Category: archives

  • Zsenak to lead HoVal return to prominence

    Baseball By: Jim Green    Most sophomores would love to have the type of American Legion baseball season Hopewell Post 339’s Chris Zsenak had this summer.    Zsenak opened the season 11-for-23, finished with a .311 average, smacked four extra-base hits and knocked in 10 runs for manager Bruce Nocar’s club. However, Zsenak set incredibly high standards…

  • Local Marine returns from Iraq

    Recalls humanitarian work that followed combat By:G. Natasha Zoe    Despite two months of scarce deodorant, no showers, only one hot meal and delayed mail from his girlfriend, Lance Cpl. Luis Felipe Aguilar, 20, of East Camplain Road is proud of his work in Iraq, but really only wants to talk about the humanitarian work his…

  • Truman and Bush share few traits

    To the editor    Harry S. Truman was a different kind of man than is President George W. Bush.    Mr. Truman served with distinction in France in World War I; the where-abouts of George Bush during the Vietnam war are murky at best.    As a senator, Harry Truman made a national reputation by investigating companies that…

  • POLICE BLOTTER

       Timothy Lee, 20, of Foxhill Lane was charged July 11 with an underage alcohol offense.    According to police, Mr. Lee entered Petrock’s Liquor store on Amwell Road at approximately 10 p.m. and brought an alcoholic beverage to the cash register. Upon requesting identification, Mr. Lee presented a police officer working in the store as part…

  • Hopewell Valley school board gets money to cover fall football costs

    Board members accepted a $67,760.40 check from HIKE that will fund the second year of the program, which — beginning this fall — also will include the new junior varsity team. By Brooke Olster    Hopewell Valley Central High School had been without a football team since 1932 — until last year, when a citizens group…

  • Anchor House riders stop at Dutkos’ Hopewell Township home again

    Joe and Dorothy Dutko have been opening up their house to host the Anchor House riders for about 15 years, and this year was no different. Colorful shirts — hung like flags across the front of the property to identify the location of the Dutko house — looked very much like welcome signs. By Rosalie…

  • National grant brings safety house to Lawrence

    Lawrence Road Fire Company receives $53,100. By: Lea Kahn    Children and adults alike may learn what to do in case of fire in their homes, thanks to a portable fire safety house that the Lawrence Road Fire Co. plans to acquire later this year.    The volunteer fire company learned earlier this month that it had…

  • Geese sign thieves disappoint students

    To the editor    Please, stop stealing the signs!    I am writing this letter to express how upset I am with individuals in this town that have little or no respect for kids working toward a good cause. My first-grade class, from the Hillsborough Elementary School, created five orange "Caution Geese Xing" signs as a project…

  • Springfield educators honored for 63 years service

    Two Springfield Elementary School teachers enter retirement. By: Scott Morgan    SPRINGFIELD — Since it’s still summer, Barbara Jennings is used to having time to make blueberry preserves. Retirement will more likely hit her in September, when she won’t go back to school again.    For John Smith, summer has always been a little busy, what with…