Category: archives

  • District veteran now oversees curriculum

    Marybeth Conway adds to her responsibilities in the Upper Freehold Regional School District. By: Frank C. D’Amico    UPPER FREEHOLD — Marybeth Conway has switched gears.    Ms. Conway has added the position of the Upper Freehold Regional District’s director of curriculum and instruction while maintaining some of her previous responsibilities.    Ms. Conway has been in her…

  • Teaching students to love literature

    CLASS ACT: Greenbook School second-grade teacher Lori Colquist offers students an alternative at recess by reading from her collection of children’s literature. By: Amanda Bok    Lori Colquist, second-grade teacher at Greenbrook School, is a children’s literature aficionado.    A peek into her classroom bookshelves reveals more than 500 of her own paperback and hardcover books nestled…

  • Princeton’s pioneering women

    William Selden’s new book acknowledges contributions of women to Princeton University even before they were admitted as students By:Meredith Make    When historian and author William K. Selden revealed the subject of his most recent publication, "Women of Princeton 1746-1969," some people displayed skepticism.    There were no women at Princeton University during those years, Mr. Selden…

  • Yes, citizens, there are elections in Hopewell Valley this Saturday

    EDITORIAL By:Ruth Luse    Three annual oft-forgotten and/or oft-ignored elections take place this Saturday.    There will be one in each of our three municipalities. They are the elections held by the Hopewell Township, Hopewell Borough and Pennington Borough boards of fire commissioners. They will determine the fate of proposed budgets and the fate of fire commission…

  • District creates planning position

    Dr. Walter C. Woolley will lead strategic planning for the district.    Looking to the future of education in the Lawrence Township public school system, the Board of Education has created the new position of director of Strategic Planning and Development. By: Lea Kahn    The school board was expected to appoint Lawrence Middle School Principal Dr.…

  • Digging below the surface of black history

    EDITORIAL: There is much more to the history of African Americans than what is taught in school.    Malcolm X and Medger Evers were black. Both were prominent black leaders during the civil rights movement. Medger Evers was working with the NAACP when he was murdered. Malcolm X was a Muslim and a Black Nationalist who…

  • Housing plans receive approval

    Upper Freehold planners give nod to 49-unit development off Sharon Station Road. By: Frank C. D’Amico    UPPER FREEHOLD — A 49-lot housing development off Sharon Station Road last week received preliminary approval from the Planning Board.    MGD Development Group appeared before the board on Feb. 8 to present plans for The Woods at Cream Ridge.…

  • At 39, she’s training for first marathon

    Fifteen-year Hillsborough resident Loretta Reynolds will travel to London later this year to run in a marathon sponsored by the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. By: Minx McCloud    Some people run for their lives. In April, Loretta Reynolds will travel to London to run for others’ lives.    The 15-year Hillsborough resident has signed up to run…

  • Lady Mustangs ousted from county tourney

    Three-game skid follows state qualifying By: John E. Powers        In the afterglow of their state tournament berth-clinching win over Ridge two weeks ago today in a Somerset County Tournament preliminary-round game, the Manville High School girls’ basketball team talked about taking their game to another level.    What has happened since, however, is the opposite.…