Category: archives
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‘Bearly’ able to wait for spring: new rec program planned
FROM ROOSEVELT by Linda Schuster: Eric Schubiger is new rec director in borough. By: Bears are lucky. They get to hibernate in the winter. Sleeping through February sounds like a pretty great idea. Number one, it’s a vacation-of-sorts. You know, a break in the routine, a real escape from the doldrums. And number two, you…
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FORUM: Baseball Facility
Should the township create a baseball-only facility at its new park on Rowland and Broadway roads and use Reichler Park only for softball? Should the township create a baseball-only facility at its new park on Rowland and Broadway roads and use Reichler Park only for softball?
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Letters to the editor, Feb. 21, 2002
Time to rename new school! The following was written to Robert Sopko, superintendent of Hopewell Valley schools, and submitted to the HVN for publication: On behalf of the Hopewell Township Historic Preservation Commission, and in the interest of the present and future citizens of Hopewell Township, I write to ask that the school district reconsider…
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A striking performance
New Egypt High School’s Kukoda knocks down 8th place in state bowling championships. By: Kyle Moylan When New Egypt High School started a girls’ varsity bowling team last year, it had a lot of question marks. Fortunately, it had one definitive answer. Christine Kukoda. As a long-time bowler in leagues, Kukoda was established even before…
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Do what’s possibleto preserve space
To the editor The fresh air, clean rivers, fields and forests of this area have much to offer all of us. As our town continues to grow, all these are in jeopardy. New homes, shopping centers and roads are appearing every few months. While I applaud the efforts of township officials in preserving open space,…
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TOWNSHIP BRIEFS
By:Alec Moore League submits field application Plans are now officially underway to approve the Hillsborough Little League’s challenger baseball diamond at the Willow Road baseball complex. Although the diamond itself has been leveled and a home base installed, the Little League is seeking to receive official approval from the township to install bleachers, a backstop,…
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Second Honeymoons
Now it’s time for the parents of the bride and groom to take that special trip. By: SALLY FRIEDMAN The suites at 15 Beacon, a 60-room restored beaux arts hotel in Boston’s tony Beacon Hill, offer sleek, ultra-modern furniture (above). Click to view the print ads in this magazine! Battleground Country Club Casa dei Tesori…
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Keeping pantry’s stock up
Food bank needs more volunteers By: Nick D’Amore Though it is well after the holidays, the township food pantry is still seeing donations pour in and its shelves are fully stocked. Organizing, sorting and unpacking the donations is one lone volunteer, Jean Thompson. Ms. Thompson, a Kendall Park resident and former bookkeeper and homemaker, has…
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Relatively significant: Totten to ‘Hall’
Allentown High School graduate was a two-time national champion in wrestling at Delaware Valley College. By: Kyle Moylan ALLENTOWN Brandon Totten, an Allentown High School graduate and former coach at the school, has long been setting high standards for his younger brothers to follow in the world of wrestling. As of next week, however,…
