Category: archives
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Contaminated soil to be removed
NJ Transit will move dirt mounds along rail line. By: Scott Morgan FLORENCE NJ Transit officials announced June 12 that the agency has agreed to remove mounds of contaminated soil from alongside the planned Camden-Trenton Light Rail line that will run through a Roebling neighborhood. The soil mounds had been placed along the planned…
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HoVal girls track squad dominated the spring season
Hopewell Valley Central High School spring season wrap-up By: Jim Green The Hopewell Valley Central High School girls track team ran away with the spring season. The Lady Bulldogs completed the rare sweep of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s Group II titles for the school year, adding the outdoor championship to crowns already…
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Pitching keyed HHS diamond titles
RUDE AWAKENING By: Rudy Brandl There’s nothing like having young arms on your pitching staff. Just ask Hillsborough High’s head baseball and softball coaches. Both Raider teams won a major championship on their diamonds this spring. The main common ingredient in both title surges was young, talented pitchers. Aside from senior softball pitcher Erin Murphy,…
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Lawrence council honors eight local volunteers
Community members rewarded by township for hard work. By: Steve Feitl A standing-room-only crowd packed the Council Meeting Room at the Municipal Building Tuesday night to see eight township residents honored for their volunteer efforts by Township Council. The residents have performed services ranging from helping to transform the Rinck House at Drexel Woods into…
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Pick-Your-Own Fun
Shady Brook Farm, off I-95 in Lower Makefield, Pa., offers four seasons of family entertainment. By: Daniel Shearer For a small business, one product can mean the difference between profit and loss. This winter, Shady Brook Farm, a family run operation in Lower Makefield, Pa., stayed open for the first time, partly because of demand…
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Hopewell Valley school district says goodbye to longtime employee
Shirley Ann Garrison honored at retirement reception. By Ruth Luse On June 12, Hopewell Valley Regional School District administrators and staff members gathered at Hopewell Valley Golf Club for a retirement reception in honor of longtime district employee Shirley Ann Garrison. Mr. Garrison, a lifelong Hopewell Valley resident, attended Hopewell Elementary School and Pennington Central…
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Next generation has the world at its fingertips
EDITORIAL: Current events and technology may be helping graduates be best prepared ever As the diplomas are handed out at Manville High School’s commencement exercises Friday night, the graduating class will be heading out into a new world. But this year’s class is different from the previous classes having come of age during a…
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Elected officials should return to serving community
EDITORIAL By Ruth Luse Internal conflicts political or otherwise among members of the Hopewell Township Committee have taken center stage now for entirely too long. What came to a head earlier this year with the Jon Edwards e-mail fiasco took two more bizarre turns on May 1, when a bitter disagreement about a…
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Paradise Found
Banana trees, elephant ears and creeping Jenny adorn moss-covered pathways on the Hidden Gardens of Lambertville tour. By: Ilene Dube When Ted Stieve gives directions to his Lambertville home, he isn’t kidding when he tells you to look for the pumpkin- orange colored house. Mr. Stieve and his wife, Bet Saum, are artists and know…
