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  • Mostoller steps up to top spot on Princeton school board

    Two new board members take their seats By: David Campbell    The Princeton Regional Board of Education elected Michael Mostoller to be the new board president and Alan Hegedus to be vice president at its reorganization meeting Tuesday night.    "The combination of Michael Mostoller’s and Alan Hegedus’ board experience and professional expertise forms a strong leadership…

  • Ed Plaskon tapped to lead school board

    Judy Haas will serve as vice president. By: Donna Lukiw    With three new members officially sworn in to the Hillsborough Board of Education during Monday’s re-organization meeting, board members elected Ed Plaskon and Judy Haas as the board’s new president and vice president, respectively.    Board members approved changing the location of their bi-monthly meetings from…

  • Vikes pick perfect time to post dramatic victory

    By: Lance Manion    The South Brunswick High School boys lacrosse team’s most dramatic victory of the season couldn’t have come at a better time.    After winning four straight games to start the year, the Vikings entered Tuesday’s contest against East Brunswick — the Greater Middlesex Conference’s hottest team — having lost two of their previous…

  • Petzinger tapped as school board leader for another year

    Brunn, Panfile and Zangara sworn in at reorganization. By: Donna Lukiw    The Manville Board of Education re-elected Lou Petzinger as president during the board’s Tuesday night reorganization meeting.    There were no other nominations for president and Mr. Petzinger won the spot with unanimous consent.    This will be Mr. Petzinger’s second year as president and sixth…

  • We’d like to share our good news!

    EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK By Ruth Luse    On April 20, winners of the New Jersey Press Association’s 2005 Better Newspaper Contest awards gathered at the Marriott Lafayette Yard Hotel in Trenton to celebrate.    Once again, we are proud to announce that the Hopewell Valley News was among those weekly newspapers being honored.    We took home three awards…

  • Schools optimistic about budgets

    Despite rejection by voters, school officials said margins of defeat were close By: Scott Morgan    Believe it or not, some school administrators feel pretty good about their budgets.    Though more than half the state’s school budget proposals, including five of eight in northern Burlington County, died in voters’ hands on April 18, the final numbers…

  • Valley school officials laud distinguished grads

    Barbara Carver Johnson and Scott Bowen are honored    In late March, the Hopewell Valley Regional School District honored two graduates of Central High School at the fourth annual Distinguished Graduates Award reception held at the Hopewell Valley Golf Club.    This year’s honorees graduated from CHS exactly 20 years apart.    Barbara Carver Johnson was nominated by…

  • Manville girls win county thriller

    Aichele drives in Snell with game-winner By: Rudy Brandl        NORTH PLAINFIELD — Manville High softball coach Ed Knapp wasn’t sure how his team would perform in a close game.    Friday’s thrilling 5-4 victory over North Plainfield in the first round of the Somerset County Tournament proves the Manville girls are for real.    The Lady…

  • Everything going right for South Brunswick so far

    By: James McKeever    It seems that whenever the South Brunswick baseball team needs a key play – from a hitter, pitcher, base runner or fielder – somebody steps up and delivers.    Since suffering a one-run loss to Old Bridge on April 12, the Vikings had reeled off five consecutive victories going into Wednesday’s game with…