Virginia M. Beekman, Dorothy C. Mather, Elizabeth S. Counselman, James W. Clapp, Godfrey W. Harper III. Virginia Beekman Owned Princeton store     MONTGOMERY — Virginia Manners Beekman died June 26 in Lambertville. She was 75.    Born in Perth Amboy, she graduated from Perth Amboy High School in 1945, attended Elmira College for Women and graduated…

Carol Roche retiring; Rich Lang leaving CHS By: John Tredrea    Acceptance of the retirement of Dr. Carol Roche, the Hopewell Valley Regional School District’s assistant superintendent since 1995, was among a series of personnel actions approved unanimously by the Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education on June 24.    Dr. Roche’s retirement is effective Oct. 1.…

By: Lea Kahn    Rider University officials expect to play a role in the selection of a priest to replace one of its chaplains, who was removed from his post last week because of sexual allegations.    The Rev. Bruno Ugliano, a Roman Catholic priest, was recalled to St. Mary’s Abbey in Morristown last week after a…

Tax bills won’t be due Aug. 1 By: Lea Kahn    Taxpayers won’t need to check their mailboxes for their property tax bills until at least the end of July, according to Municipal Manager William Guhl.    Mr. Guhl told Township Council Tuesday that he has received several calls from residents who wanted to know why they…

Donald Burkhardt accepts district’s offer By:Krzysztof Scibiorski    Donald J. Burkhardt, superintendent of Bethlehem Township schools, has been appointed as the new leader of the Manville School District.    Dr. Burkhardt will earn $125,000 in the first year of his four-year contract with the district, which was approved by the Board of Education on July 1. About…

Event organized by Titusville’s Lisa and Dane Wood for the purpose of helping the young children of their late neighbor, Jane Martin By: Ruth Luse    Many Valley area residents gathered Saturday at the Union Firehouse in Titusville for the Jane Martin Children’s Benefit Picnic.    The event was organized by Titusville residents Lisa and Dane Wood…

Her aim is the Olympics in 2004 By: John Tredrea    Listening to her talk about horseback riding makes it difficult to imagine Lindsay Alston without the sport as an integral part of her life. She’s been so wrapped up with riding since she was 5 years old that she routinely talks about things from the…

To the editor    In response to Annette Sammer’s diatribe, dated June 27th, which blames the Democrats for every ounce of development, I could only wonder at herglaring omission.    She has conveniently left out the most important piece ofthe puzzle, which is why the township is where it is today. As a supporterof Friends of Hillsborough…

District One Babe Ruth By: Steve Feitl    The Lawrence Babe Ruth 13-year-old all-stars had a difficult weekend in its tournament.    After capturing the first game, 4-3, over Princeton on Friday, the Lawrence boys dropped their next two games.    On Saturday, the team lost, 9-1, to Nottingham. Jim Gorski, who went 2-for-3, drove in Christian Cox…