Category: archives
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Bordentown basketball players top 1,000 points
McDuffie does it in just 2 years By: Sean Moylan It’s been a long time since the Bordentown Regional High School boys’ varsity basketball team filled the gym every home game. But it’s been a long time since the Scotties have had a player as good as Sammie McDuffie. Brian West and Kressie Williams were…
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Tucker heading to Howard U. with scholarship
By: Sean Moylan Losing football games never discouraged Bordentown’s Sidney Tucker. He was too busy trying to be the best football player and student he could be, which required all of his focus and attention. On February 1st, four years of hard work paid off for Tucker as he signed a letter of intent to…
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‘Captured Moments’
A former librarian has her first solo art exhibit in the Lambertville Public Library. By: Megan Sullivan Lately, Newtown Pa., resident Jeanne Chesterton can’t seem to put her paintbrush down. A school librarian for 17 years at the Grey Nun Academy in Yardley, Pa., she resumed painting about three years ago. And it had been…
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Letters to the Editor for the week of Feb. 16
Keep fire service the way it is To the editor: As a business manager, I feel that fire and EMS are two of the most critical services a town can provide. We all know that emergency services are often forgotten until one is in desperate need. These are the people who come to our…
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Hopewell Township patrolmen promoted
Officers will be sworn-in during the Township Committee’s meeting on March 13 at CHS’ auditorium By John Tredrea With the impending promotion of Capt. George Meyer to chief of the township Police Department, the Township Committee voted unanimously Monday to promote one patrolman to sergeant and two sergeants to lieutenant. The three promotions, like Capt.…
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Finding a plan to clear driveways
The Office of Aging is working on a way to help seniors shovel out of their homes and driveways after it snows. By: Joseph Harvie A nor’easter bombarded the region with snow Saturday and Sunday, dumping between 21 and 24 inches in town and leaving many seniors snowbound in their homes because of the huge,…
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Encouraging excellence in women
In order to promote and support successful women, The South Brunswick Commission on Women will hold its annual Leadership Conference, Saturday, Feb. 25. By: Stephanie Brown The annual Women’s Leadership Conference sponsored by the South Brunswick Commission on Women will bring together students and adult women leaders next week. "Basically, its purpose is to promote…
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Snowy Sunday
Shoveling in Pennington On Sunday afternoon, after the snow let up, people, like those in this photo, began clearing walks and driveways of snow. This duo is working in the West Delaware Avenue area. Hopewell Township police Capt. George Meyer said about 16 inches of snow fell in the area over the weekend. Schools were…
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Senior Center gets long-awaited funds to help pay for recent improvements
The $145,000 will be used to pay for improvements made to Senior Center (Feb. 16) By: Lauren Burgoon WASHINGTON A four-year saga a "great story of government red tape," in the words of Township Administrator Mary Caffrey ended Friday with the transfer of $145,000 to the Senior Center. The long-promised, but never…
