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  • Letters to the Editor

    For the Jan. 29 issue. Reader touched by tragic story To the editor:    The story of the Hausmann’s family tragic loss (Corey Hausmann, who died when the car he was riding in overturned on Jan. 11) and how they handled the situation is an inspiration to us all. Their devout faith, at this moment of…

  • Three Hopewell Valley school board seats will be filled April 20

    Filing deadline for nominating petitions is 4 p.m. March 1. By Ruth Luse    Three seats on the nine-member Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education will be filled at the April 20 school board election.    These seats are held now by Hopewell Township residents Michael Bruno and Kim Newport and Hopewell Borough resident Steven Wood. All…

  • Foundation plans busy year helping local students

    Activities scheduled to fund scholarship, grants programs By:Paul Szaniawski    The members of the Manville Education Foundation are gearing up for a new round of grants and scholarships for borough students and teachers, with plans to add to last year’s successes.    After regrouping last year after a four-year hiatus, the foundation quickly found a way to…

  • Dorothy DeVito

       Dorothy A. Chellberg DeVito, 75, died Monday, Jan. 26, at the University Medical Center at Princeton.    Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., she resided in Queens, N.Y., before moving to Kendall Park 37 years ago. Prior to her retirement in 1994, she was an administrative assistant with Carter Wallace in Cranbury for 20 years. She was a…

  • Contract mediation delayed by weather

    Inclement weather prevents state-appointed mediator from attending contract talks for Northern Burlington County Regional School District. By: Eve Collins    MANSFIELD — Teachers in the Northern Burlington County Regional School District will have to wait a few days more to have another mediation session to try to resolve their contract.    Inclement weather prevented the state-appointed mediator…

  • A hands-on pilgrimage to Mecca

    Students at Noor-ul-Iman school make a mock pilgrimage to Mecca By: Sharlee Joy DiMenichi    Clutching play money and colored passports, students at Noor-ul-Iman school stepped off an imaginary flight to Saudi Arabia singing "Here we come, Allah," in Arabic.    Girls usually considered too little to cover their hair wore white hijabs and their male classmates…

  • BRHS wrestlers take down Roselle C.

    By: Sean Moylan    Roselle Catholic had been looking to fit in a match versus the Bordentown Regional High School boys’ varsity wrestling squad on its scheduled for much of the season.    But after Bordentown smoked Rosella, 60-19, on Wednesday afternoon, coaches at the fine Catholic school were probably having second thoughts.    The match started off…

  • Time is coming to consider school board service

    EDITORIAL By Ruth Luse    It’s time again for residents of Hopewell Township and Hopewell Borough to consider seeking a seat on the Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education.    Even though the election is nearly three months away — on April 20 this year — the time for filing the necessary nominating petitions is much closer…

  • ‘The Butterfly Effect’

    Suffering from frequent blackouts, Ashton Kutcher tries to piece together his life in a film loaded with dark secrets. By: Elise Nakhnikian The Butterfly Effect.>    As an actor, 20-something Ashton Kutcher makes a charming model. In TV series like That ’70s Show and movies like Just Married, he’s easy to watch and hard to dislike.…