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  • EDITORIAL: Time is right for paid EMS in daytime

    With more residents and traffic, it makes sense to have a paid EMS daytime crew    South Brunswick is not the same small town it once was.    It is a bustling suburb of nearly 40,000 residents and 14,000 homes with many of its households led by a pair of working parents who spend much of their…

  • Educator helps readers learn about yoga

    Virginia Gittelman spends spare time helping to edit series of books By:Sally Goldenberg    As the centuries-old tradition of Yoga gains momentum across the United States, a Hillsborough educator has co-authored and proofread numerous books in a series focusing on the Hindu discipline.    Dr. Virginia Gittelman, assistant superintendent in Hillsborough, has worked on "The Missing Peace"…

  • Board is working to correct sports program imbalance

    GUEST OPINION By Kim Newport    It is our responsibility and obligation as school board members to provide comprehensive programs in academics, the arts, and sports, for all children who attend the public schools in Hopewell Valley.    Our interaction with the public has been to ask for help in funding our base budget and, on occasion,…

  • Hopewell Township is mailing estimated tax bills to residents

       According to Christine Smeltzer, Hopewell Township administrator, Hopewell Township is sending out estimated tax bills.    The total tax rate on the bills is $2.73. This is an increase of $.08 over the 2001 tax rate of $2.65.    The reason for these estimated bills is a delay in the adoption of the Mercer County budget.    Below…

  • Football feud will go before state OAL judge

    Judge will preside over hearings on dispute between school board and Hopewell Valley residents trying to stop a high school interscholastic football program. By John Tredrea    A judge in the state Office of Administrative Law (OAL) will preside over hearings on a dispute between the Hopewell Valley Regional School District and residents trying to stop…

  • Bruce Barath

       HILLSBOROUGH — Bruce R. Barath , 38, died Aug. 1 at home.    Born in Perth Amboy, he was a resident of Hillsborough. Mr. Barath worked as a welder.    Surviving are his mother, Barbara Barath of Hillsborough; his father, Ronald Barath of Florida; and his wife, Christine of Neshanic.    Private cremation services were under the direction…

  • Budding artist

    Art in the Park Katie Greener, 5, works on her foam board painting during Art in the Park at Kunkel Park in Pennington. This special summer arts program for children, sponsored by the Hopewell Valley Recreation Department, ends this week.

  • Finding common ground

    Games highlight nursing home visit by campers By:Sally Goldenberg    Leaving several generations out of the loop, a group of young day-campers met with a throng of senior citizens at the Foot Hill Acres Nursing Home in Hillsborough this week to find common ground in a game of ringtoss.    Nancy Guerrera, assistant activities director at Foot…

  • Readers asked to help HVN observe 9/11 anniversary

    On Sept. 5, the Hopewell Valley News will be featuring accounts relating to what has become known as 9/11 By Ruth Luse    Nearly a year has gone by since the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.    Groups and individuals in communities…