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Stylianou wins in write-in campaign for BOE
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Bulldogs’ bullish season ends shy of finals By rich FiSher There are good teams, and then there are good programs. A good team works its way up to success, has one big season and recedes into the background. A good program includes good teams year in and year out and, while slippage might happen every so often, it doesn’t linger. Upon completing its 21st season of varsity football; Hopewell Valley has become a good program. After going 10-1 this year — the Bulldogs third 10-win season in 12 years — Hopewell’s record since 2013 is 74-43 (.632 winning percentage) with nine winning seasons, seven playoff appearances, a Central Jersey Group III championship and a berth in the South Jersey Group III title game. Taking it one step further, the outgoing senior class went 7-0 as 9th-graders on the freshman team and enjoyed a threeyear varsity mark of 28-4 with two playoff berths. Make no mistake. Coach Dave Caldwell has established a good program. Caldwell was there from the start, nurturing things and guiding it every step of the way. It began with freshman and JV teams in 2002-03 before plunging into See BULLDOGS, Page 9
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Naomi and Natalie Kinnamon, 2017 graduates of Hopewell Valley Central High School, have started a clothing line designed specifically for people with Type I diabetes, a condition that necessitates the daily wearing of an insulin pump to
Sisters launch new fashion brand with a special mission By KaiTlin Bavaro Hopewell Valley identical twin sisters Naomi and Natalie Kinnamon, 25, have recently launched their own clothing brand based in Pennington that caters to women with Type 1 diabetes. Kinnamon sells a variety of dresses, rompers and jumpsuits with fashionable cutouts and pockets to meet the needs of their customers. They say that their core
values are inclusivity, functionality, style and high quality, long lasting clothing. They use a variety of fabric blends for their clothing, often using materials that are stretchy and comfortable for wear and are injection friendly, with cut-outs and slits where wearers can easily inject. Their brand mission is one of a kind, as there are no other mainstream clothing brands that are currently made to See KINNAMON, Page 6
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Hopewell Township faced an unusual situation on the November ballot, where no candidate had officially filed to run for the one-year unexpired term currently held by Sarah Tracy. Tracy took over the seat previously held by Lydia Liu in the summer after Liu resigned. Although Tracy had served on the board before, she chose not to run to complete the final year remaining on Liu’s term. However, no one else put forth their name either. Several residents stepped up with write-in campaigns in the months prior to the election, including Amanda Stylianou, Theresa “Tracy” Vogler and Nick Perold. And once all the votes had been counted, it was Stylianou, with 213 votes, who was elected to complete the term currently occupied by Tracy. Vogler received the second most write-in votes, with 106. “Thank you, Hopewell Township, for your trust and report!” Stylianou posted to Facebook on Nov. 22. “I’m honored to serve on the board of education and look forward to working together to support our students and schools.” More election coverage is on page 5.
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