Category: archives
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Spring fling
Historical Society holds Spring Social. Members of the Hopewell Valley Historical Society, guests and friends gathered at a Spring Social at Hopewell Valley Vineyards on Yard Road Saturday evening. Among them were Andy and Helen Greener of Hopewell Township, who are checking in and getting their wine glasses.
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Lawrence council opts for 1-cent cut
School tax rate hike now 15 cents. By: Lea Kahn After a month of wrangling over the defeated 2004-05 school district budget, Township Council adopted a resolution that cut the proposed 16-cent tax rate increase by 1 cent Tuesday night. Township Council voted 3-1 to approve the resolution. Deputy Mayor Pam Mount and Councilmen Michael…
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Commission will review Patriot Act resolution
Human relations board will make recommendation. By: Lea Kahn Declining to take action on a proposed resolution that challenges some provisions of the USA Patriot Act, Township Council suggested turning the resolution over to the newly formed Human Relations Commission for its review and recommendation. The proposed resolution was presented to Township Council Tuesday night…
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Schools: Illustrator teaches that everyone has artistic ability
Floyd Cooper helps students create their own self-portraits using charcoal erasing technique. By: Sharlee Joy DiMenichi Shape by shape, a face emerged from a smudge of charcoal. "Oh, I see it!" one child shouted. Children’s book illustrator Floyd Cooper equipped some Greenbrook students with erasers and charcoal sticks and helped them unleash their…
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John Maggio
By: HILLSBOROUGH John P. Maggio died May 13 at home. He was 67. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., he lived in Hillsborough for 38 years. Mr. Maggio was an architect and partner with the Morton, Russo and Maggio firm of North Brunswick before retiring in 1996. He served with the U.S. Army from 1957-1959. Surviving…
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Hopewell Valley soccer group donates $23,650 to Recreation Foundation for fields
The money will be used to continue work on a group of nine new athletic fields known as Back Timberlane. By John Tredrea The Hopewell Valley Soccer Association (HVSA) gave the Hopewell Valley Recreation Foundation a check for $23,650 at Monday night’s school board meeting. The money will be used to continue work on a…
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Berezansky stars in county track meet
HHS boys finish third By: Rudy Brandl Hillsborough High junior Chris Berezansky did everything he could, but two gold medals and 20 points weren’t enough to help the team capture a repeat title at last Thursday’s Somerset County Track and Field Championships. Berezansky achieved personal-bests to win the shot put and discus and was…
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House Portraits
Related Story: A Tale of Two Houses By: Ilene Dube Photo by Frank Wojciechowski A view out the kitchen window in the home of Cathy and Jim Brown. Audrey Jones didn’t begin drawing until after her fourth grandchild graduated from high school. The retired administrative assistant for the former Response Analysis in Princeton took an…
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Woman bilks gas station
By: Matthew Kirdahy A woman in her 60s, stole $20 from a Route 130 Amoco gas station on Monday by pretending to be a attendant and collecting the cash from a motorist who had just filled up at the pumps, police said. Police said the real station attendant saw the 5-foot-9 inch woman, who weighed…
