Category: archives

  • It’s not just a job

    HORSE PLAY by Ken Weingartner: Kelvin Harrison has never looked upon training harness racehorses as a job. If he did, he wouldn’t be in the business. By:    Kelvin Harrison has never looked upon training harness racehorses as a job. If he did, he wouldn’t be in the business.    "When I get out of bed and…

  • LIBRARY HAPPENINGS

       Follow this column concerning special events being planned at Hillsborough Public Library, located in the Municipal Complex, South Branch Road and Beekman Lane, 369-2200    Library hours are from 9:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday, and 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Childrens programs    Friday, April 27, 10 a.m. Story and Craft for ages 4-6. Subject will be…

  • Redevelopment director post sought

           FLORENCE — The Florence Township Redevelopment Agency would like to hire a part-time director to oversee its budget and administration, but funding for the proposed position is uncertain, said township officials. By:Vanessa S. Holt    Mayor Michael Muchowski said he was surprised to hear of the request for funding after the township’s draft budget had…

  • Living well without TV

    BOOK NOTES by Joan Ruddiman:Jillian recently interviewed her grandmother about "life before television" for a communications course. The memories were of games, family gatherings and doing chores, including taking the wagon to the store to carry home groceries. By:    Jillian recently interviewed her grandmother about "life before television" for a communications course. The memories were…

  • School board looks to Coffey

    The Board of Education’s reorganization meeting Monday was a mix of the new and the familiar. By: Frank C. D’Amico    MILLSTONE — The Board of Education’s reorganization meeting Monday was a mix of the new and the familiar.    New members Sami Qutub and Philip Mancuso were sworn in along with re-elected incumbents Alan Gallagher and…

  • New commission to decide budget

       BORDENTOWN CITY — The proposed municipal budget for 2001 will not be voted on until after the May 8 election under a new City Commission, said city officials this week.    The proposed $3 million budget includes a local purpose tax rate of 92.3 cents per $100 of assessed property value, up 1 cent from last…

  • Take Your Kids To Work Day was great.

    The day was great! By:NiE We took pictures, we made a newspaper, we had fun. We got hats, we got goody bags, we made ads, we saw how the newspaper was made, we saw different kinds of jobs, we were in the newspaper, we took pictures together, we met new kids and different people.

  • An opportunity to strengthen special ed/school district partnership

    GUEST OPINION: The following is the opinion of Karen Carlson and Jeffrey Schulman of Hopewell and of 21 other concerned Valley citizens. It is directed to the editor and members of the Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education: We are writing to voice our concerns about the recent HVN articles on the cost of special…

  • Writer riffs on garbage rift

    Letter to the editor    At the risk of adding to the pile of garbage regarding the recent changes in our trash removal program, I must speak to the potential benefits of the new program. As the owner of the smallest garage in the township, I was taken aback by the size of my new Dumpster,…