Category: archives
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Union, district reach accord
Months of negotiation and frustration end as teachers come to tentative contract agreement with Northern Burlington County Regional School District. By: Eve Collins MANSFIELD After months of negotiation and job actions, officials with the Northern Burlington County Regional School District came to a tentative agreement on Monday with teachers and other school employees. The…
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Cards win first CJ III match-up
Wrestling By: John E. Powers The Lawrence High School wrestling team achieved another first Tuesday night in winning their first Central Jersey Group III playoff match. But the next step will have to wait until at least 2005. The 13-4 Cardinals handled Hightstown 54-12 in the section quarterfinals, marking the first time they advanced to…
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PERCEPTIONS: Baseball won’t suffer from A-Rod deal
The evil empire may just be a necessary evil. By: Steve Feitl Darth Vader and the 1980 Soviet Olympic ice hockey team have something in common. And no, it’s not that they both wear helmets. But I’ll get back to that trivia point in a second. First I’d like to address the New York Yankees’…
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Letters to the Editor
For the Feb. 19 issue. Time to speak up at committee meetings To the editor: High-octane politics. My wife, our three high school-aged young adults, and I, reside in beautiful Mansfield Township. For now. My Baltimore-based accountant would prefer I move to Maryland. He tells me masked politicians don’t collect the property tax rates there.…
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HVES is there to help volunteers with daily tasks
One of the items funded by taxpayers in the Valley’s three fire districts is Hopewell Valley Emergency Services. By Rosalie Ann LaGrutta One of the items funded by taxpayers in the Valley’s three fire districts is Hopewell Valley Emergency Services (HVES). "The career employees who man the ambulance and assist at some of the…
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Spelling champ heads to state
Bill Campbell, an eighth grade student at New Egypt Middle School will compete in a statewide spelling bee March 15-16. By: Lauren Burgoon PLUMSTED New Egypt Middle School student Bill Campbell will take a stab at spelling glory next month. Bill, 13, was crowned the middle school spelling champion at a competition in January.…
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New Jersey Devils score big with students
ABIS and Roosevelt students hear anti-drug, motivational messages from Randy Velischek and Bruce Driver By:Mary Ellen Zangara Two members of the New Jersey Devils hockey team visited two Manville schools last week to share motivational and anti-drug messages with the students. Students in Alexander Batcho Intermediate School and Roosevelt School got to see and listen…
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HoVal girls topple Princeton, reach MCT quarterfinals
Girls basketball By: Jim Green The Hopewell Valley Central High School girls basketball team showed no ill effects from its recent two-game losing streak when it faced Princeton in the first round of the Mercer County Tournament on Monday at CHS. The third-seeded Lady Bulldogs, who were coming off back-to-back defeats to Ridge and Hunterdon…
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An optimistic girls team hosts East Brunswick in GMCT
By: Carolyn M. Hartko People shouldn’t be surprised if the sound of whistling is heard coming from the girls’ locker room at South Brunswick High School this week. That would be the sound of optimism permeating the atmosphere around the Lady Viking basketball team. And that’s because South Brunswick garnered the sixth seed in this…
