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  • Local benefit walks slated

    October Walks center on hunger prevention, diabetes awareness and raising funds for Millstone students By:Lauren Burgoon    Autumn is the season of walks for charity and there are several upcoming area events. October walks center on hunger prevention, diabetes awareness and raising funds for Millstone students. Crop Walk    Allentown will host the annual Crop Walk to…

  • Girls tennis team faces busy schedule

    Hopewell Valley girls tennis By: John E. Powers    Because of the relentless rain, the Hopewell Valley Central High School girls tennis team — like many other teams across New Jersey — has had to adjust its routine. But that will soon change, as the Lady Bulldogs are headed for a very busy stretch.    Last week,…

  • Community Calendar for the week of Oct. 13

    Crime Watch    Thursday, Oct. 13 — Bordentown City’s Crime Watch group is seeking new members. The group will meet at 7 p.m. on the second floor of City Hall.    Help is needed to make The city a safe place to live and a city that is free of drugs. Please join the crime watch group…

  • Student actors set for a ‘wild’ time

    Cabaret Theatre makes a play for the college crowd. By: Chinenye Okparanta    A student-run theater group could probably not ask for a better audience for a play about a party than a crowd of college students.    So when the Rutgers Cabaret Theatre group came across "The Wild Party," Andrew Lippa’s provocative musical about sex, music…

  • Mutz makes most of starting chance

    ATHLETE OF THE WEEK By: Rudy Brandl    Heather Mutz certainly did her homework.    The Hillsborough High junior had been waiting for her opportunity to start a game on the varsity girls’ soccer forward line. It was her primary goal in a mid-week assignment in which all players were asked to make a list of their…

  • Charter recommendation costly and risky

    GUEST OPINION By: David Sandahl    The Hopewell Township Charter Study Commission (CSC) had an obligation under state laws to determine if our local government "could be strengthened, (be) made more clearly responsive or accountable to the people, or whether its operation could be more economical or efficient, under a changed form of government."    Although that…

  • Cardinals ready for stretch run

    Lawrence cross country By: Jim Green    When the Lawrence High School boys cross country team went up against Notre Dame and Hopewell Valley on Oct. 6, chances were the Cardinals were going to have a tough time competing for a win.    So, instead of worrying about their own times, the Cardinals’ top runners dropped back…

  • Reseaching familial roots is township woman’s passion

    Inspired by the discovery of a family Bible, Catherine "Casey" Zahn of Hopewell Township has started a countywide genealogy club. By: Rosalie Ann LaGrutta    Many people probably don’t know who their great-great-grandparents were.    Catherine "Casey" Zahn of Hopewell Township was one such person, until 1993 that is.    Since that time, she has started a countywide…

  • Below the Radar

    Joyce Carol Oates celebrates the seemingly small and trivial in her newest novel, ‘Missing Mom.’ By: Hilary Parker    Words become true emotion somewhere in the translation between the pages of Joyce Carol Oates’ latest novel, Missing Mom, and the heart of the reader. The pain of 31-year-old Nikki Eaton over the sudden death of her…