Category: archives
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Kathy Bird resigns, gets planning post
New Township Committee member may be sworn in at Oct. 18 session By: John Tredrea Kathy Bird, who resigned from the Hopewell Township Committee after its Sept. 20 meeting, will stay on as a member of the township Planning Board. She was reappointed to the board at the Sept. 20 meeting. Ms. Bird, a member…
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Elementary redistricting to be topic at upcoming school board meetings
Hopewell Valley Regional School District In preparation for elementary redistricting, the Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education will hear updated demographic figures at its Oct. 15 meeting, a district spokesman said Monday. The new study was commissioned in response to community inquiries about where the growth is occurring in the district. This study also will…
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T-shirts raise money for firefighters
Local printing business makes money for relief fund. By: Melissa Morgan Duane Watlington, a volunteer firefighter in Monmouth Junction, couldn’t be directly involved in the search and rescue efforts following the Sept. 11 tragedies in New York City and Washington, D.C. So, he decided to find another way to help and show his support for…
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Weekend festivalfeatures local artist
Works by Mary Watson will be on display By:Krzysztof Scibiorski In a house tucked at the end of Rosalie Street, a Manville artist quietly does what she loves best paint. Mary Watson will be one of the featured artists at this Sunday’s Somerville Fall Fun Festival and Blues Fest. She plans on displaying more…
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Timberlane fund-raiser yields hundreds for terrorist victims
Thus far, the students have raised hundreds of dollars, which will go to the families of victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, by making attractive American flag pins that sell for $3 each By: John Tredrea Sixth- and seventh-graders at Timberlane Middle School have been working like troopers during their lunch break, after school,…
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Valley residents needed to help shape future of Route 31
By: Kathy Bird What’s your vision of Route 31 in the Hopewell Valley? A two-lane road with attractive, prosperous businesses that serve community needs? Or a four-lane highway of divided by a concrete barrier and peppered with strip shopping centers? How about burying the overhead wires? Installing landscaped buffers? A bike path? Where are the…
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Viking boys soccer team in a different league than powerful East Brunswick
By: Carolyn M. Hartko The South Brunswick High School boys’ soccer program has come a long way in the Greater Middlesex Conference’s Red Division. On Monday of this week, they found out how far the road still stretches before them. East Brunswick came to town, and dealt the home team a punishing 6-0 loss. The…
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FEATURES: Lending a helping hand
Annual trip by local church groups assists youngsters, families in Guatemala. By: Jeffrey McLaughlin Many people have asked me what it was like in Guatemala so I am writing this little note to you all. I’m sorry that I don’t have the time to write to you all personally. I thank you for all of…
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In New York, there were no revenge, retaliation messages
GUEST COLUMN By: Janet Purcell I went to New York on Sept. 23. I don’t really know why except for the fact that I just felt I needed to. It was my mother’s city. She was born and raised in Manhattan and from when I was a little kid she took me there and I…
