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  • Capital Health set to push hospital plan

    State board may take up certificate of need application at August meeting. By: Lea Kahn    LAWRENCE — Capital Health Systems’ application for a certificate of need — a major step on the road to building a 320-bed hospital on Princess Road in Lawrence — may be heard by the State Health Planning Board as soon…

  • Jean J. Frantz

       Jean J. Frantz, 83, of Hightstown, died Thursday, June 29, at Hamilton Continuing Care Center in Hamilton.    Born and raised in Scarbrough, Tenn., she moved to Deans in 1952 and resided there until 1995 before moving to Monroe.    She was a retired secretary to the Principal of Cambridge Elementary School in Kendall Park from 1962…

  • Hopewell falls short

    Cal Ripken 10-year-old Tournament By: Mike Molaro    Manager Don Fowler and assistant coaches John Nelson and Greg Giordano had a simple philosophy for their Hopewell 10-Year-Old All-Star squad: Play the best you can.    That outlook played huge dividends as HoVal placed second to the host team at the recent District One Cal Ripken Tournament in…

  • Community Calander

    From the July 6 edition Thomas Paine tour    Saturday, July 8 — The Thomas Paine Society of Bordentown will present the next Thomas Paine tour of Bordentown is slated.    The tours are free (tax-deductible donations are appreciated) and wheelchair-accessible. The tour will commence at 3:30 p.m. at the Old Book Shop of Bordentown, 200 Farnsworth…

  • Hopewell officials seek way to curb teen-age drinking

    EDITORIAL By Ruth Luse    On Monday, Hopewell Borough Council members are expected to consider passage of an ordinance that would make it easier for law enforcement to handle cases involving underage drinking on private property.    Council voted June 5 to introduce the measure, that five of council’s six members believe is needed in the borough.…

  • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest

    Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley return for more swashbuckling adventures on the high seas. By: Elise Nakhnikian    OK, hold your fire. See the white flag? I’ve got something I have to get out of the way: I didn’t like the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie, The Curse of the Black Pearl.    Well…

  • Bordentown softball 12’s advance in districts

    By: Sean Moylan    The Bordentown 12-year-old All-Star softball squad was the last team to play its first game in District 12. Once they finally got a chance to play, the Bordentown girls rattled off wins against Allentown, Cranbury-Plainsboro, New Egypt and Millstone to earn a spot in the District 12 Final Four.    Bordentown will open…

  • Rain delay derails Hopewell

    Babe Ruth 13-year-old Tournament By: Tim Falls    The coaches of the Hopewell Valley 13-year-old Babe Ruth baseball team and their opponents from Lawrence knew only three innings mattered.    Hopewell built a 5-4 lead on Sunday before the game was suspended in the bottom of the fifth inning by rain.    Both set of coaches knew that…

  • It’s a two-wheeler roundup at police Bike Rodeo

    Tuesday’s two-hour program at Hillsborough High School is designed to teach children bike safety rules. By: Charlie Olsen    The Police Department will be holding its second annual Bike Rodeo — a two-hour program to teach children bike safety rules in a safe environment — at Hillsborough High School on Tuesday.    The instructors of the program…