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HILLSBOROUGH: Scouts give anti-bullying books to library
Last spring, Hillsborough Girl Scout Junior Troop 60645 created an anti-bullying campaign aimed at both adults and children. The girls designed and made 500special pins (using the Girl Scout colors of green and brown) to represent anti-bullying awareness. They gave out these pins at Auten Road Intermediate School and the Hillsborough Library. In addition, the…
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HOPEWELL TWP.: Suspicious mail prompts evacuation
Part of the Bank of America complex off of Scotch Road was evacuated late morning Friday to investigate a suspicious substance in a mailed envelope. As an employee was processing mail shortly before 11 a.m., the substance was seen falling from an envelope. The Hopewell Township Police Department, along with the Pennington Fire Company and…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Local Democrats open candidate search
Hillsborough Democrats are seeking potential candidates to run for the one Hillsborough Township Committee member seat open in the general election of November 2016. Hillsborough Democrats believe in an open process for the selection of their candidates for public office, said John Beggiato, Hillsborough Democratic Organization chairman. “While we certainly know of highly qualified individuals…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Pitcher Sapirman commits to go to FDU
Hillsborough’s Jared Sapirman, a lifelong resident of Hillsborough, has committed to playing college baseball at the the Division I level for the Fairleigh Dickinson University Knights. Jared is a left-handed pitcher who has been playing his last two years of high school baseball for the Perkiomen School in Pennsburg, Pa., as well as the Zoned…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Garden club turns greens into beauty
The Neshanic Garden Club hosted its 20th greens workshop Dec. 7 at the Hillsborough Municipal Building. Each of the 70 participants made their choice of one of four designs. Club members assembled design kits for each participant prior to the workshop. Instruction was then provided for putting together each design. According to club president Marion…
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PRINCETON: Driving force behind car pooling app hopes idea gets into the fast lane
By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer By his own admission, Peter B. Kramer has a restless mind, one that led him to use the Internet to get more cars off the streets of Princeton. The retiree, who develops apps in his free time, has created one to get commuters to share their ride to work…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Brownies learn about community businesses
Hillsborough Girl Scout Brownie Troop 60750, led by Michelle Daly and Tara Romano, recently went on three local field trips. The girls’ first stop was Hilsborough’s Central Jersey Regional Airport, where they explored what it takes to be a pilot. Only 20 percent of all pilots are women; this fact sparked the girls’ interest in…
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HOPEWELL TWP.: Readers distressed over choice of editorial cartoon
To the editor: Shame! Shame! Shame! Your choice of the holiday Santa cartoon in the Dec. 11th edition of the Hopewell Valley News is absolutely unacceptable. A weekly local community newspaper does not need to publish its political views using Santa as the springboard. Children who wished to see if their photo was included…
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HOPEWELL: Pipeline opponents warn landowners about right-of-way agreements in mail
To the editor: It looks like the PennEast Grinch is at it again! Coming to a mailbox near you soon, just in time for the holidays! Landowners have started to receive packages of material from PennEast’s land agents, Western Land Services with monetary offers for properties and lots of little sticky arrows showing where…
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