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Hopewell Valley Central High School student figures out natural way to keep barnacles off boats
Charlotte Michaluk was a student at Tollgate Middle School in Hopewell when she won first place in the Junior Division (middle school) of the 2020 Mercer Science and Engineering Fair (MSEF) last spring. This qualified her to enter the Broadcom MASTERS Competition, where she advanced to the top 300, and recently to the top 30…
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Central Jersey Show Dance Band performs tonight via Hopewell Theater livestream
The Hopewell Theater opens for one night only, tonight, with a debut concert of the Central Jersey Show Dance Band. Chris Hartford, Andrew Weiss, Tobias Smith, Dan Kassel, George Flayer, David Butler, Stephanie Sanders, Jon Shaw and Chuggy Carter will live stream their performances at 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30. The show is presented in…
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Travel from the earth to the moon through new virtual experience
The Lawrence Hopewell Trail (LHT) announce the 2020-21 Journey to the Moon, a virtual event that brings LHT fans together to collectively hike and bike 238,000 miles to the moon. Journey to the Moon was launched to the LHT’s loyal social media followers on Oct. 2 to celebrate the first of this month’s two full…
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Hopewell native serving with U.S. Coast Guard
Ensign Mark Robert Hayton graduated from the United States Merchant Marine Academy, (USMMA) Kings Point, New York, on June 20, awarded the Bachelor of Science Degree in Marine Engineering Systems. In addition to a rigorous academic curriculum, Hayton was required to spend a year serving on ships at sea, split between his sophomore and junior…
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Saturday Morning Walking Club to resume walk along Lawrence Hopewell Trail
The Lawrence Hopewell Trail Saturday Morning Walking Club will host its first walk since February on the second Saturday of September, trekking over the new 500-foot pedestrian bridge at Mercer Meadows to a new stretch of the trail to Old Mill Road. The walk starts at 9:30 a.m. Sept. 12 at the Rosedale Lake parking…
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Hopewell Valley Regional School District assistant superintendent for business elected NJASBO 2020-21 president-elect
As school districts craft plans to reopen for the 2020-21 school year, the New Jersey Association of School Business Officials (NJASBO) has announced that Robert Colavita Jr. will serve as president-elect for the next year. Colavita is assistant superintendent for business and board secretary for the Hopewell Valley Regional School District (HVRSD), which serves…
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Princeton Festival adds three trustees to board
Three prominent area residents – Gail Kohn, Leila Shahbender,and Rita Shklar – have been elected to three-year renewable terms on the Board of Trustees of the Princeton Festival. “We are fortunate that three such accomplished and dedicated supporters of the performing arts have chosen to join our Board,” said Benedikt von Schröder, board chair, in…
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Opinion: The case for virtual schooling
For the past three months, millions of high schoolers across the United States have been logging on online video platforms, like Google Meet and Zoom, to attend class. Many wake up later than they usually do, talk to fewer people, and some even slack off on their school work. While many argue that virtual schooling…
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Visit to Palmyra Cove inspires grassroots effort to clean up shore
By KRISTEN DOWD Judy Jengo recently visited Palmyra Cove Nature Park for the first time. The Hopewell resident was taken by the beauty of the serene, 250-acre riverfront park. She was also disheartened by the amount of trash she saw as she walked along the park’s expanse on the Delaware River. Instead of simply lamenting…