Category: archives
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Hopewell grapplers go back to mat
Hopewell Valley WrestlingThe Hopewell Valley Central High School wrestling team returned to action this past week, still trying to recover from the tragic loss of their teammate. By: Matt Nalbone With the memories of Luke Verbeyst still fresh in their minds, the Bulldogs took on a very powerful team from West Windsor-Plainsboro South. Hopewell gave…
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Book Notes
By: Joan Ruddiman The American Library Association at the Mid-Winter Conference in Washington, D.C. this month announced the winners of its annual awards. This week offers a look at the Caldecott and Newbery winners, to be continued next week with, among others, the Coretta Scott King and the newest, the Robert Sibert Award. The Caldecott…
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NJ Transit chief to tour proposed rail line
By: Matthew Armstrong NJ Transit Executive Director Jeffrey Warsh will be discussing the proposed Monmouth-Ocean-Middlesex commuter rail line with the Township Council today (Thursday) during a tour of the route at the municipal building at 1 p.m. A proposed commuter rail line in central New Jersey was added to the state’s Circle of Mobility last…
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Failed township sewer plan debt would be paid by all
If ordinance is OK’d by committee on Feb. 1 By: John Tredrea The Hopewell Township Committee will hold a public hearing next week on plan to have all residents, not just those with sewers, repay the $2.1 million debt from an abandoned sewer connection plan. The committee voted 4-0 on Jan. 18 to introduce the…
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DISPATCHES: Recollections of a hero on his passing
By: Hank Kalet To-day, the road all runners come, Shoulder-high we bring you home, And set you at your threshold down, Townsman of a stiller town. A.E. Housman "To an Athlete Dying Young" Tommie Agee wasn’t the greatest player ever to wear a Mets uniform. But when I was about 6 or 7, he…
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Buzz in the Halls
By: Pam Koharchik Now that final exams are in full swing and the new semester is about to begin, the guidance counselors at Allentown High School are beginning the long, arduous task of scheduling the students for next year. This is no easy task, as you can imagine. With almost 1,000 kids to schedule according…
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HoVal track teams eye individual honors
Hopewell Valley Winter TrackAfter being snowed out of a shot at the State Group II Relay Championships this past weekend, the Hopewell Valley Central High School track teams hope to get into the thick of things at the individual competition Sunday. By: Steve Feitl The Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs were denied a shot at the…
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Edition of Jan. 25, 2001
Shirley M. Cvecich Shirley M. Cvecich, 68, died Monday at The Medical Center at Princeton. Born in Princeton, she lived in the Hopewell area 25 years before moving to Allentown. Mrs. Cvecich was a legal receptionist, and assisted her husband in growing and selling chrysanthemums on their farm. She was a member of Calvary Baptist…
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Anthony Modzelewski
Anthony V. Modzelewski, 80, of Lawrenceville died Thursday, Jan. 18, at Capital Health System at Fuld hospital, Trenton. Born in Trenton, he was a lifelong area resident. Mr. Modzelewski retired in 1982 after 34 years as a machine operator with General Electric Co., Trenton. He was a member of St. Hedwig Roman Catholic Church,Trenton. Son…
