Category: archives
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Rhebergen, Sorg to power Lady Dawgs
Hopewell Valley softball By: Jim Green Any time a softball team can return its two biggest bats, it should be in good shape. That’s the position the Hopewell Valley Central High School softball team finds itself in, as senior shortstop Lindsay Sorg and senior center fielder Becca Rhebergen return to lead the Lady Bulldogs in…
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What makes a brilliant mind?
BOOK NOTES by Dr. Joan Ruddiman As March is dedicated to women and gifted, Book Notes has celebrated some extraordinary women and gifted minds in the past weeks. As the month comes to a close, we look at one of the first books to explore the nature of giftedness in men and women. "Cradles…
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Bidding farewell
ABIS’s Paul Kolody retires By:Donna Lukiw Paul Kolody, eighth-grade science teacher at Alexander Batcho Intermediate School (ABIS), will be greatly missed after 38 years of teaching. And, he says, the feeling will be mutual. "The kids have been wonderful and the parents have been wonderful. I will miss it. I had some good times with…
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Hopewell Township Charter Study Commission slates April 12 hearing
Group will present interim report and answer questions at a public hearing slated for 7 p.m. in the municipal building. By John Tredrea The commission making an in-depth of study of whether Hopewell Township should change its form of government will present an interim report and answer questions at a public hearing slated for 7…
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DEP order outlines plan for composter
State Department of Environmental Protection outlines plan for Springfield’s Eastern Organic Resources to minimize off-site odors. By: Scott Morgan SPRINGFIELD After lengthy and sometimes unfriendly talks with the state Department of Environmental Protection, an embattled township composter last week signed an administrative consent order aimed at curbing the stench emanating from the facility. Eastern…
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Letters to the Editor, March 31, 2005
Learn details of senior proposals To the editor: The Hopewell Valley Senior Center Planning Committee urges interested citizens to attend the April 4, 7:30 p.m. meeting of the Hopewell Borough Council in the cafetorium of the Hopewell Elementary School. We are scheduled to present two proposals, which represent our carefully deliberated findings, They are…
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Board slashes tax rate hikes
Upper Freehold regional school board drastically reduces the planned school tax rate increases. By: Lauren Burgoon UPPER FREEHOLD The Upper Freehold regional school board handed down some welcome news to taxpayers last week by drastically reducing the planned school tax rate increases. The cutbacks affect the proposed school tax rates in both towns for…
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Patrick Imlay, Part 4 of 7
HISTORICALLY SPEAKING Henry Perkins Imlay begins the genealogy of remaining seven children of George and Sarah Bruere Imlay. From "The Imlay Family" by Hugh and Nella Imlay, published from Zanesville, Ohio, in 1958. Henry Perkins was born November 8, 1860 and died July 31, 1901. He married Sarah Miller, born March 12, 1856, and…
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Students get inspiration out of speaker
Motivational speaker talks to students about the importance of making the best out of thier high school years. By: Melissa Hayes Motivational speaker Mark Sharenbroich was at times cynical and sarcastic during his talk about teenage relationships and goals, but that didn’t bother the more than 2,400 South Brunswick High School students sitting in the…
