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  • Program helps city kids enjoy suburban air

    Thanks to the Fresh Air Fund, four children from the Bronx and Brooklyn enjoyed two weeks of summer in Hillsborough. By: Donna Lukiw    During the summers, Hillsborough children are usually outside enjoying the warm weather, riding their bicycles, eating ice cream and hanging out at the beach, but children in urban, low-income areas are not…

  • New teachers learn lesson about district

    Orientation gets incoming staff ready for school year By: Lacey Korevec    When she arrived at South Brunswick High School on Monday morning for her first day of orientation for new staff, Amy Stemler was surprised at the building’s size.    "It’s huge," she said Tuesday. "I just couldn’t believe how big it was."    Ms. Stemler will…

  • Mending fences – or tearing them down?

    Debate over whether fences should be vinyl or wood transcends aesthetics By: Cara Latham    WASHINGTON — As the township moves to begin more rigorous enforcement of the zoning regulations and design standards set forth by zoning code for homeowners in the Town Center, a conflict — centered on aesthetic standards that require residents to maintain…

  • Learning three R’s and an L

    Springfield elementary students tackle Latin lessons By: Molly Petrilla    SPRINGFIELD — Latin may be a dead language, but educators in Springfield Elementary School plan to resurrect it this September with help from a $10,000 grant from the Frederick L. Hipp Foundation for Excellence in Education.    Though first-, second- and third-graders will continue to learn Spanish,…

  • EDITORIAL

    There’s trouble on the horizon for the state’s economy.    Is New Jersey a victim of its own economic success?    Two highly regarded Rutgers University professors — James W. Hughes, dean of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning Public Policy, and Joseph J. Seneca, university professor at the Bloustein school — suggest this may indeed…

  • Obituaries

    James A. Smith Sr. HAMILTON — James A. (Penguin) Smith Sr., 57, died Sunday at Cooper Medical Center in Camden.    Born in Wrightstown, he was a resident of Hamilton most of his life.    Mr. Smith was employed as the manager of the Royal Car Wash on Route 33 in Hamilton.    Son of the late George…

  • Company hired for fall selling of Martin tract

    Township officials voted to hire the Max Spann Real Estate and Auction Co. to market and auction the tract By John Tredrea    A firm has been hired to handle the marketing and sale of 165 acres of the scenic 250-acre Martin tract, which is owned by Hopewell Township.    The tract is near Bayberry Road and…

  • Bulldogs get broken in

    HVCHS Football By: Tim Falls    The Hopewell Valley Central High School football team needs work.    That much coach Dave Caldwell knew after the team’s first scrimmage of the season.    The Bulldogs might need work, but they are starting their third varsity season stronger than they have before.    "We’re beyond where we were the previous two…

  • SAFE and Sound

    By: Katrina Lewin    Who wants to go to school year-round?    Kids at Washington Township Public Schools do. The SAFE program makes learning more than just chalk and math problems.    Washington Township Public Schools have been sponsoring an after-school and summer program called SAFE, or School-Age Fun and Enrichment since 1999. During the academic year, students…