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  • No charges expected in fatal accident

    Criminal charges will not be pressed against driver involved in a fatal accident that occured March 6 in Bordentown Township. By: William Wichert    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — Nearly a month after Suleman Khan died following a car accident in the Acme parking lot on Route 130, his family is still trying to figure out how this…

  • Author of ‘Family Matters’ speaks at CHS on April 25

    Robert Evans will explore the cultural shifts contributing to changes in child-rearing and pressures on schools.    The Hopewell Valley Municipal Alliance in partnership with Princeton Academy and the Hopewell Valley Regional School District will present "An Evening with Robert Evans" on Monday, April 25 at 7:30 p.m. in the Hopewell Valley Central High School Auditorium.…

  • LETTERS: The radical right must be fought

    To the editor:     Our Founding Fathers designed our government in a fashion that is envied the world over. They created branches and political parties so that no one person and no one party would able to have sole control to push any one ideology unwittingly down our throats in a dictatorial manner.    But radical…

  • Volunteers are sought for Hopewell Township task forces

    One group will look at budgeting. The other will address municipal revenues. By John Tredrea    The Township Committee voted unanimously Monday to create two new task forces —– one on long-range budgeting and another on municipal revenues.    The committee is seeking volunteers to serve on both task forces, said Committeeman David Sandahl, who suggested the…

  • New look for aging strip mall

    Finishing touches put on Kendall Park Shopping Center. By: Joseph Harvie    Two businesses are up and running and several more should be open as soon as the finishing touches are put on renovations to the old Kendall Park Shopping Center on Route 27.    Kabloom Florist and the Travel Center are both open for business in…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…