Category: archives
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Strawberry Festival Sunday
Woosamonsa Schoolhouse site of event By:Jane Titus Woosamonsa Community Association will have a Strawberry Festival at the Woosamonsa Schoolhouse on June 18 between 1 and 4 p.m. My husband, Bill Titus, remembers many Strawberry Festivals held at the Schoolhouse in days gone by. He remembers selling tickets for 25 cents each. This would have been…
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Helen M. Tilger
TRENTON — Helen M. Tilger, 100, died June 10 at Genesis Elder Care, Ewing Center. Born in Austria-Hungary, she lived in Trenton most of her life before moving to Hamilton. She was a member of Immaculate Conception Church, its Ladies of Blessed Sacrament Society, and Holy Angels Roman Catholic Church. Daughter of the late Matthew…
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Grateful graduate
Nursing degree helps 60-year-old fulfill dream By: Minx McCloud Flo Foley always wanted to complete her education, but she took a couple of detours along the way. However, a special program combined with support from her family — as well as her own will to excel — led the 60-year-old Belle Mead resident to fulfill…
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Foundation to give E2 Awards
Event June 23 at golf club Plans are under way for the presentation of the first annual E2 Award, sponsored by the Hopewell Valley Foundation (HVF). The award represents the merging of enterprise and education for the advancement of educational experiences in the community. The inaugural E2 Award will be presented to Bristol-Myers Squibb and…
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Award trophies for winning, not participating
By:Erin Murphy Sanders My son came home with a trophy last night. I’m happy for him. I only wish that it were his first, because this time it was the real thing. His Pinewood Derby car finished ahead of all the others in his Cub Scout den. He experienced the anticipation, the tension, and when…
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Public asked to Master Plan session
Advisory group seeks ideas Hopewell Township Master Plan Advisory Committee will hold a public outreach session on Monday, June 26, at 7 p.m., at Hopewell Township municipal building. All citizens and interested parties are urged to participate. The committee wants the public’s suggestions, input, and vision for Hopewell Township and the Master Plan. Areas of…
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Self service is low-octane idea
Letter to the editor To the editor: It’s spring in New Jersey, and along with the flowers, one of the perennial ill-advised ideas poking its way into the sunlight is the notion that our state should drop its full-service requirement for gas stations and require people to pump their own, like the people in other…
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Is there a fire near this smoke?
Dempster fire training center’s proximity to housing development issue for Councilman Miller By: Kristy Klaus ‘I’d hate to see a bunch of neighbors come back to town council and want compensation or a wall put up.’ Rick Miller Township Councilman The proximity of the Liberty Green housing development to Mercer County’s John T. Dempster Fire…
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Salary ordinance, grant applications on agenda
By: Lea Kahn A public hearing on the ordinance that sets the salary range for the municipal manager tops the Township Council’s agenda for its regular meeting next week. The council will meet Tuesday at 8 p.m. The meeting will be held in the courtroom at the municipal building on Route 206. The council introduced…
