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Thursday, October 21, 2010

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Photo Essay: Mrs. From's Kindergarten Class Experiences Book Fair

Hudson Maxim School students browse, buy books.

Hudson Maxim School hosted a book fair, sponsored by Scholastic, this week. Kindergarten and first-grade classes spent the first few days making lists of which books they'd like to bring home. Then they returned and purchased them. Hopatcong Patch followed Lynne From's morning kindergarten class Wednesday. Enjoy the photo essay!

Quashinna Williams

1:43 pm on Saturday, October 23, 2010

Thanks to all who came out and supported the Hopatcong Scholastic Book Fair!   more ›

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

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Photo Essay: How to Change Your Oil

Lakeside Tire & Auto owner Tom Hayes offers a few tips.

Saving money tops most to-do lists nowadays. With that in mind, Hopatcong Patch stopped by Lakeside Tire & Auto to chat with owner Tom Hayes about how to change a vehicle's oil. Check our photos for step-by-step instructions.

Aubry Bracco

12:20 pm on Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Are tire changes next week? Great idea.   more ›

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

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Photo Essay: Federal Stimulus Money Reaches Hopatcong

'Streetscaping' project brings Hopatchung Road new sidewalks, curbs and streetlights.

Federal stimulus money has reached Hopatcong. A construction project, funded by the American Recovery and Investment Act, plans to give Hopatchung Avenue—one of the borough's main roads—new sidewalks, curbs and streetlights by December. The $337,121 project began two weeks ago and has already given Hopatcong new sidewalks by borough hall. Read the captions for comments from Mayor Sylvia Petillo and a description of the construction.

Sue Hill

8:06 pm on Tuesday, October 12, 2010

I've been seeing a lot of the sidewalks in a number of towns - all around a main street. How about putting sidewalks on streets where kids walk? I grew up on Maxim Drive and never had sidewalks - but there are other streets that children walk on frequently that need sidewalks. Forget about making the town center "pretty." How about making the town (and all towns for that matter) practical!   more ›

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