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  • Cingular Pennsylvania application on township zoners’ Jan. 4 agenda

    HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP ZONING UPDATE By Marianne Hooker    The Cingular Pennsylvania application, discussed at length at the Dec. 7 meeting of the Hopewell Township Zoning Board of Adjustment, was continued to the next meeting, which will be held on Jan. 4.    At its Dec. 7 meeting, as at previous sessions, the board heard testimony from Cingular,…

  • Holiday goods result in big business for local merchants

    Plumsted and Allentown businesses profit from holiday shoppers (Dec. 29) By: Marisa Maldonado    After business at the Main Street Dollar Store in Plumsted languished since its April opening, store officials began stocking its store with holiday cards and decorations this month. The result — business at the store skyrocketed. Clerk Dick Tumas said about half…

  • THE STATE WE’RE IN by Michele S. Byers: Palisades Park a great destination

    From riverfront picnic areas to awe-inspiring cliffs, Palisades Park has much to offer visitors. By: Michele S. Byers    New Jersey has great parks and outdoor destinations in every corner, and in the case of Palisades Park, I mean that literally.    Located in Bergen County at the New York state border, the park is made up…

  • Virginia Arwine

    By:    EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa. — Virginia (Gallagher) Arwine died Dec. 21 at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. She was 87.    Born in Hornell, N.Y., she had lived in Norristown, Pa., for 30 years before moving to Canandaigua, N.Y., for 15 years, finally settling in East Stroudsburg, Pa., eight years ago.    Mrs. Arwine was a homemaker.…

  • Letters to the Editor for the week of Dec. 29

    Town Center trash, roads are getting attention To the editor:     We have received many questions from Washington’s Town Center residents about the status of the Route 33 improvements and the Southerly Bypass. In addition, the township has worked with the Mercer County Improvement Authority to improve trash and recycling pickup in Town Center. An…

  • The Producers

    Mel Brooks’ tale has already had two successful incarnations; expecting a third just may be greedy. By:Jay Boyar    Watching The Producers — the new film based on the smash stage musical — reminded me why Mel Brooks stopped making movies more than a decade ago.    In duds like Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993) and…

  • Mastronardi key to Vikings attack

    By: Rich Fisher    If anyone is qualified to talk about the South Brunswick High girls basketball team, it’s Jess Mastronardi.    The senior guard has been in the Vikings starting lineup since her freshman year, and has watched the program go from a loser, to what many consider one of the top teams in the Greater…

  • Flour trail no half-baked trek

    The four- to six-mile annual Freezing Cold Hash Run will take place Jan. 7, 10:17 a.m., beginning at the Ken Vercammen Law Office in Edison. By: Kara Fitzpatrick    The comedy that is the annual Freezing Cold Hash Run is reflected rather befittingly on paper.    "If you get lost, stay on the trail," advises a flier…

  • Hogmanay returns on New Year’s Eve

    The Lawrence Historical Society’s New Year’s Eve event features a roaring bonfire where participants may toss lists of bad things from 2005 they may wish to forget. By:Lea Kahn Staff Writer If John Brearley II were alive, it’s likely that he would join in the fun of the annual Hogmanay bonfire slated for New Year’s…