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  • Elizabeth Pace

    By:    HILLSBOROUGH — Elizabeth "Libby"(Quick) Pace died March 15. She was 88.    Born on the Beekman Homestead Farm in Hillsborough, she lived in Hillsborough all her life.    Mrs. Pace was employed as an office manager for Fred Thomas Insurance Agency, Somerville, for more than 20 years, retiring in 1981.    She was a member of the…

  • Egg-tasting

    Hopewell’s annual egg event Clara Wood, 2, of Hopewell eats her Easter egg as she waves goodbye to the Easter Bunny. Area children enjoyed the annual Easter Egg Hunt, sponsored by Hopewell Valley American Legion Post 339 and Hopewell Fire Department. The event was held at the 339 Post Home, Van Dyke Road.

  • LETTERS: For Speesler, Nathanson

    To the editor:     The importance of the upcoming school board election cannot be over emphasized. There are many difficult challenges that will have to be met by the Board of Education members, caused by the rapidly growing number of children in our schools, shrinking state aid and budget constraints. It is more important than…

  • Special meeting set on municipal budget

    Township Council to finish review of spending plan Monday night. By: Lea Kahn    Township Council plans to hold a special meeting next week at the Municipal Building to wrap up its review of the proposed 2005 municipal budget, on the way to introducing the spending plan in April.    The meeting, set for 7 p.m. Monday…

  • Rider U. swept at Hofstra

    Rider baseball By: Jim Green    The Rider University baseball team isn’t having any trouble starting games. Closing them, well, that’s another story.    The Broncs blew substantial early leads in both games of a doubleheader Saturday at Hofstra, dropping both to fall to 2-10 on the season.    "We can’t hold a lead," Rider coach Barry Davis…

  • LETTERS: Government needs to diet

    To the editor:     Wouldn’t it be great if you could sit, eat, watch television and lose weight? That is not going to happen anytime soon.    To lose weight one must sacrifice something. It could be free time or favorite foods. The same logic applies to government. Some do not want more ratables moving into…

  • E-squared Award recipients are Kim Bruno, Merrill Lynch

    Awards dinner is set for May 6 at the Hopewell Valley Golf Club.    Each year the Hopewell Valley Education Foundation gives the E-Squared Award to one individual and one business/corporation.    E-Squared stands for Education and Enterprise and the award is designed to honor one individual and one corporation who have made a difference in the…

  • Vikings meshed together

    By: James McKeever    A coach in any sport at any level is always striving to have his or her team playing better at the end of the season than at the start.    That’s exactly what happened to the South Brunswick High girls bowling team.    Short on experienced bowlers coming into this season, Vikings coach Tara…

  • Letters to the Editor, March 24, 2005

    Why pay Lorenzetti? To the editor:     In the interest of promoting fair and honest debate on the extraordinary issues surrounding this year’s budget preparations, I think it’s important for our community to clearly understand the board’s decision to pay its former superintendent, Nick Lorenzetti, while also paying Judy Ferguson, our acting superintendent.    As the…