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  • Learning about migration

    Students exchange ‘butterflies’ with Mexican class By: Kristy Klaus ‘I am happy because I never got a letter from Mexico before in my whole life.’ Paul Wolak    Many of Ann Fowler’s second-grade students couldn’t sleep Thursday night in anticipation of opening their marisposas the next day.    Mrs. Fowler’s Slackwood School classroom was filled with “ohhs…

  • NBC softball advances to S.J. Group II title game

    Greyhounds take care of Gateway, Woodstown By:Sean Moylan        The one thing that the Northern Burlington County Regional High School softball team was missing last season was power. As a result, NBC coach Brian Wolverton implemented a strength and conditioning program into every practice.    And, as the old saying goes, “practice makes perfect.”    NBC had…

  • Chesterfield planners vie to be GOP candidate

    Conway, Hlubik compete for Township Committee seat By:Vanessa S. Holt        CHESTERFIELD — On Tuesday, voters will choose between two candidates for a Township Committee seat in the Republican primary.    Incumbent Mayor Edward Conway, 68, has been on the Township Committee for nine years and also serves on the Planning Board.    Michael Hlubik, 51, who…

  • Toy-gun man faces other charges

    Allegedly drove under influence of marijuana By:Jack Baney    The man indicted last week for allegedly pointing a fake gun at a police officer also has been charged with driving under the influence of marijuana.    Police further charged Jerald J. Fasoli, 18, of 147 Triangle Road, with possession of marijuana, operating a vehicle while in possession…

  • EDITORIAL

    Township rezoning plans demand citizens’ attention By:Ruth Luse    On June 21, the Hopewell Township Committee is planning to take action on three ordinances that would, if adopted, have a major impact on zoning in the over-60-square-mile municipality.    On May 18, the committee introduced measures that would:    • Eliminate the IOP zone (Industrial Office Park) —…

  • Anchor House Foundation slates Cory’s Ride

       The Anchor House Foundation, which hosts the annual Ride for Runaways to benefit the Trenton shelter for runaway and abused children, is sponsoring its second annual Cory’s Ride, a one-day cycling event to benefit the Cory C. Golis Anchor House Scholarship Fund.    Cory, a 15-year-old Hopewell Township resident and a freshman at Hopewell Valley High…

  • Away at school

    College disappoints, excites and ultimately pleases By:Pete DiVito    All last summer long, I had literally been counting down the number of days until move-in day, so there’s no doubt that I was elated when it came time to leave Hillsborough and relocate to Towson University.    I couldn’t wait to see my roommate, Josh, who I…

  • BM-S is environmentally-friendly

    By:John Tredrea        Innovest Strategies Value Advisors, an international investment advisory firm, has ranked Bristol-Myers Squibb (B-MS) number one among America’s top 23 pharmaceutical firms for environmental performance, Linda Ruckel of B-MS’s New York City public affairs office said last week.    B-MS owns and operates a one-million-square-foot office-research facility on 433 acres in eastern Hopewell…

  • ‘The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg’

    This documentary illuminates the shining career of a baseball great who struggled against discrimination.   [Unrated] By: Kam Williams    Baseball Hall of Famer, Hammerin’ Hank Greenberg compiled impressive stats over a relatively brief 10-year major league career, beginning in 1933 with the Detroit Tigers. Greenberg led the American League in home runs four times, hitting 58 in…