Category: archives

  • New history chronicles McGuire base

    Book on McGuire Air Force Base full of facts and photos. By: Eve Collins    MCGUIRE AIR FORCE BASE — Before World War II, it was a lone airstrip cut into farmland on what was then Fort Dix. Today, it has grown into a bustling 3,500-acre air base charged with protecting the East Coast of the…

  • Lawrenceville chaplain hopes to unite students

    The Rev. Morrow replaces the Rev. Wauters in July. By: Lea Kahn    The Lawrenceville School counts Hindus, Sikhs, Jews, Catholics and Protestants among its students, and in her upcoming role as the school’s Protestant chaplain, the Rev. Sue Anne Steffey Morrow welcomes the opportunity to help those students learn about and develop respect for varied…

  • Letter: Make Sam Stewart interim superintendent

    To the editor:    South Brunswick is involved in controversy. Who will be our new superintendent of schools? How fortunate are we to have a town where, even though the people often disagree, they are still interested enough to care what will happen?    What has taken place is that a large group of people learned about…

  • Hillsborough fiddler joins tribute band

    Gail Caruso joins Simply Shania By:Alec Moore    Simply Shania, the critically acclaimed Shania Twain tribute band, has toured the world and performed before thousands overseas, but this year the New Jersey based pop-country music group will be performing much closer to home.    The group will kick off their concert schedule for the spring-summer season on…

  • KIDS AND COMMUNITY: Alcohol ads are lacking responsibility

    Kids and Community by Judy Shepps Battle: Advertisements from alcohol companies convey the wrong message. By: Judy Shepps Battle    It’s a 30-second TV commercial showing adults in a bar, eating and enjoying a variety of beers, wine and mixed drinks. There’s dance music playing in the background, and the message, both spoken and superimposed, is…

  • Edition of May 8, 2003

    Camille M. Persichilli    Camille Mellana Persichilli, 88, of Hopewell Township, died Sunday at Compassionate Care Hospice at St. Francis Medical Center, Trenton.    Born in Casorzo Mon Ferrato, Italy, she came to New York City with her parents, Cesare and Maria Mellana, when she was 5. After marriage, she resided in Trenton and Ewing Township, and…

  • Bulldogs look to stop the bleeding

    Baseball By: John E. Powers    The last week or so has been unkind to the Hopewell Valley Central High School baseball team.    First, sophomore left-hander Brett Hanson, the team’s No. 2 starter, steps off a bus and breaks his ankle, probably landing him on the shelf for the season. Then the team loses three straight…

  • The story behind Hopewell Township’s proposed 2003 budget

    GUEST COLUMN By Christine Smeltzer    The Hopewell Township Committee introduced the 2003 municipal budget on April 10. The proposed budget totals $15,046,182, which is 9.8 percent or $1,344,811 more than the $13,701,371 budget for 2002. The public hearing on the 2003 budget is scheduled for the Township Committee meeting of May 15. The meeting begins…

  • Hopewell Valley impresses at Rowan track invitational

    Spring track By: Jim Green    The Hopewell Valley Central High School girls spring track team certainly knows how to make an entrance.    HoVal took part in the Ike Wills Open at Rowan University for the first time Friday and Saturday. And while it took the Lady Bulldogs 31 years to attend the event, their performances…