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  • School board meetings may be posted online

    But administrators want details on costs, impact on Web site By Eileen Oldfield Staff Writer    The Board of Education may post video recordings of its meetings on the Internet, though the process to do it needs further review, Superintendent Edward Forsthoffer said at the board’s Dec. 18 meeting.    Dr. Forsthoffer said the board will need…

  • Celebrating the reason for the season

    By Mary Ellen Zangara Special Writer    Children at Sacred Heart Church helped bring the true meaning of Christmas to life on Christmas Eve asthey participated in a “Birthday Party for Jesus” celebration.    The celebration was held in conjunction with the 4 p.m. mass.    Entering the church to “Silent Night” sung by the children’s choir, the…

  • Floodplain data needed for proposed developement

    Tom Scannapieco wants to build 38 units on a 20-acre parcel adjacent to Solebury Township. By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    NEW HOPE — Developer Tom Scannapieco cut the proposed number of luxury condominiums by more than half and added several features suggested by borough officials, but his project still failed to win their favor because…

  • Board taps HMS vice principal for Triangle post

    Board taps HMS vice principal for Triangle post

    By Eileen Oldfield Staff Writer    Current Hillsborough Middle School Vice Principal Lisa Heisel owes her recent appointment as Triangle Elementary School Principal to her fifth-grade teacher at PS 99 in Queens, N.Y. — Marion Silbert.    ”I became a teacher initially because of my fifth-grade teacher,” said Ms. Heisel. “Ms. Silbert allowed me to check the…

  • Eerie scene being shown at Playhouse

    About 40 to 50 vultures have made the theater their home. By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    NEW HOPE — It looks like a dramatic scene played out on the stage of the Bucks County Playhouse.    Menace is in the air, and there’s a mystery over what will happen next as dark and brooding spies furtively…

  • Missing woman found two blocks from home

       FLORENCE — A 76-year-old woman missing from an assisted living facility was found by police several blocks away a few hours after she was reported missing.    Police said Alterra Sterling House on Broad Street reported Carolyn McCorristin, 76, could not be located at 10:05 p.m. Saturday.    Police said they initially checked in the immediate area,…

  • Township groups looking ahead to a big new year

       Many of South Brunswick’s organizations have made it their New Year’s resolution to make sure 2008 repeats all the success they’ve seen in the past.    Here’s the scoop on what some of them have planned for the upcoming year. Arts Commission    With art exhibits scheduled for the entire year, the South Brunswick Arts Commission is…

  • SBHS falls in finals of Buc Invitational

    By David Gurney, Sports Writer    They didn’t play the prettiest of halves in the championship game of the Buc Invitational at Red Bank Regional High School.    The totals — 13 points and 22 percent shooting from the field in the first half speak for themselves. In fact, if not for a three-pointer with 2:45 to…

  • NEHS boys’ basketball wins tournament

    AHS loses both of its games By Kyle Moylan, Sports Editor    The New Egypt High School boys’ basketball team rallied from a 12-point fourth-quarter deficit to win the title in its own holiday tournament, 36-33, over Keyport on Saturday night.    ”It was ugly, but at least we won,” noted New Egypt Coach Jay Corby. “We…