Category: archives
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Contamination at Hamilton Avenue site is Hopewell topic
HOPEWELL BOROUGH PLANNING UPDATE By Aleen Crispino Hopewell Borough Planning Board heard an informal presentation July 5 of a plan by an environmental engineering firm to pump out and treat contaminated groundwater at the former Rockwell Manufacturing/Kooltronic site on Hamilton Avenue. John Persico, an associate at Blasland, Bouck and Lee (BBL) of Cranbury, said his…
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A summer of rock-and-roll
Previews of South Brunswick’s summer entertainment By: Audrey Levine Sunset Boulevard will bring its covers of hit rock-and-roll songs, past and present, to South Brunswick, when the Summer Concert Series continues at the Beech Woods Park gazebo on Beekman Road, 7 p.m. Friday. "I listened to their CD and thought they were really good," said…
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Western Monmouth Wins District 6
The Western Monmouth 15-year-olds defeated Tabernacle, 10-2, last Thursday to win the District 6 Babe Ruth Tournament. Western Monmouth advances to the Southern N. J. State Babe Ruth Tournament in Gibbsboro and will face the District 5 champion in its opener Friday at 5:30 p.m. Don Wood worked the first 5 1/3 innings to record…
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Hopewell claims first district title
15-year-olds go undefeated to win tournament By: Tim Falls The Hopewell Babe Ruth 15-year-old All Stars won their last two games of the District One tournament by one run and by nine runs, respectively. Both were huge wins. Hopewell edged Ewing, 2-1, after 13 innings and then crushed Nottingham, 12-3, to win the District One…
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Johnston’s hit caps off comeback in 13-12 win
By: Kyle Moylan The way Charlie Johnston reasoned, the seventh inning had to be the final one his 10-year-olds played on Sunday night against Ewing. "We were either going to score two runs and win or I was going to die," smiled the Washington manager. "I couldn’t take another inning." No one could. The seven…
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Next step in streetscape work launched
Work continuing on North Main Street By:Charlie Olsen The borough is planning to finish what it started, replacing cracked curbing and sidewalks along North Main Street and Brooks Boulevard, officials announced July 13. The borough hosted a press conference with Somerset County Economic Development Incentive Program (EDIP) officials including Freeholder Denise Coyle and Bob Wellbrock…
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Lack of consistency hold Post 414 back
AMERICAN LEGION By: Mike Molaro It wasn’t the kind of season Joe Eldridge expected from his Lawrence Post 414 Mercer County American Legion League squad. Post 414, which completed its 8-14 campaign by defeating league champion Hamilton Post 31, 14-7 on July 13, and falling to Ewing Post 314, 11-4, last Saturday, came in…
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Foundation grant will help build three Timberlane fields
Project will bring the number of multipurpose fields at Back Timberlane to five By John Tredrea Construction of three new multipurpose fields and a stormwater detention basin at the Back Timberlane athletic complex will begin soon and is expected to be complete by October, school officials said. The project now called the Athletic Fields…
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EDITORIAL
Horizon in sight for Route 206 bypass project. There’s good news and bad news in the state Department of Transportation’s just-published draft transportation improvement program. The document updates and details state planners’ budgeting for road projects funded either by the state or federal governments, including bridges and bypasses. The latest schedule has the Route 206…
