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  • Another county heart-breaker for HHS field hockey team

    Team falls to B-R in strokes By: Rudy Brandl        MONTGOMERY — The Hillsborough High field hockey team simply can’t catch a break in the semifinal round of the Somerset County Tournament.    Saturday’s heart-breaking 1-0 loss to Bridgewater-Raritan added another chapter to the HHS program’s unbelievable streak of frustration trying to reach the SCT finals.…

  • Boys gearing for Woodbridge

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    A preliminary round ‘bye and more rain delays have combined to give the South Brunswick High School boys soccer team another week off from competition. But the 6th-seeded Vikings were looking forward to hosting No. 11 Woodbridge today (Thursday) in the second round of this year’s Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament. Woodbridge…

  • Turn over a new leaf with collection rules

    The township, facing new state stormwater management regulations, urges residents to follow the local ordinance that divides the township into zones for leaf collection purposes. By:Lea Kahn Staff Writer Under the gun to comply with new state regulations that call for swift leaf cleanup measures, township officials plan to encourage residents to abide by a…

  • 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…