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  • “HOW CAN WE LIVE WITHOUT HATE ” Essay Contest

    ENTER THE NEW JERSEY STATEWIDE NEWSPAPER IN EDUCATION ESSAY CONTEST Essay Topic: “HOW CAN WE LIVE WITHOUT HATE?” Download the whole document in PDF You can download individual pages in PDF file format. You will need Acrobat Reader to view the PDF files. Click Here For The Free Acrobat Reader. HOW TO ENTER: 1. Write…

  • Faiths remember Sept. 11

    Clergy speak of hope and remembrance at an interfaith service. By: Sharlee Joy DiMenichi    Belief in divine strength has helped worshippers in many traditions get through the year since the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.    Clergy from local Hindus, Muslim, Jewish and Christian congregations spoke of hope and remembrance at…

  • HHS gymnasts look to youth

    Watts sisters look good in first meet By: Rudy Brandl        If Hillsborough High gymnastics coach Beth Murrin was looking for a new leader, she may have found one in Saturday’s Pioneer Invitational.    Freshman Lauren Watts made a major splash in her first high school meet, finishing third in the all-around to lead the Raiders…

  • YMCA golf benefit setOct. 7 at Valley golf club

    Proceeds to support a host of goals    The third annual Hopewell Valley YMCA golf benefit is scheduled for Oct. 7 at Hopewell Valley Golf Club.    Proceeds support financial assistance scholarships, active older adult programs, teen leadership and activities, expanded programs for youth and families, and planning and development of the new YMCA community Center —…

  • ‘Meet the Candidates Night’ scheduled by Valley GOP

    Event Oct. 23 at H. I. Rib    On Oct. 23, the Hopewell Valley Republican Association invites area residents to the annual "Meet the Candidates Night" — from 7-9 p.m. at H. I. Rib & Co., 145 Route 31 North, Hopewell Township.    A cash bar will be provided and $5 contributions will help underwrite light hors…

  • Valley Farms & Barns photo contest under way

    Deadline Oct. 31    The Hopewell Township Committee invites Hopewell Valley residents to submit their favorite photographs of the Valley’s agricultural landscape — specifically, farms, pastures, barns, and stables — as entries for the 2003 photo contest, "Farms & Barns of the Hopewell Valley."    Applications are available at Hopewell Valley libraries, municipal buildings and the regional…

  • Lucille Saffner

       Lucille Weistuch Saffner, 53, of Monmouth Junction, died, Wednesday, Sept. 11, at home.    Born in Bronx, N.Y., Ms. Saffner resided in Griggstown before moving to Monmouth Junction 16 years ago.    She taught Education of the Handicapped at Montclair State University for the past 21 years. Ms. Saffner was active in developing programs and working with…

  • Carriage Pleasure Driving

    Horse lovers get a rare opportunity to see carriage pleasure driving in Sergeantsville Sept. 22. By: Susan Van Dongen    As one of the Army’s chief veterinarians in World War II, the late Dr. Welling Howell was a remnant of a bygone age, when cavalry still moved around on horseback, not via tanks and helicopters. Stationed…

  • Take the time to talk to your state legislators

    EDITORIAL By Ruth Luse    A rare opportunity to talk to Hopewell Valley’s state legislative representatives on home soil is slated for Wednesday, Sept. 25.    Sen. Shirley K. Turner, Assemblyman Reed Gusciora and Assemblywoman Bonnie Watson Coleman — all Democrats — will hold a town meeting between 7 and 9 p.m. that day at the Hopewell…