Category: archives
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Goals still elusive as defense shines
By: Rich Fisher Man, can that South Brunswick High girls soccer team play defense. That’s what coach Nancy Ducko has to keep telling herself, over and over again, to re-enforce the positives and keep herself from going batty. As was the case a year ago, the Vikings know how to prevent goals, but can’t figure…
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GSA depot purchase OK’d
Township, county to share cost, ownership. By: Charlie Olsen The Township Committee unanimously voted to purchase the 438-acre General Services Administration Belle Mead supply depot for $17.5 million, splitting the cost and the ownership evenly with the county. Associated costs such as administrative costs, surveys and appraisals are not to exceed 5 percent of…
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Sonja Stibitz
MANVILLE Sonja A. Stibitz died Sept. 8 at home. She was 66. Born in Manville, she had been a lifelong resident. Mrs. Stibitz started her career as a teacher in 1961 at North Hunterdon High School and then Hunterdon Central. She stayed at home with her young children and went back to teaching at…
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Mixed emotions for coach after opening-day split
By: Redd E. Patrick South Brunswick boys cross country coach Wilfredo Rivera had mixed feelings when his team took on GMC powers Old Bridge and East Brunswick on Tuesday in the big season-opener for all three schools at Thompson Park. With the GMC Red Division on the line so early in the season, Old Bridge…
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Rider University remembers Sept. 11, 2001
Student Government Association organizes candlelight vigil. By: John Dunphy Five years ago, Jenn Kamm was in study hall. Steven Klemchalk stood in the hallway at school, getting a muffin for breakfast. And Karson Langenfelder sat atop his desk in German class, transfixed, like many, to a television. Now as students at Rider University they, and…
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Daher reception
New CHS principal meets and greets Hopewell Valley resident Lily Lewin (left) takes the opportunity to speak with Michael Daher, the new principal of Central High School, at a reception held in his honor Monday at the CHS Media Center prior to the school board’s agenda meeting.
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Photo contest focuses on Hopewell Valley lore
HONORING HOPEWELL’S HISTORY The Hopewell Township Historic Preservation Commission, the Hopewell Valley Regional School District and the Hopewell Valley News (HVN) challenge you to prove your knowledge of the region’s rich historical landscape by entering the "2006 Honoring Hopewell’s History Photo Contest," which begins this week. Over the next several months, clues to eight historic…
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Sister Mary Carmelita Kaschak
WATCHUNG Sister Mary Carmelita Kaschak died Sept. 2 at McAuley Hall Heath Care Center in Watchung. She was 94. Born in Mocanaqua, Pa., she lived in Manville with her family until she entered Sisters of Mercy in 1952. She was a communicant of Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church in Manville. Sister Carmelita was an…
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Lawrence stops Irish in second half
Cardinals cause turnovers and take control to start their season with a win. By: Tim Falls The Lawrence High School football team made a defensive stand in its season opener last Friday night at Notre Dame’s Monsignor Walter E. Nolan field. A second-half shutout helped the Cardinals win, 21-13, and become the first Colonial Valley…
