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  • Hopewell Borough clerk gets management group award

    Mayor David Nettles: "Michele (Hovan) has been a breath of fresh air for the borough." By John Tredrea    Michele Hovan, administrator/clerk for Hopewell Borough since October 2003, has received the New Jersey Municipal Management Association’s (NJMNA) 2004 New Professional in Local Government Award.    The award is presented to an NJMMA member with no more than…

  • Trinity rummage sale slated for March 12-13

       The 35th annual Trinity Church Rummage Sale will be held Saturday, March 12, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., and Sunday, March 13, from 12:30 to 3 p.m., at the church, which is located at 33 Mercer St., Princeton.    Free, numbered entry tickets to the Saturday sale will be distributed at 8 a.m. On Sunday,…

  • Professor in critical condition following fire in house

    Candles ignite Christmas tree. By: Jennifer Potash    A Princeton University economics professor sustained third-degree burns to much of his body Tuesday while carrying a burning Christmas tree from his Pine Street residence.    David Bradford, 66, was found lying on the floor of his house by borough police officers at 12:45 a.m., police said.    The fire…

  • Toll Gate Grammar custodian also is prolific artist

    Bob Boucher began working at Toll Gate shortly after the Trenton steel mill where he worked for 38 years closed down. By John Tredrea    One afternoon a few years back, Toll Gate custodian Bob Boucher went into a classroom where students were working on drawings. An artist himself, he liked what he saw in the…

  • Rose Urban

    By:    HILLSBOROUGH — Rose Urban died Feb. 4 in Foothill Acres Nursing Home in Hillsborough. She was 88.    Born in Newark, she lived in Irvington and Linden before moving to Hillsborough seven years ago.    A funeral service was held Feb. 9 from Hillsborough Funeral Home, Hillsborough. Burial was in Evergreen Cemetery in Hillside.

  • A sketch of Samuel Rogers, Part 3 of 4

    HISTORICALLY SPEAKING    Originally published in 1888 and written by cousins, George S. L. Ward, U.S.A. and Louis Richards of Reading, Pa. Although mostly from a footnote, the following is the rich history of the lives of Elizabeth Brearley and daughter Harriet Luttrel.     JAMES ROGERS, before mentioned—son of Isaac and Hannah Tallman Rogers—was born January…

  • Ayala highlights Vikes GMCT effort

    By: Ken Weingartner    Bobby Ayala might have entered the wrestling season like a lamb — a sacrificial lamb, at that — but he is poised to go out like a lion.    During his career, Ayala has had the difficult task of often facing an opponent’s best wrestler in the lower weight classes. Frequently, he would…

  • Through the Moongate

    Lauren Curtis re-creates goddesses and nature in her painting and photography. By: Susan Van Dongen "Creative Matrix," a painting.    In the oldest tarot decks — some of which go back to Medieval times — there are several mysterious cards depicting people and figures in roles that no longer exist. One is the "Female Pope." It’s…

  • Bulldogs send message at MCT

    Hopewell Valley wrestling By: Jim Green    The Hopewell Valley Central High School wrestling team faced a long road back to the top after hitting the low of an 0-17 season in 2003-04. But the program has taken great strides this season, and that was never more evident than Saturday, when two Bulldogs were crowned county…