Category: archives

  • EDITORIAL: Time to cap spending on local races

    Spending so much money on campaigns causes residents to wonder who the politicians are really working for    It apparently takes a lot of money to run a local election campaign.    But then again, it takes a lot of money to buy a house, lease a car and pay our bills. And few of us have…

  • Bill highlights state’s role in American Revolution

    Would establish a Crossroads of the American Revolution National Heritage Area. By: Mark Moffa    Legislation currently being considered in Congress would establish a Crossroads of the American Revolution National Heritage Area throughout most of Central New Jersey.    The bill, H.R. 5080 in the House of Representatives and S 2731 in the Senate, would allow up…

  • Voting down budget for football doesn’t make sense

    Feitl Facts By: Steve Feitl    An unsigned letter came across my desk this week.    It read:    "Dear Dr. Sopko:    I pledge to vote against any school budget or referendum question which provides any funding whatsoever — directly, indirectly or in-kind — for a football program at Hopewell Valley Central High School.    Further, I pledge to…

  • Proposed law spurs fearsof axing some tree replacements

    Change would limit mitigation to 1.5 percent of development value By:Alec Moore    The Planning Board next month will try to get at the root of a potential problem stemming from a newly proposed tree ordinance.    The issue was raised at last Thursday’s board meeting in response to member Ken Wells’ submission to the Township Committee…

  • Letters to the editor, Aug. 1, 2002

    Dog owners refuse to do their duty To the editor:     First I am grateful to be one of what seems like only few letters-writers not debating Back Timberlane or the football team. I see that passions run high on those subjects and I was inspired.    I am a dog owner — a responsible one…

  • Problems solved here

    Week-long Camp Invention encourages creative thinking By:Sally Goldenberg    Kickball wasn’t on the agenda for these Hillsborough kids.    The 94 students who attended the weeklong Camp Invention at Hillsborough Elementary School on Amwell Road spent their days indoors, following a schedule that presented a stark contrast to the typical camper’s day of swimming, field trips and…

  • Edition of Aug. 1, 2002

    Harry S. Jordan    Harry Stewart Jordan, 83, died July 24 at home.    Born and raised in Paulsboro, he lived in Hopewell 30 years.    After serving with the Army during World War II, Mr. Jordan completed a business program at the University of Pennsylvania. He worked many years with Mobil Oil, first at a refinery in…

  • KIDS AND COMMUNITY: The many inequities of trying to quit smoking

    By: Judy Shepps Battle    Are you one of the more than 46 million American adults who smoke? If so, it is likely you are also among the seven out of ten smokers who want to quit the habit.    Maybe you are one of the nearly 16 million people who actually did stop using tobacco for…

  • Hopewell cyclist begins long journey for charity

    For the past two years, Jim Angelus has been planning and training for "The Race to Respond" By Michael Redmond    These days, each morning before he leaves the house, Jim Angelus gets a start on his 4,500-calorie-a day diet by putting at least 800 calories under his belt, usually by 6 a.m. Mr. Angelus then…