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  • EDITORIAL: ‘Debate’ data: Dueling spin from ‘experts’

    EDITORIAL: Debate ‘news’ is being spun out of control by major media outlets. It’s hard to pick up a newspaper, turn on a radio talk show or watch a TV newscast these days without getting spun three ways to Sunday about the performance turned in by George W. Bush and John Kerry in the first…

  • Lady Dawgs stay undefeated

    Hopewell Valley girls tennis By: John E. Powers    Hopewell Valley Central High School girls tennis coach Alma Quinlan’s team seems poised for a strong stretch run to what is becoming a memorable season.    The Lady Bulldogs, now 10-0, finished a strong second to four-time champion Hun at the Mercer County Tournament last week and also…

  • Reginald Redding

    Assistant Superintendent Candidate By: Steve Feitl    Reginald L. Redding said he hopes his lifelong commitment to the education of children will bring him to Lawrence Township.    Dr. Redding is one of two candidates for the assistant superintendent position currently held in Lawrence Township by Bruce McGraw, who will retire at the end of this year.…

  • Get to know township candidates for charter study

    EDITORIAL By Ruth Luse    If, on Nov. 2, Hopewell Township voters say yes to the creation of a Charter Study Commission, five people — who will be elected Nov. 2 — would begin, within 15 days after the election, the daunting task of coming up with a recommendation for a future form of government for…

  • For the Oct. 7 issue

    Velma L. Insley Griner, Bruce Goldner, Robert R. Wagner Jr. Velma L. Insley Griner    WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP — Velma L. Insley Griner, 90, died Sept. 29 at Mercerville Genesis Care Center, Hamilton.    Born in Vanburen, Ohio, she grew up in North Baltimore, Ohio. She then resided in Toledo, Ohio, and for the past six and a…

  • Oct. 7, 6:41 p.m.: Rock deaths, a musical in memorium

    Scott Muni and Johnny Ramone. Rest in Peace. By: Hank Kalet    Another great voice from my youth has passed on. Scott Muni, the man who helped create the greatest rock ‘n’ roll radio station in the history of mankind, WNEW-FM in New York. WNEW, in its heyday running from the mid-1960s to about 1980 or…

  • Ortman emerges as team leader

    MHS girls tie Bound Brook By: John Beisser        It’s been a trying season for the Manville High girls’ soccer team. Due to the reclassification of the Mountain Valley Conference, the Lady Mustangs now compete in the Valley Division, which represents an upgrade in competition from the Sky Division.    On top of that, Manville graduated…

  • Schools progress on critical test

    Exceed yearly requirements of No Child Left Behind Act By:Emily Craighead    While several schools down the road in Hillsborough were placed on a warning list for failing to meet No Child Left Behind (NCLB) standards, Manville has succeeded in staying ahead of the curve.    All four Manville schools exceeded Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) marks for…

  • Pennington officials OK money for revaluation

    Digitized tax maps that will be used in the revaluation are ready, borough Engineer Don Fetzer said during Monday night’s meeting. By John Tredrea    Adopted unanimously by the Pennington Borough Council Monday night was an ordinance authorizing the borough to spend up to $100,000 for a borough-wide property revaluation.    Like Hopewell Borough and Hopewell Township,…