Category: archives
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Hopewell Valley completes undefeated season
GolfDon’t bother looking in the Hopewell Valley Central High School golf team’s loss column there’s nothing there. By: Steve Feitl The Bulldogs completed a unbelievable undefeated season Tuesday with a 201-261 win over Ewing. It was the Bulldogs’ 20th win against no losses an incredible achievement for a team that entered the season…
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‘Pearl Harbor’
The ‘Day of Infamy’ is recalled in this three-hour, $145 million epic which deftly blends the fictional and the factual to yield a stirring experience with something for everyone. [PG-13] By: Kam Williams On Dec. 7, 1941, the United States was finally drawn into World War II when the Japanese destroyed the U.S. Pacific Fleet in…
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Serving an ace
Barbara Pleva said she felt completely comfortable when she began taking courses at Mercer County Community College after an almost 30-year layoff. By: Frank C. D’Amico ALLENTOWN Barbara Pleva said she felt completely comfortable when she began taking courses at Mercer County Community College after an almost 30-year layoff. She started college in the…
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 05/31
From the May 31 edition of the Register-News By: Students’ production honored community To the editor: I want to congratulate the children and staff at the Clara Barton School for the May 24 production of the ARTTS project "Bordentown Through the Eyes of Our Children." The wonderful job done by the children and staff…
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Redistricting plan must serve needs of all elementary children
EDITORIAL By: Ruth Luse Redistricting (or the redrawing of school district attendance boundaries) is always a hot topic, each and every time it comes up. For the 35-year-old Hopewell Valley Regional School District, this topic has arisen several times as population shifts have occurred and construction projects have changed the capabilities of individual schools to…
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School board to seek input on priorities
Survey to be distributed to public later this yearThe Lawrence Board of Education knows what its mission is: to create extraordinary learning opportunities for township students. By: Lea Kahn Now, the school board wants to develop a vision for the school district and it plans to seek the public’s help in creating that vision…
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AHS golf team back to winning ways
The Allentown High School golf team had several goals this season, but one stood above the rest. By: Kyle Moylan The Allentown High School golf team had several goals this season, but one stood above the rest. Sure, Allentown wanted to make the states, win the Mercer County Tournament, etc. More so than anything else,…
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Committee, school board rightto send mercury notice
To the editor I am writing in response to a letter to the editor which appeared in the May 24 issue of the Beacon from Jim Homoki. In this letter, Mr. Homoki stated that the flyer announcing the public hearing on the mercury stockpile at the Somerville Depot resembled campaign literature because it stated a…
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Very much at home in Mitford
BOOK NOTES by Joan Ruddiman: Since the mid-1990s, the fan base for Jan Karon’s Mitford series has been increasing to the point that mainstream publishers and best books lists have had to take note. By: I’ve been to Mitford and I am smitten. Since the mid-1990s, the fan base for Jan Karon’s Mitford series has…
