Category: archives
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Brian Fischer working to raise a village
Missions of mercy: Residents helping Ecuador’s poor. By: Purvi Desai A group of area Rotary Club members has labored to help residents of a tiny village in Ecuador and is making arrangements and collecting donations to return this summer. The Rotary Homes of Hope project volunteers, organized by New Jersey’s Rotary District 7510,…
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HHS boys remain in funk
Team looks to awaken in county tourney By: Rudy Brandl FRANKLIN Hillsborough High senior basketball players Tom Molarz and Bryan Humphrey found it difficult watching their teammates struggle in last Thursday night’s game at Franklin. Molarz entered the gym on crutches with a high ankle sprain, while Humphrey remained in street clothes after a…
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School board candidate filing deadline is Feb. 26
Three seats are open By Ruth Luse Hopewell Township and Hopewell Borough residents who plan to run for open seats on the Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education have until the nominating petition filing deadline of 4 p.m. on Feb. 26 to make up their minds. The school board/budget election is April 17 this year.…
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Celebrating black history
Reading chain spreads knowledge of culture and history to local children By: Bill Greenwood Students at Indian Fields School got a crash course in African-American literature and history this week. Around 60 parents, teachers and district staff members, including Superintendent Gary McCartney, descended upon the school Monday at 8:30 a.m. to read African-American-penned stories to…
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Delicious, nutritious, certainly ambitious
By: Rebecca Weltmann WASHINGTON When Patricia Delozier moved to Foxmoor 16 years ago, she decided she and her husband, Ted, needed to find out what was available in their neighborhood to get them out of the house. She originally started going to the Senior Center in Washington Township to paint, since moving to Foxmoor…
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SBHS will stick with what it knows in districts
By: Ken Weingartner South Brunswick High wrestling coach Joe Dougherty will learn in a week whether less is more. The Vikings have scaled back practices as they prepare for their final three dual matches of the season this weekend at Toms River North and the upcoming District 20 Tournament, which is Feb. 16-17 at South…
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EMT marks 50 years with service award
By: Cara Latham MANSFIELD Twenty-five years ago, Burlington County residents who called for an ambulance could have expected to wait 15 to 30 minutes before help arrived. Today, that response time has dwindled to roughly seven or eight minutes, perhaps in part because of the efforts of lifelong Columbus resident Richard Archer. Mr. Archer,…
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Bulldogs claim Patiot
GIRLS BASKETBALL By: Mike Molaro After a couple of emotional games, Hopewell Valley Central High School girls basketball coach Jeff Losch was concerned his Lady Bulldogs wouldn’t be in top form when they visited Lawrence Tuesday. HoVal quickly extinguished any fears as it opened a 28-10 halftime lead en route to a dominating 49-25 triumph…
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Noyes tallies for a rare achievement
Senior scores 1,000th point. By: Mike Molaro Reaching 1,000 points is one of the most difficult and exciting milestones a scholastic athlete can attain. But when the character and class of that athlete supersede the numbers, that achievement takes on even greater meaning. When Hopewell Valley Central High School ‘s Suzie Noyes became just the…
