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  • Cheer camp a sound success

    The second annual camp was held last week at the Alexander Batcho Intermediate School gym, with about 39 girls attending both sessions. By: Mary Ellen Zangara    Manville High School cheerleaders Kimberly Mathewson, Laura Bocchino and Renee Dronebarger spent a week teaching younger girls how to jump, spin and do arabesques during the summer cheer camp.…

  • New TV show to make city ‘My Kind of Town’

    Two-hundred Bordentown City residents participate in a new TV game show. By: Scott Morgan    BORDENTOWN CITY — Christine Lento wasn’t worried. At first. She knew she was going to New York and she knew she’d be at least part of a genuine TV show audience.    But then, the doubts settled in. What exactly was she…

  • Bordentown Post 26 topped in playoffs

    By: Sean Moylan    Tom Dolan has had a few tough playoff losses during his great career as manager of the Post 26 American Legion baseball team.    But Dolan took Monday’s 9-4 playoff loss to North Trenton especially hard because it meant he would be saying good-bye to several of his all-time favorite players.    "It was…

  • Planning board sets town center hearing

    New standards will define the basic architectural design principles to guide new construction and redevelopment along Route 206 and Amwell Road where it crosses Route 206. By: Melissa Edmond    Planning Board Chairwoman Marian Fenwick-Freeman said next week’s board meeting to review planning for the town center is another step toward implementation of a plan that’s…

  • New assignment for SBHS grad

    Former student takes reins of English Department. By: Melissa Hayes    The school district appointed a familiar face and district graduate to the position of South Brunswick High School English supervisor, Monday.    "I think it’s going to work out well because I do have a sense of where South Brunswick has been but I also have…

  • HHS boys begin varsity preparation

    Progin puts extra emphasis on summer By: Rudy Brandl        Hillsborough High boys’ basketball coach Ian Progin has been getting lots of looks at a new crop of talent he hopes will take his program to a higher level next winter.    With many players graduated from last year’s club, there are plenty of spots up…

  • Hopewell Valley school officials mull design, color options for projects

    CHS entrance and Timberlane shades are school board’s focus. By Kate Herts    The Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education was unable to make a final decision on the Central High School entry designs and the Timberlane Middle School exterior finish at a meeting on Monday, but it did narrow down its options.    Tammy Stouchko of…

  • Crane lifts intact bridge up and away

    The bridge to Lost Valley, built more than 60 years ago, was hoisted so it can be refurbished. By: Melissa Edmond    Though it’s not a movable bridge, the huge metal beams forming the Bridge Street Bridge moved, Wednesday.    The bridge to Lost Valley, built more than 60 years ago, was hoisted by a crane so…

  • Legion baseball collapse unexpected, unfortunate

    RUDE AWAKENING By: Rudy Brandl    You can’t blame Gregg Snyder for feeling like his team let him down.    The Somerville American Legion baseball manager did everything he could to avoid a disastrous situation, but the players didn’t show enough dedication. A 16-man roster should have been enough to prevent forfeits.    A coach should be able…