Category: archives
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Keeping a tradition alive
Local storytellers to take part in annual Tellabration festival at Hamilton library By: Stephanie Prokop Once upon a time, there was the art of storytelling. Then along came the computer, the cell phones, and iPods, and suddenly, the demand for the spoken word to receptive ear disappeared faster than one can say "story." Tellabration, a…
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Raiders run over North Hunterdon
Offensive line dominates game By: Rudy Brandl It looked like the Hillsborough High football team of old last Friday night at Noonan Field. The Raiders ran the ball, sustained drives and controlled the clock to post their most impressive victory of the 2006 season. After spotting North Hunterdon a field goal on the game’s…
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Lady Raiders knocked out by powerhouse
Sturdy HHS defense finally cracks By: Rudy Brandl HAMILTON It took more than 70 minutes, but eventually the stingy Hillsborough High defense finally yielded a goal against the talented tournament favorites from Steinert in the Central Jersey Group 4 girls’ soccer playoffs. Top-ranked Steinert added another one and ended the HHS season with…
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Michele Ronyecs Eck
Michele Ronyecs Eck died Oct. 30 at her home in Maple Grove, Minn., after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Born and raised in Pennington, she was educated in the Hopewell Valley school system and was a graduate of the College of New Jersey. She is survived by her husband Charles (Chuck); a daughter…
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A long courtship: tying the knot after 54 years
Together for over a half-century, Curtiss and Thomas LaPenna decided to finally make it official when Thomas entered the hospital last year. By: Lea Kahn Curtiss VanMetre and Thomas LaPenna have known each other and lived together for more than half a century. But it took Mr. LaPenna’s recent hospitalization for the two to finally…
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American Legion honors its namesake
Plaque, ceremony honor veteran from which their post name is derived By: Joseph Harvie The sign on a small building on Major Road reads: Lt. John Farnkopf American Legion Post 401. The post, chartered 59 years ago, is named in honor of Lt. Farnkopf, a U.S. Army Air Corps pilot from Monmouth Junction who was…
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Teaching teachers
District hosts workshops By: Bill Greenwood Samantha Siegelheim walked to the front of a South Brunswick High School computer lab and called out for attention. "Let’s all form a circle," she said, and her students obliged, taking their places and making slight adjustments until the shape slowly took form in the classroom’s left aisle. Ms.…
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Meet Cheerios’ new cereal box ‘superstar’
Lynette Marsicano of Manville in photo on a box of Cheerios cereal By:Mary Ellen Zangara Lynette Marsicano of Manville is the latest champion to appear on a box of Cheerios cereal but instead of earning the distinction for athletic excellence, Ms. Marsicano and three Hillsborough residents are being recognized for helping to fight hunger.…
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HoVal applies pressure
FOOTBALL By: Tim Falls Steinert needed its starters the whole time. That says something about the Hopewell Valley Central High School varsity football team. The Spartans edged the Bulldogs, 21-12. The score may have been a palindrome but it was still quite close. Hopewell concluded its Colonial Valley Conference season with a record of 3-6…
