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Vikings soccer teams enter postseason as number one seed
Both of Mercer County Community College’s (MCCC) soccer teams are setting their sights on championship seasons, as the men’s and women’s teams will be entering the postseason as the number one seed in their respective Region 19 tournaments. The Vikings men’s team will play third-seeded Essex in the semifinals, while the women’s team have earned…
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‘Home stretch’
Plans for Hopewell Valley’s new Senior and Community Center took two significant steps forward this week with actions by the Hopewell Township Committee and the Hopewell Valley YMCA. At its Oct. 16 meeting, the Township Committee authorized a Professional Services Agreement with Spiezle Architectural Group to complete bid-ready final design work and construction oversight for the…
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Safety and Coping Skills for Teens
By Lauren de Mars, LPC Adolescence can be a tumultuous time complicated by hormonal changes, academic pressures, social challenges, and the quest for self-identity. These factors, combined with the pervasive influence of digital technology and socialmedia, have the potential to lead to anxiety, depression and other mental health issues,such as eating disorders and substance abuse.…
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Don’t treat soils on preserved farms like dirt!
by Jay Watson, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation Think of a farm, and you may picture rolling fields with rows of vegetables, orchards of fruit and nut trees, and bucolic pastures with cows and sheep. But farms in the Garden State often include a whole lot more: roadside stands, greenhouses, corn mazes, hay wagon…
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Hillsborough police: Stealing campaign signs is against the law
A number of political signs have been reported stolen within the township, according to the Hillsborough Township Police Department. Police want to remind individuals that campaign signs are considered personal property. if posted on private property, only the property owner or those authorized by the property owner may remove a campaign sign. If the sign…
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‘We are excited’
Hopewell Township has announced that the Woolsey Park Bandshell is closer to reality. Township staff have been hard at work and an updated timetable has been created with grading work scheduled to begin before the end of October. “We are excited work is beginning on the bandshell. I am looking forward to attending the events…
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Taking strategic action to fight climate change
by Tom Gilbert, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation Every passing week, it seems, brings a new reminder of the many ways our climate is changing, and not for the better. Most recently it was a storm fed by tropical moisture that deluged New York City with two months’ worth of rain in 24 hours,…
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Mary J. Kramarenko, 92
Mary J. Kramarenko Age 92, of North Canton, formerly of East Windsor, NJ, passed away Sat., Oct 7, 2023. She was born in Indiana, PA, a daughter of the late Demetrius and Nadia (Maniosky) Sherotsky, and had been a long-time resident of East Windsor, NJ. Mary was a graduate of Indiana High School, Indiana University…
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Thomas Christopher Kavanagh Ingegneri, Sr.
Thomas Christopher Kavanagh Ingegneri, Sr., of Cranbury, NJ, passed away at the age of 80 with his family by his side, on Saturday, October 7, 2023, at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA. Born February 7, 1943, in Mount Kisco, NY, to immigrant parents from Taormina, Sicily and Dublin, Ireland, Thomas…