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HOPEWELL: School launches online newspaper
By John Tredrea, Special Writer It has a story about a certain important ox named Tyson, plus sports news, restaurant and book reviews, an interview of a well-known author, a column about the upcoming presidential election, puzzles, comics and more. It’s a newspaper, of course, and a brand new one at that. It’s the Hopewell…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Course on gender studies wins initial OK
By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor School board members narrowly gave permission Dec. 22 to write the curriculum for a proposed high school literacy course on "Exploring Gender," but the final approval may be harder to win. "‘Locating Gender in Literature’ will foster much-needed discussion about gender and identity with the goal of nurturing greater acceptance…
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LAMBERTVILLE: Volunteers help SPLASH get sternwheeler shipshape
By John Tredrea, Special Writer Volunteers from a federal agency recently lent a helping hand to keep a steamboat replica of an 1880 sternwheeler shipshape. FEMA is the Federal Emergency Management Agencyput a lot of elbow grease and sweat labor into sprucing up the boat run by SPLASH (Student Participation in Learning Aquatic Science and…
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PHS PERSPECTIVE: The problem with saying the phrase ‘good luck!’
By Katherine Gerberich "Good luck" before the performance. "Good luck" before the exam. "Good luck" before the presentation. "Good luck." The two words come branded on stickers and on stamps. I find it in stale email exchanges and text messages; Hallmark Cards Inc. devotes a whole section of their product specifically to its purpose. Friends…
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Hospice program focus: Healing children through art
The Hunterdon Hospice Youth Art Bereavement Program is for children 5 to 18 who have experienced a loss. This 12-week series will be held every Thursday beginning Jan. 29 through April 23 from 7-8:15 p.m. at the Senior Center at 4 Gaunt Place, Building 1 in Flemington. The fee for the program is $75 per…
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HOPEWELL VALLEY: Municipal reorganizations on Monday
By John Tredrea, Special Writer Hopewell Township, Pennington and Hopewell Borough are scheduled to hold their annual reorganization meetings on Monday (Jan. 5) at 7 p.m., at their respective municipal buildings. At the meetings, those elected to seats on the governing bodies in the November election will take their oaths of office. IN HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP,…
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PRINCETON AREA: Police blotter
Princeton An iPhone 6 and iPad were stolen from the 100 block of Nassau Street on Dec. 22. The victim reportedly placed a shopping bag down and the merchandise fell out of the bag. Approximately $200 and credit cards were stolen from a wallet found on the 100 block of Nassau Street. The wallet was…
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LAMBERTVILLE: Woman indicted for theft from fire bodies
Treasurer used official debit and credit cards, indictment charges Cynthia J. Strauss, the treasurer of the Lambertville Fire Department Board of Engineers, has been indicted for allegedly using debit and credit cards to take money from the city’s fire organizations. Ms. Strauss was indicted on two counts of theft, a third-degree crime, in two different…
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