Category: archives

  • Manville Hot Topic

    Summer activities What’s your favorite summer activity that the borough provides? Post your response today!

  • CHS track teams get metals

    At Meet of Champions in South Brunswick By:Steve Feitl        The Hopewell Valley Central High School track teams secured two medals at the Meet of Champions Wednesday in South Brunswick.    Medals were awarded for any top-eight finish at the final meet of the season.    In the girls 3,200 meters, Tiffany Rust took seventh place with…

  • EDITORIAL

    Kudos to BM-S, Merrill for helping with Strategic Plan By:Ruth Luse    On Monday, at a special Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education meeting, something new — a five-year strategic plan for the school district — was unveiled.    The process, which included about 500 people from many different walks of life, involved a steering committee; Dr.…

  • Important questions on Flag Day

    GUEST OPINION by James J. Hewitt    Let’s get serious about the American flag.    It’s your flag! Will you pay your respects to the flag of your country on Wednesday, June 14, and for the years to come?    This fabric of freedom will celebrate 223 years of service to our country on this day. Will you…

  • NH-S fourth-graders write and produce opera

    By: Sue Kramer        The Lion’s Tale Opera Company is in the final days of rehearsal for its upcoming performance of “Y3K: (The Leaving).”    The opera company, more than 100 members strong, wrote the original libretto; composed the musical score; designed and built the sets and lights; designed the costumes; and generated the publicity for…

  • Editorial

    Truck Tast Force would keep pressure on    Lambertville Mayor David Del Vecchio’s proposal to create a statewide bipartisan Truck Traffic Task Force is a good one.    Such a panel would keep pressure on state officials to regulate truck traffic in a safe and fair manner.    The mayor has the support of other municipal officials as…

  • Local Government

    Local Government Bordentown Township Municipal Drive Bordentown, NJ 08505 (609) 298-2800 Fax: (609) 291-0788 Population: 7,692 (1990 census) Housing units: 2,991 (1990 census) Mayor: R. Joseph Foster Jr. Administrator: John F. Mason Township Clerk: Colleen M. Cochran Township Attorney: John Harrington, Esq. Engineer: Raymond Jordan Building Officer: Richard J. Smith Tax Assessor: William R. Tantum…

  • Joan B. Knutson

    Local resident By:    HAMILTON — Joan B. Knutson, 68, died Monday, May 29, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton.    Born in Hightstown, she was a longtime area resident.    She was a school teacher in Texas and East Windsor and past executive director of Hightstown-East Windsor Chamber of Commerce.    Daughter of the late Prescott…

  • School chiefs may re-explore regionalization

    Officials skeptical of benefits By: Cynthia Williamson        Rumbling over regionalization of South Hunterdon schools is reverberating throughout the communities — again.    It’s an issue that administrators and school board members at South Hunterdon Regional High School and its three sending districts — Lambertville, West Amwell and Stockton — have been grappling with for decades.…