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  • Be sure to votefor school budget

    To the editor    An extremely important day is coming up that is too often forgotten by our neighbors. On April l6 we have an opportunity to support our school system and good education for our children, or leave the vote to others who might not share our values on education.    Please, everyone who reads this,…

  • Signature Style

    Add personality to your home with chic accessories By: DEVON CADWELL BAZATA

  • Corner Hardware

    Good old-fashioned service and chock-full of inventory, independent hardware stores are going strong By: KEN WEINGARTNER Staff photo by Phil McAuliffe Bob Pierce, owner of Shangle and Hunt in Hightstown, admits he is happy to run his hardware business by the ‘old-school,’ customer-service based philosophy. Home Improvement VIEW THE PRINT ADS A & M Garden…

  • Elements Architectural

    Transform the ordinary into distinctive with beautiful moldings, decorative columns and pilasters Moldings are esential for designer By: SALLY FRIEDMAN Photo courtesy Coleman’s Hamilton Supply Co.    These days, Tom Sommerville continues to teach, but has developed a specialty as a craftsman. His own hands-on experience of rehabbing two houses, including his current one in Ewing…

  • Cotrell fires no-hitter for Allentown

    The sky is blue. The grass is green. Water is wet. Other teams are not going to hit Abby Cotrell very hard. By: Kyle Moylan    In order to solve a geometric proof or any scientific problem, there has to be some sort of a given.    For the Allentown High School softball team, the given is…

  • Signature Style

    Add personality to your home with chic accessories By: DEVON CADWELL BAZATA

  • Buzz in the Halls

    A look at happenings and events at Allentown High School. By: Pam Koharchik    Last semester, Linda Stefaniak and Linda Chiapetta presented their Contemporary Life Science class at Allentown High School with a choice. They could either take the comprehensive final exam or complete a course-long project.    The class voted out the final exam (shocking!) in…

  • Sacred Tile

    Repairing the world with clay design By: DAWN NIKITHSER Staff photo by Frank Wojciechowski Abby Hoffman’s "Buddha’s Footprints" is among her favorite original tile designs.    She is particularly adept at spirit wheels, circular tiles with four different animal pictures at the compass points of north, south, east and west, all surrounding one central picture. This…

  • Township OKs budget, salary law

    Committeewoman Sandom dissents on both measures By: John Tredrea    The Hopewell Township Committee approved a 2002 budget plan and a salary and wage ordinance April 4 with Township Committeewoman Vanessa Sandom voting no on both measures.    Ms. Sandom’s opposition votes were cast as the result of her concerns about the inclusion of a new position…