Category: archives
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Hopewell girls hope to build on resurgence
Girls Basketball By: Matt Nalbone The winter sports season in Hopewell Valley is no longer just a period of time between the soccer and baseball/softball seasons. The resurgence of Hopewell Valley basketball and the recent success of the girls team has changed all that. Last year, the Lady Bulldogs finished with a 16-9 record (12-7…
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Plumsted officials seeking more grants
TOWN TALK by Ron Dancer: A look at news from Plumsted. By: The Township Committee has submitted a grant application to the state for funding more improvements to historic New Egypt’s Oakford Lake Park and Crosswicks Creek. New Egypt would become both the starting and finishing point for boating enthusiasts when we connect with the…
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File of Life will aid EMTs, police
Township Council has appropriated $11,000 to cover the cost of the program. By: Lea Kahn The information contained in a little plastic red sleeve, attached to a refrigerator magnet, could spell the difference between life and death in a medical emergency. At least, that’s what township officials are hoping. They expect to mail out voluntary…
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Groups seekscopy of game
To the editor As you may have already heard, The Joint Counsel in Hillsborough is conducting a fundraiser to support the Auten Road Library by producing a monopoly game called the Game of Hillsborough. It was brought to my attention that this game was also made as a fundraiser sometime between 1971 1986. If…
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Towns unite to protect watershed
Plumsted, Upper Freehold, Allentown, Millstone, Washington and Hamilton seek state grant. By: PLUMSTED In a joint effort, Plumsted, Upper Freehold, Allentown, Millstone, Washington and Hamilton have applied for a state grant to help develop a greenways plan and preserve stream water quality in the Crosswicks Creek watershed. The six municipalities agreed to pool $17,500,…
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Their legacy can be our commitment
EDITORIAL The times in which we live are tense, filled with both fear and patriotic fervor. Americans, awakened from the false sense of security in which we have lived for years, have come together as a nation. American flags fly from the antennas of cars and trucks and adorn windows in shops and homes. And…
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School board thanks Dan Haggerty
For pro bono workduring Back Timberlane hearings By: John Tredrea Dan Haggerty lives in Lawrence and his office is in Lawrence, but he has spent much of his working life as a land-use attorney representing clients in all three Hopewell Valley municipalities. Indeed, he must have spent thousands of hours in the town halls of…
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Boehmer presses scoring issue for Viking girls hoop team
By: Carolyn M. Hartko At most high school girls’ basketball games, the cheer at the end of the pre-game huddle is usually a rousing shout of "Defense!" There will be one major exception to that rule as the South Brunswick High School girls’ varsity squad takes to the floor in their season opener at home…
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‘Happenstance’
Amelie star Audrey Tautou appears in another romantic roundelay. [R] By: Kam Williams If you ever want to know what it feels like to be trapped in existential hell for 90 minutes, try Happenstance. Amounting to little more than gimmick-driven drivel, the movie mars the much-anticipated directoral debut of Laurent Firode, who had exhibited considerable promise…
