Category: archives

  • Lady Bulldogs run winning streak to five

    Girls basketball By: Matt Nalbone    Even though it’s still very early in the season, the Hopewell Valley Central High School girls basketball team has done some very good things.    After only winning six games all last year, they headed into last week’s game against Nottingham with a perfect 4-0 record, holding the Hammonton Holiday Tournament…

  • Sandom takes the oath

    Appointed to take the place of Kathleen Bird in October 2001, Vanessa Sandom was elected in November to a three-year term. Vanessa Sandom is sworn in as committeewoman by Hopewell Township resident Michael Kahme (right) with the help of Ms. Sandom’s sons – Alexander (13) and Benjamin (11) Seiden. The event took place on Jan.…

  • Marian Normart and Helen A. Durling

    Jan. 9, 2003 Marian C. Normart    Marian C. Normart, 82, died Dec. 27 at the Medical Center at Princeton.    Born in Chester, Pa., she was a resident of Hopewell and Norwood, Pa.    She worked in the drafting department at General Electric in Philadelphia, Pa., for 10 years. She loved painting, especially watercolors and oils and…

  • Speaker urges students to support human rights

    Notes governments prefer ‘ignorant populace’ By:Sally Goldenberg    A former Nigerian political prisoner who challenged the government in his homeland addressed Hillsborough High School’s social studies students about the importance of human rights in the United States and throughout the world.    He ended his speech reprimanding America’s policies toward Iraq, Iran and North Korea as U.S.…

  • School district hopes to increase diversity of staff

    Hillsborough joins coalition to help attract minority applicants. By:Sally Goldenberg    Hillsborough’s administrators say they want a fair ethnic representation of teachers, administrators and support staff in the school system to reflect the increasingly diverse student population, but have been finding little success in attracting minority educators.    To help spur more diversity in filling positions, the…

  • Optimistic outlook for SBHS girls winter track team

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    As the South Brunswick High School girls’ winter track team steps out for the 2002-03 season, there is a talented group of five experienced seniors leading the way. And with four out of the five running sprints, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out where the Vikings will shine.…

  • McGreevey opens state Homeland Security Center

    Lawrence location replaces Fort Dix. By: Lea Kahn    Six months ago, the masonry building across the driveway from the state Department of Military and Veterans Affairs offices on Eggert Crossing Road was an empty shell.    But hundreds of hours of work and $2.5 million later, the 10,000-square-foot former warehouse in Lawrence has been converted into…

  • Mauraya Indian Cuisine

    A tasty eggplant dish, traditional flatbreads and other tandoori delicacies are among the Northern Indian offerings at this restaurant in Bensalem, Pa. By: Richard Burns Mauraya Indian Cuisine Bensalem Plaza 2088 Street Road Bensalem, Pa. (215) 633-9141 Food: Good Service: Very good, but not tested on a busy night Prices: Inexpensive to moderate Cuisine: Indian…

  • School announces memorial plans

    Seeking donations to honor Philip MOnahan and Rosalinde Johnson By:Sally Goldenberg    Triangle Elementary School will memorialize the recent deaths of a student and an employee by expanding the school’s library to include items that represent hobbies of the deceased — third-grader Philip Monahan and Clerical Assistant Rosalinde Johnson.    To honor Philip, who died on Labor…