Category: archives
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Ken Otrimski hanging up his chief’s hat
Returns to firefighter duties after 12 years of ‘giving orders’ By:Alec Moore Outgoing Fire Chief Ken Otrimski knows the meaning of public service. A lifelong resident of Manville, Mr. Otrimski was recently awarded the Mayor’s Appreciation award for his long-standing record of service and selfless devotion to the community. "I was really quite surprised," said…
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Pulitizer historian Robert Caro to be guest of library Friends
Robert Caro, the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and chronicler of the life of Lyndon Baines Johnson, will be the guest speaker at the annual black-tie dinner held by the Friends of the Princeton University Library on Saturday, Feb. 2, in the Rockefeller College dining hall on the Princeton University campus. The Friends of the Princeton University…
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Hopewell Valley Vistascontest winners announced
On Jan. 7, the Hopewell Valley Vistas Contest Awards took place at the Hopewell Township Municipal Building. Mayor Jon Edwards, assisted by Planning Board member Kathy Bird, announced the following winners: In the Adult Category: First Place Color, Jay J. Brandinger, for his photograph of a Curlis Lake vista in Rosedale Park; Second Place Color,…
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Allentown loss grapplers’ coach
Wrestling By: Mike Molaro Hopewell Valley Central High School wrestling coach Bob Crognale can accept the 40-30 loss at West Windsor-Plainsboro South on Jan. 16. It’s last Saturday’s 40-38 setback to visiting Allentown that has him irked. "We had no right losing to Allentown," Crognale said after his squad evened its record to 4-4 overall…
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Council fills posts on local committees
Township Council filled vacancies on several boards and committees Tuesday night, including two openings on the Zoning Board of Adjustment and three slots on the Affordable Housing Board. Michael Powers of Gordon Avenue, who ran unsuccessfully for Township Council in November, was appointed to fill out an unexpired term as a regular member on the…
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Tragedy into Triumph
The touring production of Titanic makes a stop at the State Theatre in New Brunswick Jan. 25-26. By: Jim Boyle It’s a risk to produce a Broadway show that ends in death. It’s an even bigger gamble when it ends with thousands of deaths. When most people think of Broadway musicals, images of casts dancing…
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Prosecutor ends taxoffice investigation
By:Alec Moore An investigation of the borough’s tax assessors office, which began in late November to determine the whereabouts of between $400 and $600 that had disappeared from the office, was concluded recently with no findings of any criminal wrongdoing. Questions remain, however, as to whether the funds actually were missing, and if so, what…
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New Master Plan seeks to keepwhat’s best about township
GUEST COLUMN By: Kathleen Bird This account is the first of two on the topic of Hopewell Township master-planning. There are two ways of dealing with growth pressures: One is doing nothing and allowing it to happen to us. The result is haphazard, ugly, strip shopping centers, overwhelming traffic, and the sprawling, generic landscapes that…
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‘Black Hawk Down’
Ridley Scott offers a revisionist send-up of an ill-fated military incident in Somalia. [R] By: Kam Williams You can’t tell a book by its movie, as evidenced by the disappointing Black Hawk Down. This cliché-ridden adaptation bears only a superficial resemblance to reporter Mark Bowden’s searing story of the 15-hour military mission in Mogadishu, Somalia, that…
