Category: archives
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EDITORIAL: Maintain ban on religious displays on town property
EDITORIAL: Allowing displays would open too large a can of worms. The Township Council was correct when it decided to prohibit religious displays on public property in 2000. We think it should stick to its guns now. Rabbi Levi Asimov of the new Chabad of South Brunswick on Riva Road asked the council last week…
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LETTERS: A taxpayer responds to board president
To the editor: This letter is from a taxpayer’s desk in South Brunswick and is in response to "From the President’s Desk" by Robert Long, which was recently published in this newspaper. That four-column propaganda piece contained some truly amazing comments. For one thing, he used the column to complain about the recent attempts by…
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LETTERS: Defending Bush from columnist
To the editor: Hank Kalet’s fevered hand wringing over what he sees as President Bush’s beyond-the-pale shortcomings cries out for a response. Mr. Kalet is certainly entitled to his own opinions but he’s not entitled to his own facts with which to back up his opinions. Mr. Kalet bashes the president for simultaneously being clueless…
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Municipal Alliance makes plans for Valley’s Night Off
With the support of local school officials, sports leaders, parents, community and religious leaders, all sports practices, classes, homework and community meetings will be canceled on March 2, 2004. As the holiday season approaches, the School Sector of the Hopewell Valley Municipal Alliance has been busy planning a gift for community a night when…
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Don’t forget the life of the leaf
FROM ROOSEVELT by Linda Schuster Autumn offers a new day to turn over an old leaf. Or an entire yard full as the case may be. Whether the wind is blowing wildly of not, leaf patrol has begun in earnest. And what is your preferred method for controlling the expired sepals? Is the gathering-in a…
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Allentown its rise and progress, Part 2
HISTORICALLY SPEAKING The following unpublished history by Charles R. Hutchinson is from Book 4 titled "Local History." Acquired in 1929 by the New Jersey Historical Society, the collection represents not only a valuable genealogical resource but documents this region’s early history. Although Hutchinson’s original handwritten ledgers are located in Newark, they can be viewed on…
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Police Beat
BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP Vivian Ford, 46, of Hamilton was charged with possession of a weapon and disorderly conduct at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 14. Officers were called to Jaron’s Furniture Store on Route 206 in response to reports of a customer in the store making threats and carrying a baseball bat. Officers spoke with Ms. Ford outside…
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Letters to the Editor, Nov. 20, 2003
What happened this time? To the editor: The reason for the failure of this year’s municipal open space ballot question is certainly worthy of exploration, as suggested and initiated in the editorial in last week’s Hopewell Valley News. Referenda for funding open space acquisition rarely fail; in fact, Hopewell Township’s questions have won resounding…
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Tellabration fest moves to new site
Annual storytelling benefit, Tellabration will be held at the Hamilton Township Public Library on Sunday, Nov. 23. By: Scott Morgan For Gwendolyn Jones, the reasons are sublimely simple. Storytelling is immediate. There is no mythical "fourth wall" to separate the audience from the storyteller. Stories told, compared to stories written, stories filmed or storied taped,…
