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  • Community work earns Scouts high honors

       Three Hillsborough Girl Scouts recently received the highest award in Scouting — the Gold Award — after completing community projects. Rachel Arcuri, Katie King and Rachel Friedman received their Gold Awards at a June 3 dinner held by the Girl Scouts of Rolling Hills Council.    For her project, Rachel Arcuri dressed up 43 fire hydrants…

  • Division title highlights AHS softball season

    Redbirds finish campaign with 18-8 record. By: Kyle Moylan    Every team — good or bad — takes away memories from a season. A squad as talented as the Allentown High School softball team, however, needed something more.    Allentown was stopped in the states and county tournament, but it did emerge as the Valley Division champions…

  • Keep courtesy busingfor students’ sake

    To the editor    Nearly 400 (approximately 20 percent) of Hillsborough High School students are losing courtesy bus transportation — many of them living up to 1.9 miles away. I believe the following safety, health and academic concerns were not adequately taken into consideration prior to this decision: Safety    From October through March, children (as young…

  • The write stuff

    A Lawrence Middle School seventh-grade class recently wrote their own mystery novel. By: Casie Wexler    It’s hard enough to get children to pick up a book and read it, let alone have them write one of their own. However, the seventh-grade students at Lawrence Middle School did just that.    Last Saturday, the students held a…

  • The Potable Joyce

    The Rosenbach Museum and Library throws one of the most unusual annual block parties in Philadelphia. Since 1991, the block is set aside June 16 to celebrate James Joyce’s masterpiece, Ulysses. By: Susan Van Dongen    Philadelphia is known for its neighborhood block parties, where residents get a permit from the city to close off a…

  • Open space tax may be up for vote

    Proposed increase could nearly double the amount of money raised for open space purchases. By: Brian Shappell    The Township Council may ask residents to approve an open space tax increase that could nearly double the amount of money raised for open space purchases.    The council is expected to introduced an ordinance Tuesday that could establish…

  • Is a skate park feasible?

    Hopewell Township Committee OKs spending up to $12,500 to study proposal.Is one needed? Respond to Reader Poll at: hopewellvalleynews.com By: John Tredrea    The Hopewell Township Committee has approved spending up to $12,500 to investigate the feasibility of building a skate park off Pennington-Washington Crossing Road.    The proposal for the skate park is still in the…

  • Township may sell liquor licenses

    By: Brian Shappell    The township may try to sell three liquor licenses by the end of the year.    Township Clerk Barbara Gut is currently preparing bid specifications to sell a distribution license in July. The township currently has two available distribution licenses — liquor stores, and one consumption license — bar use.    The minimum bid…

  • Busing plan not likely to change

    Superintendent says cutting other areas would affect education By:Krzysztof Scibiorski    The Board of Education’s decision to cut $120,000 in funding for courtesy busing for high school and middle school students is unlikely to be reversed at the June 17 board meeting, Superintendent of Schools Robert Gulick said Wednesday.    "There is no other place in this…