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‘We don’t want capacity, we don’t need it’
Bill Piper, Hopewell Township The ELSA sewer bond ordinance, scheduled for a vote on May 8, not only would necessitate a new tax on all property owners in Hopewell Township through increased debt, but specifies that the township reserve twice as much sewage capacity than is needed given open-space allocations adopted last fall. It is…
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HOPEWELL VALLEY: Bear Tavern has largest science fair to date
Bear Tavern’s fifth annual Science Fair took place Friday, April 13. It was Bear Tavern’s largest science fair to date with 132 registered participants and more than 60 community volunteers, including volunteer judges from The College of New Jersey. Attendees saw a live animal show from the Academy of Natural Sciences and an educational Mad…
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Go green: ‘No’ to bond ordinance
Peter Sandford, Hopewell Township Kudos to Jim Waltman of the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association for identifying options other than ELSA to meet the future wastewater management needs of southern Hopewell Township (There are alternatives to ELSA sewer expansion, April 26). Under the current ELSA sewer bond ordinance, the majority of the Hopewell Township Committee in…
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Vote is more about democracy
Vanessa Sandom, Hopewell Township I’m reluctant to speak out publicly on the issue of the ELSA ordinance because all of us on the committee have recently been instructed by the township’s attorney it would be inappropriate to advocate one position over another prior to the referendum May 8. Nor will I comment as a so-called…
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Family Support Organization of HSW
Car wash sponsored by Family Support Organization — May 12, 2012 By Shirley Groff National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day is a key strategy of the Caring for Every Child’s Mental Health Campaign, which is part of the Public Awareness Initiative by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), U.S. Department of Health…
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Ahn’s TaeKwonDo Students Win 75 Medals at Big East Competition
By Frances Chaves Thirty seven students from Ahn’s TaeKwonDo school of Bridgewater and Montgomery brought home 43 gold medals, 18 silver medals and 14 bronze medals from the 2012 Big East TaeKwonDo Championship on Sunday, April 29 at Ridge High School in Basking Ridge, N.J. Students competed in the all-day event in almost every age…
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WEST AMWELL: New ‘Fabulous Felines’ adoption center open to public
WEST AMWELL Animal lovers are invited to visit the new “Fabulous Felines” cat adoption center at Animal Alliance’s Planned Pethood low-cost spaying and neutering clinic at 1432 Route 179. A bevy of cats in all shapes, sizes, ages and colors await new homes at this special shelter, which consists of a free-roaming cat room…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Parents: Use our son as a lesson for caution
To the editor: On March 16, 2012, our son, Ryan Alley, an honor student at The College of New Jersey, had a very serious automobile accident that resulted in his death. Questions remain unanswered, and some answers we will never know. Was he out that evening in “a safe and organized” environment, to prevent just…
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MANVILLE: Police blotter for week of April 23-29
A construction scene at 249 North Main St. created dust that activated a fire alarm, resulting in police, rescue and fire units being called just before 9 a.m. April 23. * * * Patrolman John Granahan checked the rivers in town at about 1:30 p.m. April 23 for a reported missing man. Nothing suspicious was…
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