Category: archives

  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

    Week of Sept. 9 Answers needed for budget questions To the editor:    The Lawrence Ledger’s Sept. 2, 2004, article, "District hires special education supervisor, vice principal," left me disquieted. The current school budget has been both highly controversial and extremely tight, with shortfalls resulting in elimination of positions. There is now a newly created administrative…

  • Letter: Voters left holding the bag

    To the editor:     Gov. James E. McGreevey’s has failed to give the voters of New Jersey their fair chance to elect another governor of their choice.    Gov. McGreevey left New Jersey holding his bag before we even begin to get to see the outcome of his administrative choices. He made too many reprehensible law,…

  • Site for school project changed

    Upper Freehold Board of Education rejects proposed Walnford Road site for new middle school and looks instead to location on Ellisdale Road. By: Lauren Burgoon    UPPER FREEHOLD — Plans for the proposed middle school are refocused on Ellisdale Road after the Board of Education rejected a Walnford Road site as environmentally unsound for a school.…

  • PERCEPTIONS: Recalling details three days later

    PERCEPTIONS By Steve Feitl: Remebering the events of September 11, 2001. By: Steve Feitl    A lot can be forgotten over three years.    In going through my PDA this week, I was surprised to see many things in my 2001 calendar that I had forgotten about. Other events I may have remembered, but I was reminded…

  • Collaboration with a Higher Power

    Ann Hampton Callaway will sing original songs and classics at the Peddie School. By: Susan Van Dongen Ann Hampton Callaway     Like many young women from her generation, singer/songwriter/pianist Ann Hampton Callaway wore out her vinyl copy of Tapestry, the 1972 classic recording by Carole King.    In fact, the intimate album helped inspire Ms. Callaway to…

  • Reasonable compromise to resolve complex issue

    A proposed settlement regarding zoning and future development for the Merrill Lynch/Garden Properties land west of Scotch Road has been worked out between Merrill Lynch and Hopewell Township officials. By Joseph Cohen    Most readers of the Hopewell Valley News know by now a proposed settlement has been worked out between Merrill Lynch and Hopewell Township…

  • Fun, games on tap for Millstone Day

    This year’s celebration of Millstone will be held on Sunday, Sept. 12 at Black Bear Lake. By: Lauren Burgoon    MILLSTONE — With sizzling hot dogs and funnel cakes on sale, pony rides and face painting for the kids and a dunking booth, there will be something for everyone at the annual Millstone Day on Sunday.…

  • Bike tour to aid area Multiple Sclerosis Society chapter

    Cyclists, volunteers sought for Sept. 26 event. By: Linda Seida    Bicyclists and other volunteers are still needed to participate in a bike tour to benefit the Mid-Jersey Chapter of the Multiple Sclerosis Society.    Funds raised by the Grapes to Hops Bike Tour Sept. 26 will benefit New Jersey residents who have multiple sclerosis, according to…

  • Students’ memorial remembers teacher

    Manville students pay tribute to Carol Caliguari. By: Emily Craighead    When fifth-grade teacher Carol Caliguari died suddenly May 4, a month before the end of the school year, her students were devastated. Not knowing what else to do, some crawled under their desks and cried.    With the help of substitute teacher Jean Bartolome, the students…