Category: archives

  • Hopewell shows growth

    Senior Babe Ruth By: Tim Falls    Doing some of the little things right lead to a big change for the Hopewell Senior Babe Ruth baseball team.    Hopewell won an opening round playoff game and reached the final four of the 16-18 playoffs and finished 8-6-1 overall after a 7-5-1 regular season record.    It was a…

  • Drive My Car

    The New Hope Auto Show rolls out Mustangs, Aston Martins, Ferraris, Corvettes and more. By: Anthony Stoeckert    For teenagers of a previous generation, every summer night was a car show. Cruising the streets of towns and cities throughout the area, the Chevys and Mustangs were as important to a night out as the places they…

  • Birthday girl gets backpack donations, not gifts, at party

    Backpacks, all 20 of them, will be donated to HomeFront By Audrey Levine    A cardboard box stands in the corner of the living room, overflowing with backpacks of all different colors, shapes and sizes. Elsa Perelli pulls out Disney backpacks with pencil cases attached, and puts them on the floor next to others she already…

  • Police Beat

    FLORENCE    On Aug. 1 at 5:25 p.m., Jacqueline Ayala, 33, of Florence, was charged with disorderly conduct. Police responded to a dispute call in the 700 block of West Front Street where police said she swung a knife, cutting the shirt of another occupant of the house; the victim was not injured. Ms. Ayala was…

  • GUEST OPINION by Paul R. Shelly: State’s old model for educated workforce is failing

    New systems needed to help prevent under-qualified work force By: Paul R. Shelly    New Jersey needs a new model for workforce and economic competitiveness, one closely tied to individual and state prosperity through education.    The old model wrongly assumes that New Jersey can attract all the bright, talented, well-educated people it needs for vitality and…

  • HHS cagers stepped up their game in summer league

    Team won nine of 10 in tough Plainfield League By: Rudy Brandl    One bad night can’t erase a summer of great basketball.    That’s how Hillsborough High head coach Ian Progin and his boys feel about their quarterfinal loss to Rutgers Prep in the Plainfield Summer League playoffs. After rolling through the league and finishing in…

  • Womanspace needs helpers

    Training class begins this fall    Womanspace, Inc. is recruiting volunteers for its Sexual Assault Advocacy Program and Domestic Violence Victim Response Teams.    Extensive training is provided, evenings and Saturdays. A driver’s license required. Being bilingual is a plus.    The next training class begins this fall. Call Alison or Heidi at 394-0136 for more information.    Interested…

  • Temple rockers have a big band sound

    Band members find music "spiritually uplifting" By: Audrey Levine    Hanging on a wall next to Cantor Bruce Rockman’s desk is a gold record with an inscription that reads, "The Sons of Tikvah Band Proudly Presents this Gold Record to Cantor Bruce Rockman."    Cantor Rockman was at his desk July 21, staring at the plaque, which…

  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

    From the issue of Aug. 10, 2006. Newbury displayed ‘amazing qualities’ To the editor:    Throughout this past year, Jenni Newbury has shown amazing qualities as a leader.    Through her work in the inclusive recreational programs for kids with disabilities and her work with Camp HEART, she has made a difference in the lives of the…