Category: archives
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LHS wins three in good week
WRESTLING By: John E. Powers The Lawrence High School wrestling team had some solid performances last week, and the Cardinals nearly went 4-0 because of it. The Cardinals raised their dual meet record to 8-4 with wins over West Windsor-Plainsboro South (44-18), West Windsor-Plainsboro North (47-11) and South River (54-17) before falling to Allentown…
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Planning boards prepare to head back to school
By: Cara Latham High school students take courses to get them ready for college. College students take courses they need for their future careers. But, it’s not every day that one hears government officials taking courses that correlate directly to their jobs. That is, until a law was passed in July 2005 under then-acting Gov.…
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Corby’s boys 2 wins away from states
By: Kyle Moylan Although New Egypt Coach Jon Corby was happy to take a winning record into this past Tuesday night’s game, he’s a little more concerned about what the mark might be a week from this Saturday. Counting Tuesday’s game, New Egypt needs to win at least two of the next five games to…
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Telling tales in school
By: Stephanie Prokop CHESTERFIELD Inspiration doesn’t have to always come from something divine more often, it comes from the everyday. When Trenton native Lisa Funari-Willever was just a child, she started taking her real life experiences and turned them into children’s literature. She now travels around to different elementary schools discussing her books.…
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Carl Swanson: educator, artist and school board member
To observe National School Board Recognition Month January the Hopewell Valley Regional School District is highlighting the work of school board member Carl Swanson By JoAnn Meyer Of all the phone calls Carl Swanson takes as an elected member of the Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education, none are quite like the call…
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Warmth for when life turns cold
Quilting Guild makes covers for families rebuilding after house fires and hurricanes. By: Rebecca Weltmann There’s nothing better on these cold winter nights than a cozy, comfy quilt. Perhaps the next best thing is to gather with a few like-minded people and make a quilt which is what the Hillsborough Library Quilting Guild did…
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Yen Cheun Cheng
HILLSBOROUGH Yen Cheun "Lucy" Cheng died Jan. 21 in the Hunterdon Care Center in Flemington. She was 78. Born in China, she lived in Taiwan, New York City and Kendall Park before moving to Hillsborough in 1967. Mrs. Chen worked in the IT Department for John Wiley and Sons in Somerset, retiring in 1992.…
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Fire damages historic site
Blaze destroys barn on Titus Farm property By: Joseph Harvie A suspicious fire destroyed a nearly 100-year-old barn on the Titus Farm in Kendall Park on Jan. 18, South Brunswick Police Department spokesman Detective James Ryan said Wednesday. The fire was reported at 8:32 p.m. when a nearby resident saw the barn ablaze from his…
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Township plans to give boroughs say on health issues
Measure set for public hearing and adoption vote Feb. 13 By John Tredrea A proposed ordinance would allow two of the seven members on Hopewell Township’s Board of Health Advisory Committee to be from Pennington or Hopewell Borough. The measure was introduced by a unanimous vote of the full Township Committee on Monday night. It…
