Category: archives
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Heidi Kahme is new leader of Valley’s Municipal Alliance
Will replace Sheryl Stone in September Heidi Kahme has been named the new chairwoman of the Hopewell Valley Municipal Alliance. The announcement was made at the May Executive Committee meeting of the Alliance by current Chairwoman Sheryl Stone. Ms. Kahme will assume her new role in September. "Ten years ago the Alliance Executive Committee came…
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Florence girls take fast track to success
Young team doing well By: Sean Moylan It’s not supposed to happen this way. Three years ago, the Florence Township Memorial High School was still struggling to put together a girls’ varsity track and field team. The few meets Florence did schedule were cancelled. But last year the team finally got off the ground and…
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Board to hear yeshiva appeal
Roosevelt ponders Orthodox Jewish school By: Cara Latham ROOSEVELT For more than a year, residents of the borough have been crossing swords over whether the Orthodox Jewish school that opened up on Homestead Lane last September has had a negative effect on the borough. The yeshiva, a school where Orthodox Jewish males 13 years…
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Wagner sets stadium record
Hopewell Valley senior wins discus at NJ International Track and Field Invitational. By: Tim Falls Paul Wagner won the discus at the New Jersey International Track and Field Invitational at Colts Neck High School last Saturday. His winning throw of 169 feet, three inches set the stadium record, but was not as long as the…
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Millstone school board reinstates sports program
Psychologist, late-afternoon bus also salvaged By: Cara Latham MILLSTONE At a standing-room-only meeting with nearly 100 residents and students in attendance Monday, the Millstone Board of Education approved a resolution 5-4 to reinstate varsity and junior varsity sports in Millstone Middle School. In addition, the late bus for Millstone students attending Allentown High School…
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West Amwell moves ahead with salt remediation
Reverse osmosis treatment system planned for private wells By:Linda Seida WEST AMWELL The Township Committee has awarded a contract for almost $12,760 for the construction of a housing shed for a reverse osmosis treatment system in the ongoing remediation of several private wells that were contaminated by the township’s supply of road salt. The…
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Allentown High to host benefit concert
Money will benefit school arts program By: Purvi Desai UPPER FREEHOLD Broadway’s deferred from New York to Allentown’s High School for one night. On Saturday, John Nanni and Christine Giglio Nanni, of Georgetown Court, will be performing their own Broadway show titled, "Rhapsody in 2," featuring songs from actual Broadway shows as part of…
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Duke’s grads set to apply lessons
A joint venture designed by Rutgers University Cooperative Extension and the Duke Farms Foundation placed 25 students in class on the estate, working toward attaining the school’s new Environmental Stewards certificate By: John Patten When Doris Duke designated her Hillsborough estate should be used to teach about the environment in her will, she may not…
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Local man shot in Pocono dispute
Police say the shooting of Ryan Charles Bigelow and his brother happened when they went to a neighboring property in New Milford Township, Pa., to complain about noise. By: Charlie Olsen A Pennsylvania man has been charged with shooting a Hillsborough man and his brother in the early morning hours of May 27 in New…
