Category: archives
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Candidate Forums will be televised
League got funding Contrary to an announcement made in the Oct. 25 HVN, the Pennington and Hopewell Township Candidate Forums held Tuesday night by the League of Women Voters will be televised on local cable channels up until the Nov. 6 election. Reversing its earlier decision, the League announced that it has secured funding for…
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Mary Conti Murphy
Mary Conti Murphy, 74, died Sunday at home. Born in Trenton, she was a longtime Hopewell resident before moving to Ormond Beach, Fla. She graduated from Trenton Central High School in 1945 and worked for Law School Admission Services in Newtown, Pa. While living in Hopewell, she was a member of St. Michael’s School PTA,…
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Lady Raiders back on track after dramatic victory
Lunemann, Inman, Krahn star in Senior Night triumph By: Rudy Brandl It only took one game for the Hillsborough High girls’ soccer team to regain its confidence. Beating the best team in Somerset County and avenging a previous lopsided loss has a way of healing a few wounds. Hillsborough was coming off a disappointing elimination…
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Local senior center celebrates a decade
About 200 people turned out Friday, Oct. 26, for the 10th anniversary of the Lawrence Senior Center. By: Carl Reader If you’re a senior citizen in Lawrence and you’d like to do some hula dancing, head to the Lawrence Senior Center. If you’d like to play some bingo, head to the center. Or if you’d…
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Scouts’ pack meeting marks Halloween
Monthly pack meeting turns into costume ball By: Mary Ellen Zangara Manville Cub Scouts Pack 193 celebrated Halloween early at their monthly pack meeting last week. All the Scouts dressed in their costumes as they entered the VFW for the festivities. Starting with the traditional flag ceremony, the party began. Each den was responsible for…
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Education support is a key issue
LEDGER FORUM One of the key factors in our support of any candidate for any office is that candidate’s support for public education, particularly in this election year. Mark Holmes is an advocate for extraordinary learning for all students in the Lawrence Township Public School system. He has always been an advocate of promoting Lawrence…
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Hopewell girls ready for tourney
Girls SoccerFor the fans of Hopewell Valley Girls soccer, this time of year is always exciting because it is tournament time. By: Matt Nalbone While some teams in the Colonial Valley Conference struggle to make the postseason, it is almost a given at the start of the year that Hopewell will be part of it.…
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Princeton’s library won’t move quietly
The library will host a community-wide party at 5 p.m. Sunday. By: Jennifer Potash The Princeton Public Library plans to say farewell to its home of 35 years Sunday with a bang, not a whimper. The library will host a community-wide party at 5 p.m. replete with cake in the shape of the old library,…
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Allentown’s firefighters
HISTORICALLY SPEAKING: A look at the Allentown-Upper Freehold of the past. By: [Originally published in the Allentown Messenger, March 24, 1904] Fires are rare nowadays, but we have had them. Are we prepared for more? (Part 1 of 2). The first fire organization in Allentown was that of the Perseverance Fire Company, which…
