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Community Calendar
MOMS meeting Thursday, May 11 MOMS Club meeting will be held at 9 a.m. Call 324-3849 for location and other details. Meet with other stay-at-home or part-time working moms in the community. Open to residents of Roebling, Florence, Bordentown, Fieldsboro and Mansfield. Refreshments are served and children are always welcome. Seeing Eye Foundation Thursday,…
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Scholarship fund to honor Pond Road School student
Scholarship to honor eighth grader at who passed away due to chronic illness By: Purvi Desai WASHINGTON A scholarship will honor the late Alex Arcuri an eighth grader at Pond Road Middle School who passed away May 1 due to chronic illness. The scholarship will be created by the Washington Township Uniform Fire…
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Maypole dance
The Lawrence Historical Society celebrated the arrival of spring with the annual May Fair celebration Saturday. Kayla Krisak, 7, holds up her ribbon so that Emily Tino, 8, can weave under as part of the maypole dance Saturday at the Lawrence Historical Society’s May Day Fair at the Brearley House.
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Township and unions start talks over new contracts
Labor contracts with five unions representing township employees expired on Dec. 31. By:Lea Kahn Staff Writer Nearly six months after their three-year contracts expired Dec. 31, representatives of the five unions that represent township employees are trying to hammer out labor agreements with the township administration. At issue are salaries and health benefits, said the…
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Northstars knock out Hopewell
BASEBALL By: Tim Falls The Hopewell Valley Central High School varsity baseball team came back from a tough weekend with a 10-3 win over Allentown on Monday. Unfortunately for the Bulldogs, two losses to Nottingham on Friday and Saturday eliminated their chances of qualifying for the NJSIAA tournament. "That’s always one of our goals," said…
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Losses don’t hurt softball team in division chase
MUSTANG ROUNDUP By: Rudy Brandl The Manville High softball team took a few lumps last week, but neither one of them was costly in the quest for the Sky Division title. Manville (8-4) dropped lopsided games to Mount St. Mary and North Plainfield, the two teams it faced in the Somerset County Tournament. North…
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Township will ask DOT to make changes on Route 31
Targeted area is between I-95 and Pennington Circle By John Tredrea Hopewell Township will ask the state Department of Transportation (DOT) to implement, as soon as possible, a series of changes on the mile-long section of Route 31 between I-95 and the Pennington Circle. Township officials and residents have been saying for decades that this…
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Kite Day
Terhune Orchards held its annual Kite Day on Saturday, replete with colorful kites. Three-year-old Veronica Goss, of Princeton, runs to keep her kite aloft Saturday at the annual Terhune Orchards Kite Day.
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Hopewell Township eyes purchase of Weidel tract
Public hearing, adoption vote slated for committee’s May 22 meeting By John Tredrea Hopewell Township officials have introduced an ordinance that would allow the municipality to buy one of the few remaining tracts of land with significant development potential in the most densely populated part of the township. The 70-acre tract, partly farmland and party…
