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  • Lightning is cause of fire

    More than 50 firefighters responded to a blaze that destroyed the offices of Operating Engineers Local 183 on Deans Rhode Hall Road Friday morning, police said. By: Joseph Harvie    Lightning was the cause of a fire that destroyed the offices of Operating Engineers Local 183 on Deans Rhode Hall Road early Friday morning, police said.…

  • HoVal reaches title game

    SOFTBALL By: John Molaro    In sports, sometimes when you win is just as important as how many you win.    For the Hopewell Valley Central High School softball squad, things are coming together nicely and the timing of the victories fits perfectly with the improving record.    The seventh-seeded Lady Bulldogs (13-8) won their fourth consecutive game…

  • Obituaries

    For the week of May 18 Carol A. Harris    HAMILTON — Carol A. Harris, 65, died May 11 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton.    Born in Trenton she was a lifelong area resident.    Ms. Harris is retired from the State of New Jersey Department of Personnel with over 20 years of service. She…

  • Over $2M cut from Hopewell Valley school budget

    School officials meet tonight to act on revised spending plan By John Tredrea    With several members expressing serious misgivings about doing so, the Hopewell Valley school board voted unanimously Monday to accept the $2,140,694 reduction to the 2006-2007 school budget mandated by the Valley’s three municipal governments May 11.    A school board vote to adopt…

  • Ordinary Extraordinary Life

    An exhibit on Anne Frank at Chestnut Tree Books helps students to remember. By: Josh Appelbaum    Sixty years on, the musings of an extraordinary 13-year-old schoolgirl are once again introducing the lessons of the Holocaust to public school students in New Jersey.    Among shelves lined with graphic novels, cook books and travel guides on the…

  • South gains a state berth

    By: Ken Weingartner    The South Brunswick High boys volleyball team this week qualified for the state tournament for the second time in the four-year history of the program. But before worrying about that event, a potentially tougher one looms on the horizon.    What could be tougher than the state tourney? Arguably, the Greater Middlesex Conference…

  • Eateries not affected by ban on smoking

    Local restaurant workers said the New Jersey Smoke-Free Air Act that went into effect on April 15 is not hurting business. By: Joseph Harvie    Several township restaurant workers say a statewide ban on smoking in most public places has not hurt their businesses.    The ban, known as the New Jersey Smoke-Free Air Act, was signed…

  • Letter to the Editor, May 18, 2006

    Martin Tract provides tranquility for Elm Ridge To the editor:     On behalf of the Elm Ridge Area Neighborhood Association (ERANA), I am writing in response to the letters of’ Richard A. Weidel and Edmund W. Stiles regarding the Martin Tract. ERANA strongly believes that the Township Committee should implement a plan that provides for…

  • Police Blotter-May 18, 2006

    Lambertville    From May 22 to June 4, law enforcement officers throughout New Jersey will be stepping up enforcement and education of the state’s primary seat belt law.    The enforcement and education campaign comes as part of the nationwide Click It or Ticket mobilization.    The goal of the program is to increase the statewide safety belt…