Category: archives
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Hopewell Valley High salutes new Hall of Fame inductees
Nine individuals, one team honored. By: Tim Falls Many of the athletes inducted into the Hopewell Valley Central High School Athletic Hall of Fame on Saturday night were not thinking about their own accomplishments. Even with all their accolades, many of those being honored were thinking of their former teammates. That’s why the Hopewell Valley…
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Ready to play
Cardinal boys lacrosse team competes to the final whistle. By: Tim Falls Lawrence high school boys lacrosse coach Anthony Ammirata wants four quarters of competition from his players. That means no matter how far ahead or how far behind the Cardinals are in the score, the new coach wants his team to play like it…
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March 30, 3:30 p.m.: Theocracy and the clash of cultures
Some perspective on the Danish cartoon controversy and the danger of theocracy. By: Hank Kalet In all the talk about the Danish cartoons and the discord between the Muslim world and the West, this is what has been missing: Perspective. Amartya Sen offers some in this book excerpt on Slate. A sample: "The increasing tendency…
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Township Council mulls spending hike
The proposed $43.68 million budget would cost the average property tax payer an additional $152. By: Joseph Harvie The Township Council introduced a $43.68 million budget Tuesday that could mean a 15.4 percent increase to the municipal tax rate. The proposed spending plan, introduced unanimously, is about $280,000 more than last year’s $43.4 million budget.…
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No tax increase in $25 million municipal budget
A public hearing will be held on the spending plan May 9. By: Melissa Edmond The Township Committee introduced a $25 million municipal budget Tuesday night that does not include an increase in municipal taxes. The committee voted 4-1 to introduce the budget with Committeeman Paul Drake abstaining from the vote, citing concerns over appropriations…
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Fugitive rapist captured
Convicted in 1997 and sentenced to 10 years in prison, he fled Costa Rica. He was arrested at a Rosalie Street house Tuesday morning. By: Donna Lukiw Mirciades Antonio Solano-Quesada, 35, a fugitive from Costa Rica was found and arrested by the Manville police and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Fugitive Operations Team…
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Bordentown softball has players to slug out great year
By: Sean Moylan The Bordentown Regional High School girls’ varsity softball team is coming off one of its best seasons in its history. And yet, barring injuries, the 2006 season should only be better. "We have a core group of girls coming back and they know how to work with each other," said Bordentown coach…
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Timberlane evacuated after gas line is hit
Students went to Central High School as a precaution By John Tredrea Timberlane Middle School was evacuated for a little over an hour Tuesday after a construction worker operating a backhoe hit a 2-inch gas line at 12:03 p.m., Hopewell Township police Lt. Lance Maloney said. Timberlane students were temporarily moved to Central High School…
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DISPATCHES
Storm clouds over baseball. By: Hank Kalet Sometime in April, Barry Bonds will pass Babe Ruth as No. 2 on baseball’s all-time home run list. And then, perhaps by the end of the season, he’ll make his assault on Hank Aaron’s record of 755 home runs a remarkable feat given that Bonds was still…
