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  • Raiders begin with another hard-fought win

    Team tops Sayreville before packed house By: Rudy Brandl    While Hillsborough High’s opening night football victory wasn’t a work of art, the team showed something significant in its 14-9 triumph over visiting Sayreville.    The Raiders, much like they did during last year’s stellar 9-2 campaign, found a way to win a tight game that could…

  • A-Team helps out students in need

    Sophomore volunteers help freshmen in need. By: Joseph Harvie    They may not have a black van with a red stripe, and they may not be led by a cigar smoking colonel, but the South Brunswick High School A-Team does share one thing with its 80s television show namesake: They help people in need with nowhere…

  • Oct. 28-Nov. 3

    STAGE Mount-Burke Theatre, Peddie School, South Main Street, Hightstown, Romeo and Juliet, Nov. 2-5, 8 p.m.; (609) 490-7550. Kelsey Theatre, Mercer County Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, Harvey, Oct. 28-Nov. 6, Fri. 8 p.m., Sat. 2, 8 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m., $12, $10 seniors/students; www.kelseytheatre.net

  • Jones and Spahn carry Florence to opening win

    By:Sean Moylan In the 50’s, the slogan for many great Milwaukee Braves teams was "Spahn and Sain and pray for rain" because the Braves did not have a deep starting pitching staff. Similarly, the Florence Township Memorial High School boys’ varsity football team’s battle cry this year could be "Spahn and Jones and develop clones."…

  • For the Sept. 15 issue

    Ellen Rosenberg, Robert M. Devlin, John Sulish, James Francis Suta, Richard F. Van Hise Ellen Rosenberg    BORDENTOWN – Ellen Rosenberg, 93, died Tuesday with her family at her side.    Born in 1912 as Ellen Hughes and raised in Glasgow, Scotland, Mrs. Rosenberg immigrated to the United States in 1963. She was a 42-year resident of…

  • Griggs girls power huge field hockey win

    RAIDER ROUNDUP By: Rudy Brandl    The Hillsborough High field hockey team sent an early message to the rest of Somerset County by defeating Ridge in Saturday’s pivotal early clash.    Hillsborough avenged some recent frustrations against the county powerhouse with a very satisfying 1-0 victory, less than 24 hours after opening the season with a tough…

  • Sept. 16-22

    STAGE Kelsey Theatre, Mercer County Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, Bye Bye Birdie, Sept. 16-25, Fri. 8 p.m., Sat. 2, 8 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m., $16, $12 seniors, $10 students; www.kelseytheatre.net

  • NBC football edges Holy Cross in opener

    By: Kyle Moylan    The Northern Burlington Regional High School boys’ varsity football team may have technically played last Friday night’s game versus Holy Cross in Delran, but when all was said and done the Greyhounds turned the place into Mr. Robinson’s Neighborhood.    NBC senior running back David Robinson rushed for 206 yards on 27 carries…

  • Hopewell Valley school board hires social worker, psychologist

    Other personnel actions taken Monday, too. By John Tredrea    Among personnel actions approved unanimously by the Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education at its agenda meeting Monday night was the appointment of Elyse Garlick as a social worker at Hopewell Elementary and Toll Gate Grammar schools for the 2005-2006 academic year.    Ms. Garlick’s annual salary…