Category: archives
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Mother Nature keeps Post 339 at 0-1
Post 339 By: Steve Feitl The Hopewell Post 339 baseball team can’t seem to buy a win. Truth be told, they can’t come up with a loss either. After dropping their first game of the season to Broad Street Park on June 9, the Hopewell boys (0-1) have yet to finish another game. The next…
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Movie night debuts next week
Recreation Department launches summer series of family events By: Alec Moore The Recreation Department will be kicking off the summer with two family-oriented events next week. On June 27, residents are invited to Docherty Park for a showing of "Shrek." A live band performance, starting at 6:30 p.m., will precede the movie, which will begin…
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Mental health needsmore study
To the editor One by one, she killed all five of her children in the bathtub. Clearly, Andrea Yates actions resulted from mental illness. However, many people believe that Ms. Yates should die for killing her children. Yet, killing Ms. Yates offers no solution to the problem of postpartum depression. She no longer threatens society…
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Lawrence coaches pleased with track season
Track & Field By: Mike Molaro Although the Lawrence High School boys and girls track squads enjoyed varying degrees of success this year, one word can describe the overall feeling of the respective coaches: satisfaction. The Cardinal boys, 4-10 in Dave O’Neal’s first year, came on strong at the end and were a much different…
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Washington seeks land for bypass project
Proposed ordinance would allow township to use eminent domain to seize land. By: Mark Moffa WASHINGTON The Township Committee introduced an ordinance last week that would allow the municipality to use eminent domain to seize land from six properties on the south side of Route 33. Much of the land is needed for detention…
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Graduates: Stay involved in world around you
EDITORIAL: Here’s our ‘clip-and-save’ advice for this year’s class To the members of the Class of 2002: Knowing full well you’re probably already up to your earlobes in unwanted advice, we’re nonetheless adding our two cents (but want to point out you can clip and save this column until later when you’re more interested in…
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We are not alone in our hopes and dreams
GUEST COLUMN: By Roslyn Usupis Editors note: Roslyn Uzupis, a Pheasant Drive resident, is an English teacher at Steinert High School in Hamilton Township. She recently addressed graduates and inductees of the school chapter of the National Honor Society. In her speech, she used the book, "The Great Gatsby," to convey the idea that hope,…
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Five HHS track athletes gain national medals
Crawford, Klueber, Lunemann, Brennan, Vaccaro earn All-America status By: Rudy Brandl Hillsborough High’s talented track athletes earned some well-deserved national recognition at last weekend’s Adidas National Championships in Raleigh, N.C. Five Raiders captured medals to gain All-America status. While that number doesn’t match the whopping 12 HHS athletes who became All-Americans on the national indoor…
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BACK PORCH
A few tips to help spark some community service By: Melissa Morgan OK, I know I just invited everyone onto the back porch, but in my second column, I’m already telling you it’s time to step off. I am encouraging everyone to put aside the community chit chat for a moment and help me prove…
