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  • Hopewell nursery schoolto close after 37 years

    On Nov. 30, 1965, the school — which met in a large room in the church basement — opened to a class of 20 4-year-old students By: Ruth Luse    The Hopewell Presbyterian Nursery School, one of the Valley’s very first preschools, will close its doors in June.    On Nov. 30, 1965, the school — which…

  • SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION UPDATE

    April 15 board report By: John Tredrea    Ceramic tile and fire sprinklers are being installed. Painters are at work and all heating pumps have been installed and wired for operation.    These were the highlights of construction manager David Tillou’s monthly update to the Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education on work at Stony Brook Elementary…

  • School budget,second question get voter OKs

    Lisa Marin Main defeats opponent in race for one-year term By: John Tredrea    A $41,275,331 budget proposal and $292,500 separate ballot question both passed by comfortable margins Tuesday in the Hopewell Valley Regional School District election.    The $41,275,331 is the amount to be raised through local taxation to support the total base budget of $49.8…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP ZONING UPDATE

    By: Marianne Hooker    At its April 3 meeting, the Hopewell Township Zoning Board of Adjustment approved two hardship variances for residential properties.    In both cases the applicants were seeking to build a new two-car garage.    Further testimony on the use variance application of Voice Stream Wireless was postponed until the May meeting.    The meeting began…

  • Joseph Miceli Sr.

       RARITAN — Joseph Patrick Miceli Sr. died Friday, April 12, at home. He was 71.    He was born in Whitehouse and lived in Manville before moving to Raritan five years ago.    Mr. Miceli retired in 1992 as a machinist for Raider Tool Co. of Branchburg. He was a pilot for many years having owned his…

  • Golfers make steady progress early

    On target for states with 4-1 start By: Rudy Brandl    Golf can be a strange and unpredictable game.    Sometimes, a great round isn’t good enough to produce a victory. On other occasions, such as Sunday’s final round of The Masters when Tiger Woods wasn’t at his best, an average performance will get the job done.…

  • POLICE BLOTTER

       Gregory A. Dmuchowski, 48, of Bridgewater was charged with DWI and possession of controlled dangerous substance at 1:23 a.m. April 13.    Mr. Dmuchowski was pulled over in his 1993 Mercury Sable while traveling on North Main Street. Police said they found a film container with what appeared to be small amounts of hashish and marijuana…

  • Roberta Migliore

       MANVILLE — Roberta Migliore died Tuesday, April 9, in Somerset Medical Center, Somerville. She was 92.    Born in White Plains, N.Y., she had lived in Manville for the past 66 years.    Mrs. Migliore was a homemaker and a communicant of Christ the King Church in Manville.    Her husband, James Migliore, died in 1973; and a…

  • School district OKs contract with principals and supervisors

    By: Lea Kahn    The school district’s principals, vice principals and supervisors will receive annual pay increases of about 4 percent, under a three-year contract unanimously approved last week by the Lawrence Township Board of Education.    The new Lawrence Township Principals and Supervisors Association’s contract starts July 1 and ends June 30, 2005. The contract covers…