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  • CLASS REUNIONS

    Class of 1991 — The HVCHS Class of 1991 will hold a reunion on Nov. 24 at the Hopewell Valley Golf Club. It will feature an open bar, food, music and dancing. Dress will be semi-formal. Cost is $40 in advance, $50 athe door. For more information or to RSVP, contact [email protected]. Class of 1972…

  • Coffee Talk: After meeting the teacher

    What mom and dad can do with the information gained from a parent/teacher conference. By: Stacey Gorski I have been to the dark side. A 20-something, shrouded in traditional conservative clothes, armed with a grade book, a student’s final exam, clear reasoning and a sharp memory, I have sat down, looked two parents in the…

  • Manville suffers lopsided loss to GL

    Six turnovers help Highlanders post 45-16 rout By: Shawn Tyrrell    It just doesn’t seem to get any easier.    For the Manville High School football team, last Friday night’s home game against Governor Livingston was anything but memorable. MHS committed six turnovers and couldn’t stop the Highlanders powerful running game and the final result was a…

  • Veterans of past wars give their take on new campaign

    ‘They’re doing enough now, but we shouldn’t worry about what other people feel." -Joe Nixon Jr. By: Nick D’Amore    Veterans Day takes on a different meaning this year, as the day comes as America is the midst of an aggressive military campaign in Afghanistan. Vets at the VFW Post 9111 approved of the war effort…

  • Dow Jones reopens mailroom

    Unidentified bacteria tests negative for anthrax. By: Brian Shappell    Dow Jones employees can work with less worry this week knowing tests have found that an "unidentified bacteria" discovered in a mailroom at the Route 1 facility was not anthrax.    Results of tests taken Oct. 24 showed that one sample of 150 taken came up positive…

  • SBHS seniors spoiling for a big effort at state cross country meet

    By: Redd E. Patrick    For the past four years, Brian Jost has been spoiled.    With talented, hard-working athletes such as Matt Randal, Scott Yeager and Dan McDonald on his side, they made Jost look brilliant as head cross country coach at South Brunswick High School.    Randal, Yeager and McDonald will join classmates Tom Poorten and…

  • District to get more aid for projects

    Washington sees state increase funding for proposed high school, middle school expansion. By: Mark Moffa    WASHINGTON — The school district will see a slight increase in state aid for its proposed high school construction and middle school expansion, according to information received by the Board of Education last week.    The board also announced this week…

  • How can we rememberthe veterans?

    EDITORIAL: This year it’s more important that ever to remember Veteran’s Day Sunday    The Veterans Day holiday seems to come and go each year with about as much thought for most as Bastille Day, but this year may mark the beginning of a more significant annual event.    If the war on terrorism continues, there will…

  • George Frana Sr.

       HILLSBOROUGH — George F. Frana Sr. died Wednesday, Oct. 24, in Somerset Medical Center, Somerville. He was 74.    Born in Irvington, he resided in Newark before moving to Hillsborough in 1963.    A machinist, Mr. Frana owned the Frana Trucking Co. in Hillsborough from 1955-75 and George’s Gulf service station on Route 206, across from Packard’s…