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  • Gymnasts set to defend Skyland crown

    RAIDER ROUNDUP By: Rudy Brandl        The Hillsborough High gymnastics team begins its big post-season push at Friday night’s Skyland Conference Championships. The meet has been moved from Saturday to Friday with a 5 p.m. start time at the Hunterdon Central Fieldhouse.    Hillsborough (13-1) will seek to defend its conference title with stiff competition expected…

  • ‘As a taxpayer, I look forward to savings in government over time’

    GUEST COLUMN By Janet E. Crum    The November 2004 general election approved the Charter Study and elected five commissioners: James McGuire, Patricia Tieman, Jon Edwards, Bill Cane and myself. We have met weekly since then exploring and evaluating our current government and all options available to us.    We conducted over 40 interviews including township employees,…

  • This Week

    Thursday    Breast cancer talk: In observance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, University Medical Center at Princeton’s Community Education and Outreach Program will offer a free educational session on the risk factors associated with breast cancer, as well as tips for prevention of the disease at the Lawrence Library Headquarters Branch of the Mercer County Library…

  • On the need for an elected mayor and the cost of change

    GUEST COLUMN By Bill Cane and Jon Edwards    We are writing this letter on behalf of all the Charter Commission members. As with our last guest column, the entire group has endorsed its contents.    We are proud to have joined a group of 10 former mayors, four Democrats and six Republicans, to have endorsed the…

  • All three PAL squads advance to Regionals

    By: Rich Fisher    Another season, another year of firsts for the South Brunswick PAL Pop Warner cheerleading program.    After the Midgets became the first South Brunswick team to reach the National Championship in 2004, this year marked the first time in program history that all three competition teams advanced from the Central Jersey Cheer competition…

  • Florence stretches winning streak to 30 games

    NBC, BRHS football teams also victorious. By: Sean Moylan    "Right now, this is not about former teams," said Joe Frappolli, after his Florence Township Memorial High School football squad pummeled Burlington City 21-0 at "The Pit" on Saturday afternoon. "This is about the 2005 Flashes. If there was any doubt before, this is now their…

  • Lady Bulldogs run win streak to nine

    Hopewell Valley girls soccer By: Mike Molaro    How much better can things get for the Hopewell Valley Central High School girls soccer squad?    The Lady Bulldogs (14-2) have won nine games in a row following last Friday’s 6-0 triumph over Trenton in the opening round of the Mercer County Tournament. They have recorded 10 shutouts,…

  • Girls eliminated by Colonia

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    Come tournament time, teams have to play hard, whistle to whistle. The South Brunswick High School girls’ soccer team found that out the hard way as fifth ranked Colonia bounced the 12th-seeded Vikings from the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament 3-2 this past Monday.    "We played terribly in the first half," Viking…

  • Girls squad looking to step up

    Lawrence girls soccer By: Mike Molaro    After surrendering 10 goals in its last two games, the Lawrence High School girls soccer squad knows it has to tighten up defensively or be prepared for an early exit from the upcoming Central Jersey Group III section of the state tournament.    "We have to limit opponents’ chances," Cardinal…