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  • Input on warehouse largely negative

    By: Purvi Desai    ALLENTOWN — The Sept. 26 Upper Freehold Planning Board meeting attracted neighboring Washington Township’s mayor, who informed Upper Freehold officials that he is not willing and able to provide police and emergency services for the $82 million warehouse complex on a 254-acre site on Breza Road.    The meeting — the fourth of…

  • Letters to the editor, Oct. 5, 2006

    ‘Groundless allegations’ To the editor:     Jim Wulf and his wife, Rhona Wulf, have submitted letters to the editor for several weeks now attacking the school district. Initially, their letters focused on their anger with the school district for removing two of the three bus stops on their 1-mile-long cul-de-sac. Now, Mr. Wulf is directing…

  • Hopewell Valley goes on the attack

    GIRLS SOCCER By: Mike Molaro    One of the keys to success for the Hopewell Valley Central High School girl’s soccer squad this season is a stifling defense.    Now the Lady Bulldogs (7-2) are concentrating on making things happen offensively.    "We always try to limit opponents’ shots," HoVal head coach John McGinley said after Tuesday’s 5-0…

  • Hopewell OKs land purchase funding

    Council to help pay for preservation of St. Michael’s tract By Aleen Crispino    Hopewell Borough Council voted 6-0 to adopt an ordinance appropriating $800,000 as the first installment of its contribution to the purchase — with the Delaware & Raritan (D&R) Greenway Land Trust and Hopewell Township — of most of the 337-acre St. Michael’s…

  • POLICE BLOTTER

    By:    Lincoln Avenue resident Gloria Gold, 44, was charged with DWI, speeding and failure to maintain a lane while driving on North Main Street at 9:49 p.m. on Sept. 26.    Police said she was processed and released. Her vehicle was towed. ***    Philip M. Brown, 42, of North Brunswick, was charged with driving with a…

  • Cardinals look to unite

    FIELD HOCKEY By: John E. Powers    The Lawrence High School field hockey team has come together off the field. Now, the Cardinals need to translate that togetherness on the field.    Lawrence fell to 3-6 Tuesday as West Windsor-Plainsboro South prevailed 3-0. Sophomore Tory Sharpless scored twice and Mallory Swanson scored once.    Ali Trevorrow made nine…

  • Vikings take on tough WW-PS in states

    By: Rich Fisher    So far, the post-season (i.e., in-season) tournaments have gone about as expected for South Brunswick High’s tennis team.    Now, the Vikings want to try and break out of the routine.    SBHS finished third in the Greater Middlesex Conference tournament, getting three third-place finishers and a fourth-place finish. In the first round of…

  • MHS soccer teams blanked in county tourney

    Boys play well in loss to Franklin By: John E. Powers        The effort was better, but the outcome not yet what Mike Shambach and the Manville High School boys’ soccer team are after.    Manville dropped to 0-10 last Saturday when it lost to Franklin 2-0 in a preliminary round of the Somerset County Tournament.…

  • Route 92 report is puzzling to many

    Opponents question report’s lack of a recommendation, while Turnpike says highway is no longer a priority. By: Hillary Parker    The Final Environmental Impact Statement for the New Jersey Turnpike Authority’s proposed Route 92 project, released Thursday by the New York District of the U.S Army Corps of Engineers, provided more questions than answers about the…