Category: archives
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DOWN ON THE FARM
What’s going on a Howell this weekend? Free, horse-drawn hay rides will be offered to the public on Saturday, May 27, at Howell Living History Farm in Hopewell Township. Rides through the 130-acre working farm will leave the barnyard area every 20 minutes beginning at 10:30 a.m.; the last ride will leave at 3 p.m.…
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HVN looks for college grad news
Annual college grad edition July 13 Colleges and universities will begin sending us news releases about 2000 graduates, who reside in the Hopewell Valley area. As releases arrive, we put them in a folder and save them for our annual college/university graduate edition, which will be featured in the edition of July 13. Graduates and/or…
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Study: Manville needs more housing
New residences could trigger economic growth By:Kristy Klaus “If you build it, they will come” is the philosophy behind a recently unveiled redevelopment plan for the south end of Manville. Adding residential areas to stimulate business activity is what The National Association of Office and Industrial Properties proposed at a news conference presenting its final…
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Bright futures don’t come cheap
Schools need support to succeed By:The Manville News Some distinctions are good to get: empress; top salesman; best of breed; most difficult recipe, third place. And whether the field is politics, retail sales, dog shows or a Cub Scout bake-off, distinctions such as these help the bearers carry their heads a little higher and walk…
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State trust to preserve local land
500 acres included in open space plans By: Frank C. D’Amico Approximately 500 acres of local land has been included in the Garden State Preservation Trust (GSPT) plan for farmland preservation. The GSPT was formed June 30, 1999, by Gov. Christie Whitman to “oversee the permanent preservation of an additional million acres of open…
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HVN Sunshine List
Meetings, locations listed PENNINGTON LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES: May 25, 7:30 p.m., Borough Hall. HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP FIRE COMMISSIONERS: May 25, 7:30 p.m., Municipal Building. HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION: May 25, 7:30 p.m., Municipal Building. PENNINGTON BOROUGH COUNCIL: May 30, 7 p.m., agenda meeting (changed from May 22), Borough Hall. HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP PLANNING BOARD: May…
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Follow your children
Kids are best guides for "family season" By:Jack Cherry This is, in the turn of the calendar, the Season of the Family. In May we celebrate mothers, in June the focus shifts to the fathers and we sprinkle the graduations and year-end wrap-up parties for all of the kids along the way. And there are…
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Dorothy Crammer
Area resident By: Staff WRIGHTSTOWN — Dorothy B. Crammer, 57, died Friday at home. Born in Trenton, she was a longtime Wrightstown area resident. Mrs. Crammer was a homemaker. Wife of the late Raymond Crammer, she is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Raymond and Debbie Crammer of West Creek; a daughter, Kathleen Crammer, at…
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Academy shows proper use of school computers
Staff editorial The Lawrence school district and Cisco Systems, having already cooperated to give Internet access to every classroom in the district, are coming together on an even better venture. The Lawrence Cisco Networking Academy will make its debut at Lawrence High School next year. Students who successfully complete the two-year course will become Cisco…
