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  • Reading, Robinson helping NBC football squad in its climb toward .500

    By: Sean Moylan    Superstar senior running back/linebacker/safety Abree Jones didn’t play at all. Senior Anthony Cardone, who has been nursing injuries the past few weeks, had just enough power to play in just a few plays at linebacker this past Saturday.    It didn’t matter. The budding young stars on the Florence Township Memorial High School…

  • Mischief night incidents reported

    Homes and vehicles were the target of vandalism Sunday night. By: Donna Lukiw    Several residents reported damage to their houses and vehicles in apparent mischief night incidents Sunday.    The first report to police came at 7:30 p.m. when a Boesel Avenue resident noticed someone threw eggs at the house.    Throughout the night, several other residents…

  • WW-P South shoots down boys soccer team

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    PRINCETON JCT. — After 100 minutes of grueling action, the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV boys soccer game between West Windsor-Plainsboro South and South Brunswick came down to a penalty kick shootout. Keeper Max Stember-Young clinched the victory for the 4th seeded Pirates when he stopped South Brunswick’s fifth kick.    The…

  • Obituary for Nov. 3

    Marcella C. Farley    Marcella Coria Farley died Saturday at the Compassionate Care Center at St. Francis Medical Center in Trenton. She was 86.    Born in Princeton, she lived for 53 years in Lawrence. Ms. Farley enjoyed power boating on Barnegate Bay with her late husband Earl W. Farley. Ms. Farley served in the U.S. Army…

  • Letters to the Editor for the week of Nov. 3

    By: Candidate responds to deputy mayor To the editor:    I am responding to North Hanover Township Committeeman Mr. Tilton’s letter to the editor that appeared in your newspaper on Oct. 27 which in my opinion is nothing more than outrageous political jargon coupled with a personal attack.    Since Mr. Tilton is an elected official of…

  • Developer proposes smaller complex

    Community Development Director says changes represent minor alterations By: William Wichert    As the lawsuit between Fieldsboro and Bordentown Township over a proposed Route 130 South shopping center moves forward, the developer is looking to change its plan.    Three weeks after township officials filed a response to the borough’s lawsuit, Mount Laurel-based Freedman Cohen Development LLC…

  • Residents weigh in on sewer proposal

    Residents vent about utility problems at a "fairness hearing" held by Township Committee By: William Wichert    MANSFIELD — Sewers may be coming to Columbus, but last week residents from other parts of the township were the ones who had the most to say about it.    The sewer project is part of a court settlement approved…

  • Field hockey team bounces back

    RAIDER ROUNDUP By: Rudy Brandl    The Hillsborough High field hockey team recovered from its heart-breaking loss in the Somerset County Tournament semifinals with victories in the final two regular season games last week.    Hillsborough entered Tuesday’s first round state playoff game feeling a little bit better after consecutive shutout victories. HHS blanked Montgomery and Franklin…

  • EDITORIAL

    Township Council can lead by making fund donation.    It’s time for the Township Council to put its money where the township’s neediest mouths come for help.    Donations to the township’s Human Intervention Trust Fund, which is administered by the Department of Social Services and is used to assist residents in economic straits in paying their…