Category: archives
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MHS track and field athletes set for sectionals
Knitowski eyes trip to Meet of Champs By: Rudy Brandl Mike Knitowski’s quest for a trip to the NJSIAA Meet of Champions begins at this weekend’s Central Jersey Group 1 Track and Field Championships. The Manville High senior, who scored in three jumping events in last year’s CJ 1 meet to qualify for the…
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Lang gets No. 2 school post in Hopewell Valley
He will replace John Bach, who has resigned effective July 16 By John Tredrea Richard Lang has been appointed Hopewell Valley’s assistant superintendent of schools, effective July 1. He will replace John Bach, who has resigned effective July 16. Mr. Lang’s appointment is for the 2007-2008 school year, as are the other three appointments made…
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2007 Summer Previews — JULY 27-AUG. 2
A special section to save for a season of theater, music, film, dance, art, opera, festivals, family fare and more JULY 27-AUG. 2 STAGE New Jersey Opera, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance, July 27, 8 p.m., July 29, 2 p.m.; Mozart’s Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute), July…
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Baumbach sureges into second
BOYS TRACK By: Tim Falls Christian Baumbach led the Hopewell Valley boys track team with a second-place finish in the 3,200-meter at the Mercer County Championships at Steinert on April 12. The junior Bulldog earned the silver medal with a time of nine minutes, 52.76 seconds. Senior teammate Matt Hilderbrandt joined Baumbach in the race…
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AHS golf competes in state’s biggest match
By: Kyle Moylan The Allentown High golf team didn’t have its best day this past Monday. The mere fact it was playing against the very best teams in the state, however, made it a very good day. Playing in the NJSIAA Tournament of Champions at Burlington County Country Club, Allentown placed 22nd out of 24…
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New Central High School teaching staff is approved
They will cover social studies, auto shop and marketing By John Tredrea New Central High School faculty positions approved unanimously by the full school board Monday night include a social studies teacher, half-time auto shop teacher and part-time marketing teachers. The plan is to hire the teachers in time for the next school…
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Margaret Robinson
MANVILLE Margaret Robinson died May 20 at home. She was 96. Born in Dunmore, Pa., she was a longtime resident of Manville. Mrs. Robinson was employed as a LPN in the Maternity Ward of Somerset Medical Center in Somerville for 15 years, retiring in 1975. She was a communicant of Christ the King Roman…
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Book Notes
Remembering Memorial Day By: Joan Ruddiman Here’s an interesting question: on Memorial Day, are we remembering or are we forgetting? Think about this. We take pride in remembering veterans of war. We remember their names, where they fought and where they died. Towns all over America hold parades. Many, like the parade in my little…
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Historically Speaking
Allentown: Its rise and progress, part 39 From the NJ Historical Society’s C. R. Hutchinson collection, the following short history of the Presbyterian Church. Although our region was predominately Quaker, Hutchinson claimed that the Presbyterians preceded them in Allentown proper. The Presbyterian Church, which was the earliest religious organization at Allentown, was first located…
