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  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 04/19

    From the April 19 edition of the Register-News By:    To the editor     Over the last several weeks, the residents of Bordentown Township have been subjected to politically motivated diatribes, replete with falsehoods and innuendo from two members of the Township Committee.    The Republican members of the committee remain committed to communicating with the residents,…

  • School board seeks input on redistricting

    New sending districts will go into effect in fall 2002, when all elementary schools will convert to K-5. By: Amanda Bok    The school redistricting committee wants its decision-making process to be as open and public as possible.    That’s why during three public meetings, the first scheduled to be held Tuesday, the committee will seek input…

  • Julia Duignan

       LOWER MAKEFIELD, Pa. — Julia Stott Duignan died Wednesday, April 11, at home.    Born in Bristol, she lived in Michigan and Upper Makefield before moving to Lower Makefield.    She had worked 13 years in management services with the New Jersey Judiciary.    She enjoyed golf and was a member of Yardley Country Club.    Daughter of the…

  • School budget OK’d; football trounced; Picariello ousted

    Like the budget, a $125,000 ballot question, which will provide $90,000 for 245 re­placement computers and $35,000 for security equipment, including video cameras and door locks, was overwhelmingly approved By: John Tredrea    With just under 30 percent of the Hopewell Valley Regional School District’s 13,516 registered ballot-casters going to the polls Tuesday, voters OK’d the…

  • School’s Career Day getsboost from Manville woman

       SOMERVILLE — Manville resident Jean Grainda Kline, a 1969 graduate of Immaculata High School, helped more than 200 members of her alma mater’s junior class enjoy a "custom-designed" Career Day, April 4.    Ms. Kline was part of a group of alumni from the Somerville Catholic high school returning to share stories of their own personal…

  • Margaret Suk, 72

       BRANCHBURG — Margaret N. (Zakzewski) Suk died Saturday, April 7, at home. She was 72.    Born in Bayonne, she lived in Manville before moving to Branchburg 38 years ago.    Mrs. Suk was a homemaker.    She was a communicant of Holy Trinity R.C. Church in Bridgewater.    A sister, Eleanor Chase, died in 1999.    Surviving are her…

  • Hard decisions faceManville’s school board

    EDITORIAL: The school board must act quickly and dramatically to begin fixing all that’s broke in the school system.    After Tuesday’s resounding defeat of Manville’s school budget, followed by the teachers’ strike Wednesday, our local schools are in serious jeopardy.    The Board of Education will reconfigure itself next week, with or without the striking teachers…

  • Voters OK $38.2M school tax levy

       Township voters embraced a 4-cent tax increase for schools Tuesday as part of the $47.5 million school district operating budget for the 2001-02 academic year. By: Lea Kahn    The voters also approved a second question seeking $475,000 for improvements to fire alarm systems, playground equipment and security measures at several schools. This adds 2 cents…

  • We all hope the sun shines on Election Day

    EDITORIAL By: Ruth Luse    We, the candidates, the campaign workers and the voters of Hopewell Township can expect to be relieved next Wednesday to wake up to an election contest finally decided.    Hopewell Valley’s own version of the Bush-Gore presidential race, which began Nov. 7 and ended weeks later, also began Nov. 7, 2000, but…