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  • Golf team shoots past competition

    Golf By: John E. Powers    Any preseason reservations Hopewell Valley Central High School golf coach Skip Johnson might have had about his team have vanished.    The Bulldogs, who saw five seniors graduate last June after a 19-2 season, placed a solid third in Monday’s Cherry Valley Cougar Invitational. The 5-0 Bulldogs then came back the…

  • Manville teams juggle schedules

    Teams will be busy for rest of spring By: Rudy Brandl        It will be interesting to see how Manville High’s spring athletic teams adjust to playing just about every day.    The wet, cold weather of early April has kept MHS athletic director Pat LaMastro busy rescheduling events, evaluating field conditions, finding umpires and consulting…

  • Voters defeat five of eight budgets

    New Hanover, North Hanover and Springfield school districts were approved by voters By: Eve Collins and Scott Morgan    Voters in five out of eight school districts defeated proposed school budgets at the polls Tuesday night. All defeated budgets will go before the municipal governing bodies for review. BORDENTOWN REGIONAL    The Bordentown Regional School District proposed…

  • April 22, 5:30 p.m.: More astroturf

    The Democrats kick off their own form-letter campaign. By: Hank Kalet    Last year, around this time, I got snowed by a form letter from a local resident backing the Bush tax plan. It came at a time when the GOP was attempting to recruit me (yes, you read that correctly) to be part of some…

  • PERCEPTIONS: Free pass on prices only at pumps

    Public doesn’t accept other fluctuations for good reason. By: Steve Feitl    I paid $30 for gas Tuesday. And I was happy about it.    I spent my weekend in Florida on a short getaway. And while it’s always nice to take a short excursion to recharge your batteries, rejuvenate your spirits and any other clichés you…

  • Chief found guilty

    Bordentown City police chief found guilty of contempt of court and harassment By: Scott Morgan    MOUNT HOLLY — Suspended Bordentown City Police Chief Philip Castagna was found guilty in Burlington County state Superior Court on April 16 of violating a domestic violence restraining order, but he will have to wait until next month to find…

  • Letters to the Editor, April 22, 2004

    Personal attacks To the editor:     Partisan politics stooped to a new low at the last two meetings of the Hopewell Township Committee.    First, Jon Edwards denigrated the resumes of two applicants for a volunteer committee in the township and at the next meeting one of his political cronies stepped up to the mike and…

  • Variance request for Cherry Valley Road property denied by township zoners

    Perry Pavicic wanted to remove existing house and replace it with a larger one. By Marianne Hooker    At its April 7 meeting, the Hopewell Township Zoning Board of Adjustment — after hearing a number of objections from neighbors — voted to deny a request for a side yard setback variance for the property at 948…

  • Lawrence Township to celebrate environment

    Earth Day event Sunday brings Rinck House opening. By: Lea Kahn    The long-awaited Rinck House outdoor education center at the Drexel Woods preserve is scheduled to officially open Sunday afternoon as nature lovers gather to celebrate Earth Day.    The Earth Day celebration begins at 1 p.m. at Drexel Woods, located off Drexel Avenue. The ribbon-cutting…