Road, near the Howell Living History Farm By John Tredrea    A renovated five-bedroom house on 15.9 acres in one of the most scenic areas of Hopewell Township will be offered for sale at a public auction Friday (Dec. 1).    The Mercer County Board of Chosen Freeholders…

  • Scouting, religion share principles

    First Muslim boy scout troop in New Jersey takes form By: Joseph Harvie    South Brunswick Township Council meeting took on a slower pace Tuesday.    That’s because 13 Boy Scouts from Troop 114, sponsored by the Noor-Ul-Iman School on Route 1, were there to earn their Citizenship in the Community merit badge, one of 13 required…

  • Zangara tapped for state PTA directors board

    At the association’s annual convention in Atlantic City, Ms. Zangara became its newest board member. She has served various Manville PTAs for 15 years. By: Donna Lukiw    Manville resident Mary Ellen Zangara has been named to the board of directors for the New Jersey Parent and Teacher Association (NJPTA).    "It’s a big undertaking," Ms. Zangara…

  • Edith Kliesch

       RARITAN TOWNSHIP — Edith C. (Strawbridge) Kliesch died Nov. 25 at Hunterdon Care Center in Raritan Township. She was 87.    Born in Hartford City, Ind., she had lived in Punta Gorda, Fla., for 18 years and Hillsborough for 13 years before moving to Raritan Township eight years ago.    Mrs. Kliesch was a homemaker.    Her husband,…