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  • Despite efforts, schools fall short on test scores

    New programs may be needed to bolster efforts to raise some students’ results By:Donna Lukiw    Despite efforts made after several groups of students fell short on standardized tests two years ago, some students’ scores were still below required levels in the latest round of tests.    Consequently, the school district may add after-school programs and tutoring…

  • TO YOUR HEALTH

    "To Your Health" is a weekly column of events relating to local health and fitness. By: Mary Stulack    To submit items, send them to Mary Stulack, 307 Omni Drive, Hillsborough, 08844, or fax them to (908) 359-3930. Deadline is 4 p.m. Friday. Priority will be given to local events. Ongoing    Volunteers needed. Care Alternatives is…

  • Getting flexible

    Center’s choice of treatmentsoffers relief for many By:Melissa Edmond    Hillsborough resident Mary Jo Fernald had trouble finding a fitness center that could challenge her as well as improve her health. However, when she started going to the Mountainview Yoga and Fitness Center on Route 206, things changed for her.    She said she’s lost 23 pounds…

  • For Valentin, With Love

    Arts Council artist-in-residence Thibaud Thiercelin paints an intimate family portrait. By: Ilene Dube    Five-year-old Valentin tells his parents he’s hiding. He holds up his hand over his face.    "When he says, ‘I’m hiding behind my hand,’ he thinks we can’t see him," says Lisa Salamandra, his mother.    This has inspired Valentin’s father, Thibaud Thiercelin, to…

  • Woman indicted on attempted murder charge

    Upper Freehold Township woman is accused of attempted murder and criminal conspiracy, after she allegedly paid an undercover detective $1,000 to kill her ex-husband. By: Marisa Maldonado    UPPER FREEHOLD — A state grand jury has indicted a township woman on charges of attempted murder and criminal conspiracy, almost a year after she allegedly paid an…

  • Plan for bowhunting dividing neighbors

    Hunting plan seeks to create "safety zones" for bowhunting in Belle Mead neighborhood By:Melissa Edmond    With the township’s new wildlife management plan, bowhunting by three permitted hunters could be allowed in the Green Acres area surrounding Scott, Beverly and Joshua drives in the township’s Belle Mead section.    According to the ordinance authorizing the hunt, permission…

  • Florence 10-year-olds take state championship

    10-year-old Little League softball team defeats Pequannock in the state championship game. By: Kyle Moylan    FLORENCE — The Florence 10-year-old Little League softball team’s impossible journey ended the only way it could have — with a 17-10 win over Pequannock in the state championship game Saturday night at Lodi.    "This is absolutely phenomenal," said Kevin…

  • Recall petition deemed invalid

    Roosevelt Borough clerk rejects petition to set a special recall election to unseat borough mayor Neil Marko. By: Lauren Burgoon    ROOSEVELT — The campaign to recall Mayor Neil Marko hit a major obstacle after the borough clerk ruled the petition to set a special recall election is invalid. But a vote may still be imminent…

  • Fundraisers benefit boys with rare disorder

    Children attending the Vacation Bible School at the Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Bordentown raise funds for Raccosta family. By: William Wichert    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — Going in and out of hospital rooms, where she has seen her two sons suffer through liver transplants and heart attacks, Mary Ann Raccosta said the best way to help…