• Teaching a Stone to Talk

    Teaching a Stone to Talk

    Hand-painted stones by Rhoda Kassof-Isaac, also photographed by Ms. Kassof-Isaac.

  • David Hidalgo and Louie Perez of Los Lobos – Duo releases frst Songwriter Album, titled The Long Goodbye

    David Hidalgo and Louie Perez of Los Lobos – Duo releases frst Songwriter Album, titled The Long Goodbye

    By James Webber Los Lobos albums always seem to land on infuential critics’ top 10 lists. With a canon of work that includes such iconic songs as “Will the Wolf Survive?” from Los Lobos’ breakthrough album, 1984’s How Will the Wolf Survive?; “Kiko and the Lavender Moon,” from 1992’s Kiko; the title tune from The…

  • MANVILLE: Wrestlers hope to continue improvement

    by John Beisser, Special Writer    On paper, the 2009-2010 Manville High wrestling can best be described in two words — young and talented.    The Mustangs return several key pieces from a team that compiled a 7-20 record a year ago and third-year head coach Pat Gorbatuk is cautiously optimistic that the team’s record will improve…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Deputy clerk position on chopping block

    By Matt Chiappardi, Staff Writer    HIGHTSTOWN — It took the mayor breaking a tie vote by the Borough Council, but the position of deputy borough clerk is on the chopping block.    By a 4-3 vote, the council introduced an ordinance Monday that would eliminate the position, which has been held by Leona Baylor for the…

  • MANVILLE: Drop-off gifts for fire company delivery program

       The Camplain Road Volunteer Fire Company, an all-volunteer organization responsible for raising the majority of its own funding through various events, will deliver gifts to children Dec. 18 through Dec. 20 during its annual Holiday Gift Delivery program. Funds raised by the program are used to maintain the fire company’s facility.    For a minimum $10…

  • A two-minute call

    Judy Livingston, Hopewell     Try something new for Christmas this year. Make a two-minute phone call and give a gift, not to a child who has almost everything, but to 75 million children who have almost nothing. Don’t call Santa Claus. Call President Barack Obama, and ask him to make good on his pledge for…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Sandahl takes job ideas to D.C. forum

    An economist with a master’s degree from Yale University, former township official participated in discussion of the topic, “Encouraging Business Investment, Competitiveness and Job Creation” By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    Former Hopewell Township Committeeman and Deputy Mayor David Sandahl was among 130 business leaders, government officials, academics and representatives of nonprofits who met Friday with…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: State green lights sewer project funding

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    Despite originally applying for zero percent financing on several large environmental projects in town, the Township Committee unanimously approved several resolutions Tuesday that accept a projected interest rate of less than 2 percent for the Claremont sewer project and other related work.    The financing is being done through the state…

  • Principled stand

    Werner Graf, Hopewell Township     The Rev. Charles Stephens of Titusville appears once again happy to tax his brother to pay for his personal sense of righteousness (My Brother’s Keeper, last week’s HVN). This time, he also saw fit to imply that Catholics are insensitive for taking a principled stand opposite of his own on…

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