Category: archives

  • School group should reconsider sponsorship

    To the editor By:    Recently (June 26) an article appeared in the Beacon reporting on Amsterdam Home School Association’s (AHSA) abandonment, by not renewing the charter, of Cub Scout Pack 389 based at that school.    One of the possible outcomes of this action, as stated in the article, would be the folding of this Pack.…

  • Songs for Art’s Sake

    Singers, music teachers and musicologists from around the country will converge on Westminster Choir College the week of July 14 for a series of daytime lectures, vocal masterclasses and recitals. By: Matt Smith Lindsey Christiansen is coordinating Evolution of the 19th Century German Lied: Schubert, Schumann, Wolf, a lecture/recital celebration at Westminster Choir College’s Bristol…

  • Monroe graduates say goodbye

       MONROE — The Class of 2003, the 27th to graduate from Monroe Township High School, received its diplomas under a hot sun on the high school football field last week. By: Al Wicklund    MONROE — The Class of 2003, the 27th to graduate from Monroe Township High School, received its diplomas under a hot sun…

  • Taking on troubled teens

    Consultant aims to find perfect therapeutic boarding school. By: Jeff Milgram    Consider this scenario:    You are the parent of a 10th-grader who did OK, but not great, in elementary school, played sports and made some friends.    Then, in middle school, the youngster stopped doing homework, or simply didn’t turn it in, becoming depressed or anxious.…

  • Hopewell hires new school superintendent

    Assistant superintendent becomes superintendent Aug. 1 By:John Tredrea    On Aug. 1, the Hopewell Valley Regional School District will have a new superintendent. Dominic "Nick" Lorenzetti replaces retiring Superintendent Robert Sopko on that date.    As expected, the full Hopewell Valley school board voted unanimously Monday night in favor of a contract with Mr. Lorenzetti that runs…

  • Shady Pleasures

    Artisans, writers and musicians converge on the Tinicum Arts Festival in Erwinna, Pa. By: Daniel Shearer Depicted in a digitally altered photo, an artist works the crowd in front of the Art Barn at the Tinicum Arts Festival in Erwinna.    Four years ago, Tinicum, Pa., residents Trude and Richard Rohal first encountered decorative crafts made…

  • Learning goes hand-in-hand for area students

       Brookside School students are getting together with students from Academy Learning Center. By: Jamie Simpson    MONROE — Brookside Elementary student David Knotts placed his hand tenderly over the hand of a student from the Academy Learning Center in Monroe and attempted to get to know his friend a little better.    "What’s your favorite thing to…

  • Open champ Furyk holds golf clinics at Hopewell Valley

    Makes appearance at annual Granville Academy outing By: Jim Green    When Jim Furyk completed his victory at the PGA Tour’s U.S. Open Championship in Olympia Fields, Ill. last month, Bill Granville knew his Granville Academy’s ninth annual golf outing would receive a huge boost.    Furyk earlier this year committed to appear at the outing as…

  • Walter Kelly

       Walter J. Kelly, 60, of the Roebling section of Florence Township, died Sunday, June 29, 2003, at his home.    Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., Mr. Kelly lived in Monroe for 20 years before moving to Roebling three years ago. Mr. Kelly was a self-employed painter in Monroe for the past 40 years.    His mother, Helen Calvanico…