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10/17 OBITUARIES, pt. 2
From Oct. 17 By: Catherine Devito Stevens TRENTON Catherine E. Devito Stevens, 88, died Oct. 13 at St. Joseph Home for the Aged in Holland, Pa. Born in Trenton, she was a lifelong area resident. Mrs. Stevens retired in 1981 after 10 years as an administrative secretary with the state Parole Board, Trenton. She…
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SCHOOL BOARD UPDATE
Hopewell board approves personnel actions. By: John Tredrea A series of personnel actions recommended by schools Superintendent Robert Sopko was approved unanimously by the Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education Monday night. Among the actions approved by the board were: Appointment of Samuel Karlin as a chemistry teacher at Hopewell Valley Central High…
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League’s Candidates’ Night set Tuesday at CHS
Ten candidates for local offices are scheduled to attend. By: Ruth Luse In preparation for the Nov. 5 general election, the 10 candidates running for seats on the governing bodies of Hopewell Borough, Hopewell Township and Pennington Borough are expected to discuss campaign issues at a Candidates’ Night on Tuesday, Oct. 22. Sponsored by the…
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Students, faculty to be involved in drill
Officials hope mock shooting, hostage scenario helps should violence occur By: Concetta Benuzzi Volpe WEST AMWELL South Hunterdon Regional High School staff and students are preparing to participate in a simulated school-shooting drill Saturday from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. The drill involving 27 students, several staff members, teachers and employees will serve to…
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‘Forget Herostratus’
Bristol Riverside Theatre stages this play by Russian Grigory Gorin. By: Stuart Duncan Edward Keith Baker (left) and Robert Ian Mackenzie star in Forget Herostratus at Bristol Riverside Theatre. They are making it difficult to get to Bristol these days, at least from the north. The turnoff on Route 413 is under construction lots…
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Consolidation right path for universities?
PACKET EDITORIAL, Oct. 15 By: Packet Editorial In this part of New Jersey, when people talk about "The University," they can only mean one thing: Princeton. But everywhere else in New Jersey, people don’t talk about "The University," because there isn’t just one there are a whole bunch of them. In New Brunswick, Newark…
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Moffa named Herald’s new editor
The Windsor-Hights Herald will have a new managing editor beginning Monday, Oct. 21. Beginning Monday, Oct. 21, the Windsor-Hights Herald will have a familiar face as its new editor. Mark Moffa, formerly a staff writer for the Herald and its sister paper, The Messenger-Press, for more than two years, has been named the Herald’s new…
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Herman L. Marder
Herman L. Marder, 71, died Friday at home. Born in New York City, he grew up in Monticello, N.Y., and graduated from high school there in 1948. He lived in Titusville. He attended State University of New York and College of Forestry at Syracuse University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in pulp and paper…
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Friends toast $1 million-donation milestone
Group celebrates land preservation in Princeton. Friends of Princeton Open Space celebrated contributing more than $1 million for land preservation in Princeton with a trail walk and informal cocktail party Oct. 6 at Mountain Lakes Park, its headquarters. The event inaugurated the John Witherspoon Woods Trail, a joint project with the Garden Club of Princeton.…
