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  • Play ball?

    Worn athletic fields prompt call for adding more space. By:Lea Kahn Staff Writer A thin layer of grass covers the surface of several athletic fields at Central Park. Caked mud in front of the goal posts shows where the goalies on the soccer and lacrosse teams are positioned during a game.    That’s what happens when…

  • EDITORIAL

    It’s too risky failing to make citizens safe    What’s the difference between a necessity and a luxury? At what point does the level of risk to the public shift from acceptable to unacceptable? Who decides whether a government program to protect public safety is affordable or unaffordable?    These questions arise lately in the context of…

  • Out of Africa

    The world’s second-largest continent is depicted in paintings, photographs and sculpture at ARTWORKS. By: Ilene Dube    Fluffy pockets of pita rest on white cloth-covered tables in the market, while women in hooded robes, black masks covering their faces, watch over the ware. A woman wearing a colorfully printed skirt, blouse and scarf sits at her…

  • HHS boys off to fast start

    Midfield dominance keys win over Franklin By: Rudy Brandl        Most soccer coaches will tell you that controlling the midfield is the key to winning the game. The Hillsborough High used that recipe in last Thursday’s dominant 4-0 triumph over Franklin at Auten Road School.    Center midfielders Mike Argueta and Kevin Nunes led a determined…

  • SENIOR HAPPENINGS

    For the week of Sept. 29 though Oct. 5.    The Senior Center, located in the municipal complex on Ridge Road/Route 522, is open Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., two Saturdays a month from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Sundays from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.    The Senior Center can be…

  • Tough week for MHS girls

    Team battles three tough foes By: John Beisser        Manville’s first-year head girls’ soccer coach Mike Shambach knew the three games the Mustangs were slated to play last week represented a succession of tall tasks. Collectively, the task was monumental and so it came as little surprise that Manville struggled.    The Lady Mustangs dropped all…

  • Tafaro loves to score, play hockey

    ATHLETE OF THE WEEK By: Rudy Brandl    Liz Tafaro loves field hockey and she’s having a great time playing it for Hillsborough High this fall.    The senior forward is leading the Raiders in scoring for the second straight year. She scored a goal in both HHS victories last week.    Tafaro, who’s also a key offensive…

  • Commission lists problems ‘inherent to township committee form’

    GUEST COLUMN By Jim McGuire, chairman    Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of columns about the findings of the Hopewell Township Charter Study Commission, which has recommended a change in government form — from township committee to mayor-council-administrator form. Voters will decide on Nov. 8 what form they want.    Last November, the…

  • Hopewell Township leaders mull future of Martin tract

    Question is: who should own the 150 acres of farmland? By John Tredrea    It was in October 2004 that Hopewell Township closed on its $5.4 million purchase of the scenic 250-acre Martin Farm, near Bayberry and Elm Ridge roads.    As the one-year anniversary of that deal approaches, a number of important decisions already have been…