Category: archives
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Builder challenges GSA depot zoning
Lawsuit says Hillsborough should allow housing development on the 335-acre site. By: Charlie Olsen The Township Committee and the Planning Board are being sued by Hillsborough Properties over zoning of the General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Supply Belle Mead Depot a lawsuit which Mayor Carl Suraci said has "no merit." The lawsuit, filed March…
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New date for Gulick site review
The Monday meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m.in the lower level conference room at the Municipal Building. It follows on the heels of the zoning board’s March 15 meeting to consider the application. By:Lea Kahn Staff Writer A special meeting to continue the Zoning Board of Adjustment’s public hearing on a request to convert…
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Young entrepreneurs riding wave of success
Boardwear sales taking off via Internet (April 6) By: Purvi Desai WASHINGTON Imagine snowboarding, skateboarding and surfing your passions into what could be a major business venture. It’s exactly what seven college students and childhood friends, between the ages of 19 and 21, intend to do as they expand their three-month-old online clothing company…
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Tax plan sparks concerns
Three township residents stepped forward Tuesday to question the sale price and the issue of tax abatements for the redevelopment of the former Trent Motel site. By:Lea Kahn Staff Writer Township Council gave final approval to an ordinance amendment that would clear the way for the construction of a three-story mixed-use building on a 2.5-acre…
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Shattered Images
Artist Ellen Harvey questions the boundaries of art and smashes glass in the process. By: Ilene Dube Multimedia artist Ellen Harvey’s questions about art’s purposes might inspire New York Times’ Ethicist Randy Cohen to respond in book- length form. Is copying classical landscape paintings by noted artists onto graffiti-covered walls in New York City…
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Rising enrollments worry board candidates
Four West Amwell Board of Education hopefuls seek three three-year terms. They are incumbents Cindy Magill and Christopher Castellano and Leila Rice and Peter Gasparro. By: Mae Rhine WEST AMWELL The four candidates for three seats on the West Amwell Board of Education are concerned about rising enrollment and property taxes in the face…
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Newton woman charged with running red light
Husband killed in March 23 traffic accident By John Tredrea The wife of a 59-year-old Newton man killed in a March 23 traffic accident in Hopewell Township has been charged with disregarding a red light while driving the vehicle in which her husband was a passenger. The driver of the pickup truck Gabriel Aparicio-Perez,…
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West Amwell budget would increase $100,000
The $3.67 million proposed spending tab would mean an average increase of $200 for taxpayers. By: Linda Seida WEST AMWELL The Board of Education of West Amwell Elementary School has proposed a $3.67 million budget for 2006-07, which represents an increase of more than $100,000. The proposed budget would mean a tax increase of…
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Charles E. Palmatier Jr.
Charles E. Palmatier Jr., 91, died on March 30. At the time of his death, he was a resident of Alterra Wynwood in Niskayuna, N.Y. Mr. Palmatier served in the US Army Signal Corps during World War II, in Iceland and in Europe, and was honorably discharged as a first lieutenant. For many years he…
