Category: archives

  • Gleaning benefits everyone

    By: Erin Murphy Sanders    Looking for a community service project where you can have fun, be outdoors, learn something and make a difference?    Try gleaning – gathering the leftover produce after the harvest and giving it to the hungry. Cleaning spelled with a "g." It’s not new. God told Moses about it long ago.    "When…

  • School board collects cell phones for safety

    COMMUNITY UNITY DAY By: Amanda Bok    The Board of Education will reach out to the community this month with a service project focusing not only on the safety of students but also on that of township residents.    In conjunction with Verizon Wireless, the Board will collect cell phones, reprogram them for emergency 911 use, and…

  • LETTERS, Sept. 14, 2000

    Hate crimes act would increase penalties To the editor:    In late August, a synagogue in New Hope was desecrated with swastikas.    I sympathize with my friends who are surely feeling anger and dismay that something like this could happen to them. I, too, am outraged. I deplore violence targeted against any group of people because…

  • Teen spends summer in Alaska

    By: Frank C. D’Amico    ALLENTOWN – Lauren Bonilla’s summer vacation had all the makings of a "National Geographic Explorer" documentary: far-flung destinations, studies of indigenous cultures, braving the elements.    This summer, Lauren, a senior at the Peddie School in Hightstown, spent several weeks studying shamanism, the art of healing the body with the mind, in…

  • Millstone hires middle school principal

    Daniel Bland replaces James Brown By: Frank C. D’Amico    MILLSTONE – A new principal for Millstone Middle School has been hired by the Board of Education.    The board voted unanimously Monday to employ Daniel E. Bland, who was principal of a 4-8 school in Fair Haven Borough.    Mr. Bland will replace James Brown, who resigned…

  • Let’s debate

    Editorial By:    Let’s debate.    This November, voters in Washington Township will have the opportunity to do something they don’t always have the chance to do – make a choice.    Diane Tanner, a Democrat, will face Republican Dave Fried in the battle to complete the unexpired term of the late Township Committeeman Richard Folsom. Republicans Jack…

  • FFA gets highest national ranking

    By:    The Allentown FFA Chapter recently was named a three-star chapter by the National FFA Organization.    This is the highest ranking an FFA chapter can achieve through the National Chapter Award Program and puts them in the top 102 of the nation’s 7,149 FFA chapters.    "We are extremely proud of the accomplishments of New Jersey’s…

  • Authors to attend library fund-raiser

    By: Sara Peters    The South Brunswick Library Foundation is still accepting reservations for its next fund-raiser, the fourth annual Book and Author Dinner Sept. 22.    This year, the dinner will be at the East Brunswick Chateau. The evening will begin with cocktails and dinner, followed by presentations and book signings from New Jersey authors Sharon…

  • New zoning would ban x-rated from downtown

    Proposal would restrict ‘X-rated videos and publications kinds of businesses’ to the borough’s highway commercial zone By: Cynthia Williamson    NEW HOPE – Pornographic material has no place in New Hope or at least not in its central business district.    "With all the vacant stores, I thought it might be a good idea to change the…