Category: archives
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Florence football’s 26th win in a row is for Cassidy
The Flashes wanted to win this one for Jimmy "Poppy" Cassidy, who passed away. By:Sean Moylan The entire Florence Township Memorial High School varsity football program did not have to search for inspiration to "get up" for this past Saturday’s home game versus an undermanned Trenton Catholic squad. The Flashes wanted to win this one…
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Library expansion nears completion
County officials expect work on the Bordentown Branch Library expansion project to finish behind schedule, but by year’s end. By: Scott Morgan With the projected due date for the completion of major construction on the Bordentown Branch Library expansion project nearing fast, Burlington County officials say they remain skeptical that the work will be finished…
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HHS defense stops Hunterdon Central
Raiders 2-0 after 22-7 triumph By: Rudy Brandl FLEMINGTON The Hillsborough High football team has made one thing clear during its 2-0 start the Raiders don’t mind winning ugly. Powered by another hard-nosed defensive effort, the Raiders spoiled Hunterdon Central’s first game on its new home turf field with a 22-7 triumph…
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Designing Women
A three-woman three-dimensional show at Ellarslie leaves the canvas behind. By: Ilene Dube Two years ago, ancient women divas, goddesses, ancestors, grandmothers and guardians began making appearances in the artwork of Morrisville, Pa., resident Susan Hogan. "I call them my queens," she says. The queens will be on view at Ellarslie, the Trenton…
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Manville booters finally break out
Team wins first game of season By: John E. Powers There was no way to tell when Manville High School boys’ soccer team would click offensively. But head coach Jim Chiariello sensed it was coming soon. The Mustangs had scored just one goal in their first four games which they lost to Jonathan…
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Power outage leads to student ‘adventure’
Rainstorm causes power loss at Brooks Crossing and students relocate to Indian Fields. By: Joseph Harvie Where were you when the lights went out? On Sept. 15, Brooks Crossing Principal Gary Abbamont was at the Deans campus of his elementary school when the main campus lost power due to a rainstorm, causing the school to…
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Student joins crusade to save refuge
Oil drilling in Alaska becomes fifth-graders target for activism. By: Marisa Maldonado UPPER FREEHOLD Jake Calvitti will learn about government this year in his fifth-grade class at Upper Freehold Regional Elementary-Middle School. And after his trip to Washington, D.C., to protest proposed drilling in the Arctic Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, he’ll have a good…
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View of Hurricane Katrina’s horror
Patrolman joins La. search and rescue effort. By:Lea Kahn Staff Writer Patrolman Michael Yeh, like millions of television viewers nationwide, watched news reports of the devastation that Hurricane Katrina left in its wake after it tore through several Southeastern states last month. But watching the news clips did not compare to seeing the destruction firsthand,…
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PENNINGTON PLANNING UPDATE
Board granted hardship variances for two residential properties. By Marianne Hooker At its Sept. 14 meeting, the Pennington Planning Board granted hardship variances for two residential properties in the R-80 zone. The first variance will allow the construction of a new building on Hale Street, which will take the place of an existing building that…
