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  • School schedules altered due to heat wave

    Tuesday, Wednesday schedules changed for some schools. By Ruth Luse    For two days this week, some Hopewell Valley schools closed early because of temperatures that topped the 90-degree mark, with often-matching high percentages of humidity.    Acting Hopewell Valley schools Superintendent Judith A. Ferguson, in a Monday letter, alerted parents and guardians of Valley school children…

  • Students with disabilities share inspiring message

    Students in Northern Burlington’s Multiple Disabilities program performed "The Power of a Dream" for their fellow students. By: William Wichert    Being disabled doesn’t matter when it comes to dancing in a conga line around the auditorium at Northern Burlington County Regional High School.    Eighteen students in the school district’s Multiple Disabilities Program showed just that…

  • Beware looming tax increase

    To the editor By:    People of Hillsborough beware – your property taxes will be increasing by 12 percent to 15 percent.    Despite the sugar-coated presentation of the township budget by the Republican-led Township Committee, don’t be deceived.    The committee is basing this fantasy on the pipe dream of receiving $1.2 million from the state for…

  • Thieves take church’s equipment

    TVs, DVD player and Xerox copier among items taken By:Donna Lukiw    Someone broke into Sacred Heart Church’s religious education building on West Camplain Road and stole electronic equipment.    The incident occurred sometime between June 2 and Monday, according to Ann Straszewski, the parish secretary.    Ms. Straszewski said the Rev. Boguslaw Augustyn was in the building…

  • Novak wins 800 at Meet of Champions

    By: Sean Moylan    "I woke up all hours of the night," said Rob Novak, who tossed and turned and got little rest the night before the Meet of Champions, held June 8.    "I was thinking about how I would run in the 800."    People from Bordentown (the team Novak runs for), Westampton Tech (the high…

  • Letters to the editor for June 16

    School district needs a strong leader    To the editor: Everyone, ultimately, has a stake in the caliber of schools, and education is everyone’s business. The quality of the public education system relates directly to the quality of life that people enjoy whether as parents, employers, or citizens. A strong public education system is the cornerstone…

  • This Week

    Thursday    Book discussion group: Get your summer reading off to a running start — running with the bulls, that is. The Lawrence Headquarters Branch of the Mercer County Library System will host a book discussion group on "The Sun Also Rises," by Ernest Hemingway at 7 p.m.    Read the American masterpiece that put Pamplona on…

  • Assistant principal gets a head start

    Crossroads North gets a new assistant principal. By: Melissa Hayes    Kim Ferry said her first week as assistant principal at Crossroads North was just the change of pace she was looking for.    "It went well. I like the atmosphere here a lot. I like the energy of the school," she said. "I had some down…

  • Gardens highlight June house tours

    Tour hits 12 historic homes in the Village of Roebling. By: Scott Morgan    ROEBLING — With Loretta Varga, enthusiasm is in no short supply. Especially when it comes to home and garden tours.    Simply put, she loves them. She’s loved them for almost 50 years; loved them since she first toured the homes around Cape…