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  • Recharging business after a discharge

    Borough Councilman makes getting back in business easier for returning vets By: Purvi Desai    ALLENTOWN — Most people don’t spend too much time thinking about how veterans resettle into their day-to-day lives once they are discharged from military service.    Most people, that is, except for Borough Councilman Jerry Rovner, a Navy captain whose business was…

  • Dorothy Louise Tomlinson

       Dorothy Louise Tomlinson, 81, of Titusville died Wednesday at the Capital Health System, Mercer Campus.    Born in Titusville, she was a lifelong area resident. She was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. After graduating, she was employed by the University of Pennsylvania Hospital for three years. She retired after 35 years…

  • Letters to the Editor, Aug. 10, 2006

    Give voters the choice To the editor:     The HVN correctly pointed out in its editorial last week that by far the largest share of costs funded by the property tax goes to the public schools, and, in a related story, the many obstacles that current State laws put on the path to municipal consolidation.…

  • Hopewell Realtor gets OK for new office

    Raymond E. Disch plans move to 45 E. Broad St. By Aleen Crispino    Hopewell Borough Planning Board unanimously approved a request by Realtor Raymond E. Disch for a use variance for 45 E. Broad St., from residential-office to professional office use.    The change will enable Mr. Disch to continue with the plan he described to…

  • Pipe dreams or possibilities?

    Will property tax reform really work? Local officials weigh in on the issue By: Cara Latham    As state legislators begin meeting on property tax reform and looking at options to address high tax burdens on New Jersey residents, local officials are not too optimistic that any long-term relief is in sight.    Millstone Councilman Elias Abilheira…

  • Summer wrestling program flourishes with new approach

    Gorbatuk running show like a practice sessions By: Rudy Brandl        Pat Gorbatuk has taken a different approach to running the Open Mats summer wrestling program at Manville High School this year.    MHS head coach Brett Stibitz, who started the program to build interest and keep wrestlers of all ages active in the off-season, has…

  • Lions plan three rings of fundraising

    Kids use circus to raise money By: Lacey Korevec    Elephants, horses, clowns, strong men and even Spider-Man will make appearances at this year’s South Brunswick Lions Club Circus, which will be held at Crossroads South Middle School, Sept. 2 through Sept. 4.    The circus will provide entertainment as well as serve as fundraiser for the…

  • Warehouse plan up for review

    Distribution center proposed to be in Florence By: Molly Petrilla    FLORENCE — Whitesell Construction Co. is seeking approval from the Planning Board to build a 711,000-square-foot warehouse in the Haines Industrial Center on Daniels Way.    The site plan also calls for a 10,000-square-foot office building, 240 parking spaces and 692 tractor-trailer loading spaces that, combined…

  • Following Follies

    Twelve teams of artists, scientists and landscapers seek to make science sexy at Quark Park. See related story: Quark Park By: Ilene Dube    Quasicrystals, psychoacoustics, geomorphology — concepts like these flow freely off the lips and out of the minds of scientists. The rest of us screw up our faces, trying to understand. Quark Park,…