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  • Six file for school vote

    Three incumbents, three challengers on ballot. By: Melissa Hayes    Three incumbents and three challengers have filed to seek three, three-year seats on the Board of Education in the April 19 election.    Incumbents Marty Abschutz, Barry Nathanson and Matthew Speesler will be joined on the ballot by challengers, Edward Birch, who has run two other times…

  • Guarini brothers a winning combo for SBHS hockey

    By: Ken Weingartner    Hockey history is filled with famous brother combinations.    In the NHL, there were the six Sutter brothers, the Espositos, Conachers, Howes, Stastnys, Niedermayers, Bures, and perhaps the greatest, the Richards — Maurice, "The Rocket," and Henri, "The Pocket Rocket," to mention a few.    There were even the fighting Hanson brothers in the…

  • School board must OK tentative budget by Tuesday

    District officials will host public forum on S-1701, a new law that impacts school budget, on March 14 at 7:30 p.m., at Timberlane Middle School. By Ruth Luse    As a March 8 deadline looms for school districts to adopt tentative budgets for next year, Hopewell Valley officials continue to struggle to avoid staff layoffs and…

  • Five file for five Hopewell Valley school board seats

    Unless there are successful write-in campaigns on school election day, the five are assured of seats on the board. By Ruth Luse    There are no contested races for seats on the Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education on April 19.    Five individuals have filed for the five open seats on the nine-member school board.    Just…

  • Adults face DUI charge

    Two arrested at schools in separate incidents. By: Joseph Harvie    Two adults were charged with driving while intoxicated in the past two weeks after they allegedly showed up drunk at township schools to pick up children.    District officials would not release the students to the adults and other arrangements were made to get the children…

  • Two Dawgs claw way into regions

    Hopewell Valley wrestling By: John E. Powers    The difference between the Hopewell Valley Central High School wrestling team’s experience at the District 17 Tournament last year and this year was considerable.    The Bulldogs, who finished last in the 9-team field with minus-two points last year at the Hunterdon Central Fieldhouse, scored 39 ½ this year.…

  • EDITORIAL: A first step in reforming campaigns

    EDITORIAL Unanimous vote shows senate is in agreement that the election system is in need of repair.    There may be some hope for state-level politicians after all.    In a 34-0 vote, with six abstentions, on Monday, the state Senate approved changes in public contracting law designed to prevent large campaign contributors from being eligible for…

  • SCHOOLS: Building character

    Students learn what it means to be a good citizen. By: Sarah Winkelman    Reduce, reuse, recycle.    This is the message third-graders in Tubasim Ahmed’s class at Noor-Ul-Iman are trying to spread to local Stop & Shop patrons. The students, along with other classes at the school, are decorating paper grocery bags for Earth Day on…

  • Lee places third to end MHS district drought

    Artfitch, Zala finish fourth By: Rudy Brandl        HILLSBOROUGH — Tuan Anh Lee may want to try out for the Manville High baseball team after his impressive power display at last Saturday’s District 18 Wrestling Championships.    The junior 103-pounder, who just started wrestling back in December, used a couple of home run moves to finish…