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  • Just imagine: a town center

    Public workshops enable North Hanover residents to lay out their visions for the municipality’s proposed town center. By: William Wichert    NORTH HANOVER — Imagine a lake at the southwest tip of the township where you could take your canoe. Think about a golf course in that area where you could play a few rounds and…

  • Bordentown Patriots 13-3 after doubleheader sweep

    By: Sean Moylan    Things are going so well for the Bordentown Patriots that they won a doubleheader on Sunday and they only had to play one game.    On Sunday morning the South Jersey Yankees forfeited a game to the Patriots, which gave Bordentown players some great measure of satisfaction.    "Last year they (the Yankees) knocked…

  • LETTERS

    From the issue of July 28, 2005 Flag project enjoyed community support To the editor:    I would like to express my gratitude to the Hillsborough community for their support and contributions to my Scouting for Flags Eagle Project.    With your help, Boy Scout Troop 489 has collected over 250 old, tattered and soiled American flags…

  • Helping the world, one smile at a time

    A Lawrence teenager’s volunteer experience with Operation Smile took her halfway around the world. By:Kate Herts Staff Writer    Many high school students feel that community service is a necessary addition to any well-rounded resume. They often turn to a local hospital or library to fulfill this charge.    Unless they are Erica Appelman, 18, of Shirley…

  • Haas wants residents’ comments in minutes

    School board member Judith Haas opposed the adoption of all June meeting minutes because the public’s comments were not included. By: Donna Lukiw    Approving the minutes of the last Hillsborough Board of Education meeting did not go as smoothly as usual after a debate erupted among school board members about what was and wasn’t included…

  • This Week

    Thursday    ‘Earthworm empire’: Heather McNeil-Nazareth will present Earthworm Empire and talk about soil at 7 p.m., at the Lawrence Nature Center, at Drexel Woods Park on Drexel Avenue.    For more information about the Lawrence Nature Center, call (609) 844-7065.    International adoption seminar: Adoptions From The Heart (AFTH), a licensed, nonprofit adoption agency, will hold a…

  • Legion baseball heading to states

    South Brunswick Senior American Legion team bats its way to the state finals. By: David Gurney    After losing its first game to Hamilton, 8-3, the South Brunswick Senior American Legion team had one simple chore — win four consecutive nine-inning games in a span of three days, and they’d earn a berth to the state…

  • Board of Education postpones retreat

    The BOE rescheduled its planned retreat so it could use the meeting Thursday to interview search firms. By:Lea Kahn Staff Writer The Lawrence Township Board of Education has postponed its planned retreat from tonight, Thursday, until next month so that it can instead interview three search firms in its quest for a new superintendent of…

  • Florence 10’s force decisive District 12 softball game

    By: Sean Moylan    "We played tonight (Tuesday) to play tomorrow night," said the Florence 10-year-old Little League All-Star squad’s manager Kevin Sweeney, whose club’s 9-6 victory over West Windsor on Tuesday forced an "if necessary" championship games versus West Windsor at Cranbury-Plainsboro yesterday (Wednesday).    "I think we definitely shocked them (West Windsor). I don’t think…