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CHS hospital plan for Hopewell Township gets mixed reviews
The majority of the 20-odd people who spoke expressed reservations or outright opposition to the hospital By John Tredrea Emotional public comment both pro and con was aired during a Monday night presentation by Capital Health Systems (CHS) on its proposal to build a new hospital in southeastern Hopewell Township. The presentation, attended by about…
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Students learn about Holocaust from survivors
By: Stephanie Prokop MANSFIELDAll too often, students learn about significant points in history from textbooks, and never get a first-person account of how events occurred. On May 31, Northern Burlington County Regional High School juniors got a chance to experience firsthand the inspirational and harrowing personal stories of two Holocaust survivors. Both women spoke of…
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Raiders blanked in CJ 4 baseball final
Sadin’s absence hurts team By: Rudy Brandl HAMILTON The Hillsborough High baseball team has been a tired bunch in recent weeks, worn down by a combination of grueling games and a shortage of pitching. If there was one thing the Raiders couldn’t afford in last Friday’s Central Jersey Group 4 championship game at Steinert,…
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Kindergarteners share their new found wisdom
Advice from graduating kindergarten students By: Emily Holody After an exciting first year of elementary school, the kindergarten class of 2006-2007 is moving on to first grade. These students shared their experiences in kindergarten and offered advice for preschoolers moving up to kindergarten next year. As it turns out, kindergarten, isn’t all about the ABC’s.…
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Weird and Wonderful
An anthology of Garden State writing celebrates the state’s multiple personalities. By: Susan Van Dongen New Jersey has always had self-esteem issues, with big-city envy of either New York or Philadelphia. And to get even more complicated, South Jersey has always felt like the underachieving younger sibling, trying to live up to affluent North Jersey.…
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Anna Kaschak
MANVILLE Anna (Moschak) Kaschak died June 2 at Summerville at Hillsborough. She was 94. Born in Tobyhanna. Pa., she lived in Manville most of her life, moving to Hillsborough 14 months ago. Mrs. Kaschak was a homemaker. She was a communicant of Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church in Manville and a member of their…
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Traffic-calming committee is formed in Pennington
Members are borough Councilwoman Eileen Heinzel, police Director Bill Meytrott and residents Gus Rossi, Gerry Lax, Francine McManimon and Nancy Mollis By John Tredrea A newly formed committee of Pennington Borough residents and officials will study ways in which traffic in town could be "calmed," in the parlance of traffic engineering. Traffic that has been…
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Board shows plans for $35M school
By: Stephanie Prokop CHESTERFIELDThe school board unveiled plans May 30 for a $35 million school that would be located on Steeplechase Way, a street that would be in a new development in Old York Village. The tract being eyed for the school is known as the Wilkinson Farm. The school would be constructed if a…
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‘Failte’: The place where the name comes to life
REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK By John Tredrea Welcoming is contagious and infectious and all good. People take it with them and spread it around by welcoming others. As a result, things get better for a wide radius how wide, no one can say for sure. That’s the beauty of it, really. Years ago, Jeanne Crowell told…
