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  • You needn’t be Superman to be a ‘super’ hero

    EDITORIAL    Call a volunteer a superhero and he will balk. It’s not because he doesn’t understand that it was meant as a compliment. It’s probably because if we elevate our volunteers to Superman status — you know, the strange visitor from another planet with powers and abilities beyond those of mortal men — we are…

  • Poem: Spring

    Hello Spring how are you? By: Michael Girandola Let your butterflies flutter, upon the morning air. Let your leaves grow, until they reach the vine, that bears the fruit of the afternoon. Let the dew drip from your pine, keep on coming until night falls into your gentle arms beneath the purple sky.

  • Woman to run to raise funds for leukemia research

    Darci Gresko, a biology major at William Paterson, wants to do something to help people. By: Vanessa S. Holt    FLORENCE — Darci Gresko, a college freshman and Florence resident, will run more than 26 miles in a marathon in Anchorage, Alaska, this June to raise money for leukemia and lymphoma research.    And the local restaurant…

  • Photo: Emily

    Break Time! Emily Bruinooge enjoys a donut during a break.

  • Millstone budget put on hold

    In absence of mayor, Township Committee divided 2-2 over passage of spending plan. By: Scott Morgan    MILLSTONE — Budgets can be confusing, even for those who help create them.    Last week, the Township Committee presented the 2002 municipal budget for public input. There was little.    But by the end of the committee’s discussion of the…

  • Pipe breakstops traffic

    Local businesseslose customers By:Alec Moore and Krzysztof Scibiorski    Roadways throughout Manville and surrounding communities, including Somerville, Hillsborough and Raritan, were tied up in gridlock from early afternoon well into the evening hours after a water main broke Tuesday.    According to an Elizabethtown Water Co. spokeswoman, the cause of the massive, multiple-town traffic jam was a…

  • Art: Nicolas Stovall

    Art by Nicolas Stovall By: Nicolas Stovall Nicolas Stovall

  • Letters to the editor

    April 25, 2002 Candidate says thanks To the editor:    To the voters of the Hopewell Valley:    I would like to take this opportunity to extend a heartfelt thank you to all of the voters of Hopewell Valley who supported me at the polls during the recent school board election. I would especially like to thank…