• HOPEWELL VALLEY: School district finances get boost

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer    Thanks to a change made by state officials — a change Hopewell Valley school officials and officials of other districts around the state requested in writing — the Valley district will have $65,000 more this year than it would have if the change had not taken place.    A school official…

  • Bins can rid streets of yard waste piles

    Stephen Hiltner, Princeton There was a time, in the 1950s, when a smokestack belching pollution was seen not as a blight but as a symbol of prosperity. That capacity to put positive spin on a negative lives on in Princeton’s practice of piling yard waste in the streets year-round. The detritus left to rot at…

  • WEST WINDSOR: MCCC partners with Rutgers

       Mercer County Community College (MCCC) and Rutgers University have signed a new agreement that will provide opportunities for students with associate degrees to earn their bachelor’s degree from Rutgers on MCCC’s West Windsor campus.    ”Today, we bring together two institutions of higher learning with very different histories, but dedicated to a common goal: making…

  • PRINCETON: At home in Princeton

    PRINCETON: At home in Princeton

    Chinese students enjoy two-week cultural visit By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    Since the beginning of the month, 21 middle and high school students from China have been staying in Princeton as part of a visit to America that wraps up this weekend.    For most, this was their first time in the country, a visit…

  • REGIONAL: Rep. Holt concedes senate bid

    By Charles W. Kim, Special Writer    It was not an election night U.S. Rep. Rush Holt, D-12, was used to.    As the eight-term congressman addressed several hundred supporters at the Nassau Inn, it was not in victory but in a resounding defeat in the special U.S. Senate Democratic primary on Tuesday night.    ”I just…

  • LOCAL PEOPLE IN THE NEWS

    About Hopewell Valley residents    The following area residents were named to the dean’s list at Quinnipiac University for the spring 2013 semester: Stevenson Hawkey, of Pennington; Tyler Osterman, of Pennington; and Lauren Poole, of Titusville.     Bridgette Patrice Fossel, of Hopewell, graduated from Quinnipiac University, Hamden, Connecticut, in May with a bachelor’s degree in journalism…

  • Cleveland wins League’s Community Service Award

    Cleveland wins League’s Community Service Award

    Will Cleveland, a recent graduate of Hopewell Valley Central High School who is headed off to McGill University, receives a $500 Service Award from the League of Women Voters of Hopewell Valley. Shown (from left) are: Peg Goertz, Will Cleveland, and League President Joann Held. Ms. Goertz was a member of the selection committee for…

  • PRINCETON: District sends administrator to Witherspoon
  • ALLENTOWN: UF district debuts new 5-year plan

    There would be increased emphasis on technology, student achievement By David Kilby, Special Writer    ALLENTOWN — At the core of Upper Freehold Regional School District’s new five-year plan is increased emphasis on technology and student achievement. School administrators introduced the plan at the district’s Board of Education meeting Aug. 7.    Kathy Winecoff, the New Jersey…

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