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  • BRHS graduates bid farewell to old school, each other

    Valedictorian: "This is the beginning of something even greater" By: Molly Petrilla    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — In the first of several musical performances, the yellow- and white-gowned Class of 2006 filed into the school’s auditorium on Monday night behind a Scottish bagpiper.    Cloudy skies had forced the graduation indoors for the second year in a row,…

  • Hopewell playground to get update

    Student activities funds will be used to pay for the playground equipment By John Tredrea    Installation of new playground equipment at Hopewell Elementary School was OK’d Monday by Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education members.    The new equipment, recommended by Hopewell Elementary administrators, will replace existing equipment that is not in compliance with new federal…

  • Schools hold their final sixth-grade commencements

    Bordentown elementary schools will convert from a K-6 to a K-3 school in the fall. By: Cara Latham    BORDENTOWN — As the school district prepares to open its new high school in the fall and deal with accompanying changes within its other schools, the two elementary schools — Clara Barton Elementary School and The Peter…

  • Diverty Road resident charged with aggravated assault

    Drew Apai, 18, posted bail on Tuesday By John Tredrea    Hopewell Township resident Drew Apai, 18, is out on bail.    Mr. Apai was being held Monday on $35,000 cash bail after being charged with aggravated assault for trying to run over a township man who attempted to stop him from beating an 18-year-old woman.    On…

  • NEHS grads walk off into sunset

    School says good-bye to 107 seniors By: rebecca Weltmann    PLUMSTED — As students prepared for their final journey along the high school track, draped in blue and gold robes, they looked into the crowded stands with mixed feelings.    New Egypt High School did not have a valedictorian or a salutatorian, but did enlist three students…

  • Letters to the editor

    From the June 22 edition Mansfield events committee praised for efforts To the editor:    On behalf of the Mansfield Township Committee, I wish to express our sincere thanks and appreciation to the Mansfield Township Environmental Commission for the Environmental Awareness Day held on June 3 and the Mansfield Township Special Events Committee for the Field…

  • Jost’s last year the best

    By: Redd E. Patrick    When South Brunswick High School girls track coach Brian Jost announced his retirement prior to the 2006 season, he had no idea it would the best one in school history.    To put that in historical perspective, Jost began the girls program in 1978.    In 2006, his Vikings:    * Tied six-time defending…

  • Work begins on new Bordentown Acme shopping center

    Acme Commons to include new 54,000-square-foot supermarket By: Molly Petrilla    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — Officials from Bordentown Township, Acme supermarket and Freedman Cohen Development LLC met last Friday to shake hands, pose for photographs and break ground on the new shopping center site at Route 130 and Dunns Mill Road.    The Acme Commons shopping center, which…

  • Commencement

    A moment to remember Alex Potopowicz plays a game on his PSP (Playstation Portable) while listening to the speakers during Hopewell Valley Central High School’s Class of 2006 graduation exercises Tuesday evening