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HOPEWELL VALLEY: It’s no fluke: FISH looking for volunteers
Opportunities are plentiful at one of Hopewell Valley’s best-known nonprofit organizations. Whether you’re looking for a new volunteer role to start the New Year off on a high note, searching for a worthy recipient for your year-end charitable giving, or looking for help with meals for a homebound friend or relative, FISH (Friends in Service…
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HUNTERDON: Prosecutor’s office hosts school safety symposium
The third annual Safe Campus Initiative school safety symposium was held Dec. 8 at the Clinton Township Middle School. Topics included threat assessment, effects of trauma on first responders, reunification (lifecycle of a lockdown based on actual incidents) and various other school safety topics. They included the impact of social media during an incident and…
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Science Magnet program underway at Bear Tavern
Thirty-six Hopewell Valley Regional School District fourth-graders are taking part in an innovative new Science, Technology, Engineering and Math magnet program that emphasizes a hands-on, scientific approach to learning in all subject areas. The program, offered for the first time this year, enrolls students in two classroom sections at Bear Tavern Elementary School. The students…
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MANSFIELD: Sixth-graders donate gifts to local youth
The sixth-grade Advisory Council of Mansfield Township Elementary School asked fellow students to donate holiday gifts to their peers at a local residential youth facility, and its benefits were bountiful. For eight school days, students at both Mansfield Township Elementary School and John Hydock Elementary School thought of others. Mansfield students carried toys and gifts…
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ROBBINSVILLE: RHS girls hope for breakthrough hoops season
By Bob Nuse, The Packet Group As Chris Hoffman begins his fourth year as the head coach of the Robbinsville High girls basketball team, he feels as though the pieces are in place for this to be a breakthrough season for the program. ”Kaitlyn (Herbert) is a senior and she got here when I got…
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FLORENCE: Residents file lawsuit against Waste Management
By Amy Batista, Special Writer FLORENCE — A group of residents have filed a lawsuit against Waste Management, seeking an end to the odors from the Tullytown landfill. ”I understand a lawsuit was filed last week in the federal district court in Philadelphia,” said John Hambrose, communications manager of Waste Management of the Greater Mid-Atlantic…
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COLUMBUS CORNER: Dec. 25
Columbus Girl Scout Troop 22253 is collecting flags no longer suitable to represent the country. The Scouts will have an official flag retirement ceremony in the spring. Those with an old flag to be included should drop it off at the Bordentown Library, 18 E. Union St. or Mansfield Township Offices at 3135 Route…
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