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  • LETTERS: Thanks to voters for school upgrades

    To the editor:     I need to say a huge thank you to the homeowners of South Brunswick. Because of you, the children of Greenbrook School, who have suffered for years with inadequate space, trailers for classrooms, no real gym or art rooms, and no true cafeteria, finally have a beautiful, comfortable, bright space in…

  • Lady Raiders seeking more goals

    Ebert, Cusick lead way in the middle By: Rudy Brandl        A mixture of experience and youth with great potential will make the Hillsborough High girls’ soccer team fun to watch this season.    Fourth-year head coach LeeAnn Wyble welcomes back about half of her starting team from last fall when the Lady Raiders advanced to…

  • First day

    A goodbye hug Camryn Williams gives her mother a big goodbye hug Wednesday morning before heading into Hopewell Elementary School for her first day of kindergarten. On Wednesday, all six Valley public schools opened for the first day of the 2005-2006 school year.

  • Moving-in day

    Greenbrook teachers prepare for the first day. By: Melissa Hayes    The halls were bright and welcoming and the smell of paint from the recently finished gym floor still lingered in the air Tuesday morning in the new wing of Greenbrook School.    With only two days left before school opening, the wing was a flurry of…

  • Raiders loaded up for big season

    Football season begins Friday night under home lights By: Rudy Brandl        If the preseason is any indication, the Hillsborough High football team is poised to pick up where it left off last year.    The Raiders were impressive in all their scrimmages, including last Thursday night’s 18-8 dismantling of perennial Central Jersey power Piscataway. Veteran…

  • Will this man be NBC’s ‘biggest loser’?

    Tune in Tuesday evening to begin following Hillsborough’s Jeff Levine By:Donna Lukiw    When Dr. Jeff Levine of Beverly Drive was treating his patients while weighing nearly 400 pounds, he knew he wasn’t setting a good example.    He knew he had to take action to control his weight — which he did when he was chosen…

  • Florence football takes 24-game win streak into year

    By: Sean Moylan    FLORENCE — It’s no secret that this year all eyes will be on Joe Spahn and Abree Jones.    The two-time state champion Florence Township Memorial High School football team’s dynamic duo will be expected to lead a group of inexperienced, yet skilled, players right back into the playoff hunt this year.    "Jones…

  • Little helpers aid storm victims

    Three young girls collect money to donate to the Red Cross hurricane relief efforts. By: Chinenye Okparanta    In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, one little girl came up with a big way to help the families left homeless and hungry.    Jenna Brennan, 9, stood in the sweltering heat Friday outside Pierre’s Restaurant with her younger…

  • ‘Deadly Reunion’

    Without A Cue Productions presents this murder mystery at Cock ‘n Bull Restaurant in Lahaska, Pa. By: Stuart Duncan    It has been 18 years since the Cock ‘n Bull Restaurant in Peddler’s Village in Lahaska, Pa., opened its Pub Room downstairs to the murder-mystery crowd. It’s a perfect room for such theater — it holds…