Category: archives
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The year’s best for children and young adults
BOOK NOTES by Joan Ruddiman: Award-winning books, and some overlooked gems. By: Kids books are big news. Katie Couric featured the winning ALA authors on her morning news show and Amazon.com posted a mass E-mail to its customers the morning after the American Library Association announced the 2002 winners. My inside track comes from reading…
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Council blocks attempt to repeal rental ordinance
By a 5-1 vote, the Borough Council rejected Martin Wierzba’s motion to do away with the newly adopted rental ordinance. By: Alec Moore Councilman Martin Wierzba attempted unsuccessfully to have the borough’s newly adopted rental ordinance repealed at Monday’s Borough Council meeting. By a 5-1 vote, with Mr. Wierzba casting the lone vote in favor…
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Fire budget vote set for Saturday
Hillsborough residents can vote on the Board of Fire Commissioners’ proposed $1.1 million budget Saturday. By: Alec Moore Voters can go to the polls Saturday to support or reject the $1.1 million budget of the Hillsborough Township Board of Fire Commissioners. In addition to the budget, voters will be able to show their support for…
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Teen does her dancing on ice
Hillsborough Middle School student is working toward earning a medal at a national ice-dancing competition. By: Krzysztof Scibiorski Hillsborough’s Laura Kearns will be watching this weekend’s ice dancing competiton at the Winter Olympics with more than just a casual fan’s interest. Laura, an eighth-grader at the Hillsborough Middle School, and her skating partner, Daniel Kogan…
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Geraldine L. Majeski
Geraldine L. Majeski, 73, died Wednesday at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton. Born in Trenton, she was a lifelong Titusville area resident. She was a decorator for Stangl Pottery in Trenton 15 years and worked with the state Division of Motor Vehicles 27 years. Daughter of the late Charles and Helen Czpik Majeski,…
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Aging Gracefully
Judd Hirsch and Ben Vereen star as two octogenarians trying to enjoy the last years of their lives in the Tony Award-winning play I’m Not Rappaport at Paper Mill: the State Theater of New Jersey. By: Jim Boyle Although the worlds of advertising, film and television suggest that everyone stays within the 18-49 demographic, growing…
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Penny in the Middle
Wendy Wasserstein’s The Sisters Rosensweig finds humor in family dysfunction. By: Susan Van Dongen Since biblical times and before, stories of siblings have shed light on the comedy, tragedy, sentiments and even the horrors of family life. Relationships between sisters have provided especially complex material from Little Women to What Ever Happened to Baby…
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SCHOOL BOARD UPDATE, Feb. 14, 2002
By: John Tredrea The hiring of a substitute school nurse was among a series of personnel actions approved unanimously by the Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education during its agenda meeting Monday night. That was good news, Superintendent of schools Robert Sopko said. "To gain a substitute nurse is a real find," Dr. Sopko said.…
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Council to examine budget
By: Lea Kahn Township Council plans to discuss the proposed 2002 municipal budget Tuesday night when it meets at 8 p.m. in the courtroom at the municipal building. Police Chief John Prettyman and Deputy Chief Daniel Posluszny are slated to discuss the Police Department budget with the council at the budget workshop session, Municipal Manager…
