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  • Hopewell Valley school budget plan on tap for OK Monday

    Tentative budget is due at office of the county superintendent of schools on March 11. After an OK from that office, it is expected local public hearings will be held between March 26 and 30. The deadline for a school board vote to approve the final budget is April 2. By John Tredrea    The Hopewell…

  • Art work on the auction block

    Fifth annual auction to raise money for St. Barnabas Episcopal Church of South Brunswick. By: Matthew Kirdahy    Vincent van Gogh, Ansel Adams and Itzchak Tarkay are headed to South Brunswick from New York.    Well, at least their art is, some of it in reproduction form.    "These are some names that might ring a bell," said…

  • A title for Jastrzebski family

    DISTRICT 18 WRESTLING NOTEBOOK By: Rudy Brandl    As usual, the District 18 Wrestling Championships were a pleasure to cover. The folks at Hillsborough High did another stellar job running the tournament.    Kudos to the tournament organizers for moving up the starting times of the Saturday session. Instead of getting in my car at 10 p.m.…

  • Pennington girls fall to Rutgers Prep in state final

    Girls basketball By: Mike Molaro    When a team advances to the state championship game for six consecutive years, that says something about the level that program has reached and — perhaps more importantly — the quality of the athletes who have worn the uniform.    The Pennington School girls’ basketball squad has reached the state Prep…

  • RWA advances three in ‘Best of Best’

       With regular season events drawing to a close, many RWA wrestlers remain active in individual and post-season tournaments in preparation for the USA Wrestling NJ State Championships (late March) and Mid-Atlantic Wrestling Association (MAWA) Eastern National tournament series (April).    This past weekend, 13 RWA wrestlers competed in the Grapevine League Elite Tournament known as the…

  • Letter: Students help project succeed

    To the editor:    Thank you, Ravee Padte and South Brunswick High students for planning, organizing, sponsoring and staffing a fundraiser on Feb. 11,12,13, for Community Renewal of South Brunswick’s Back to School Backpack program.    A second thank you to, Commander Sy and Carol Volek and VFW Post 9111 for sponsoring our fund-raising project, on Feb.…

  • Workshops to focus on effective nonprofits

       Partnership in Philanthropy (PIP), a statewide nonprofit fund-raising resource organization, is offering two workshops for nonprofits boards and staff at New Jersey Audubon’s Plainsboro Preserve in Plainsboro.    "The Basics of Fund-Raising" will be held from 4 to 9 p.m., Thursday, March 25. Designed to educate board members, volunteers and staff members in the skills and…

  • Rosemary Flagg

    By:    HILLSBOROUGH – Rosemary "Mimi" Flagg died Feb. 28 in Compassionate Care Hospice at St. Clares Hospital in Dover. She was 52.    Born in Paterson she grew up in Glen Rock before moving to Hillsborough 26 years ago.    Mrs. Flagg was a homemaker.    She was an active member of St. Ann’s Church in Raritan.    She…

  • Pennington School teacher grows prize-winning orchids

    Bell plans to be on hand at the 2004 Philadelphia Flower Show — "Destination: Paradise" — which takes place March 7-14 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, 12th and Arch streets, Philadelphia.    Pennington School teacher Aneka Bell is among the orchid growers represented in the book, "The Philadelphia Flower Show: Celebrating 175 Years."    As an orchid…