Category: archives
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Mansfield budget plan keeps stable tax rate
The Township Committee has adopted the 2003 municipal budget which holds the tax rate at 10 cents. By:Eve Collins MANSFIELD The Township Committee has voted to adopt the $4.6 million 2003 municipal budget. Kathy Shaddow, township chief financial officer and treasurer, said state officials are going through the normal review of the budget. It…
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School lunches not always healthy
To the editor Today’s school lunches could cause numerous health problems for consumers. Each day 27 million public school children buy lunches. The top ten foods teens purchase include ice cream, burgers, pizza, cookies and potato chips. Do these sound like healthy choices? I think not! However, public schools across the country sell them. Today,…
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Bulldogs qualify for state tourney
Boys tennis By: Jim Green Hopewell Valley Central High School boys tennis player David Rose took full advantage of his shot at redemption Friday. Rose, who 10 days earlier dropped the deciding match in a 3-2 loss to West Windsor-Plainsboro North, catapulted the Bulldogs into the state tournament with a clutch 6-1, 7-5 victory over…
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South’s pitchers live up to potential
By: James McKeever Leo Danik knew that pitching was the strength of his South Brunswick High School baseball team. Now the rest of Middlesex County is finding that out. The hard way. The Vikings entered their home game against J.P. Stevens on Wednesday (yesterday) with a 7-2-1 record and a four-game winning streak. The surge…
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Lady Bulldogs turn their season around
Girls lacrosse By: John E. Powers Sara Wagner, the head coach of the Hopewell Valley Central High School girls lacrosse team, had an inkling that the brutal week of games in which her team lost to powerful Shawnee and Moorestown would be beneficial at some point. What she might not have realized was how quickly…
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POST FORUM: Renovations
Should the school board expand and renovate existing buildings and make more classroom space? Should the school board expand and renovate existing buildings and make more classroom space?
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Township officials to get historic properties report
May 1 presentation will review 45 properties under consideration for inclusion on Hopewell Township’s local register of historic places. A recent survey of some of Hopewell Township’s most historic properties will be presented at the May 1 meeting of the Township Committee. The presentation by preservation consultant Robert J. Wise Jr. will review 45 properties…
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School board keeps Bradley as president
Reorganization meeting held Tuesday By:Sally Goldenberg The Manville Board of Education re-elected Dorothy Bradley as its president during the board’s Tuesday night reorganization meeting. Ms. Bradley was the unchallenged nominee and won the spot with unanimous consent. The vice presidency, which will be filled by Ken Lessing for another year, was initially challenged with a…
