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HHS track and field athletes score in Group 4
Six Raiders advance to Meet of Champs By: Rudy Brandl Six Hillsborough High track and field athletes earned one final chance to perform at peak level and capture a precious Meet of Champions medal by placing in the top six at last weekend’s State Group 4 Championships in Egg Harbor. Most of the Raiders…
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Multiple genres complicate novel
BOOK NOTES by Dr. Joan Ruddiman Quite a while ago my editor, Erica, mentioned the intriguing "The Time Traveler’s Wife" by Audrey Niffenegger. Ever ready for a good book, I got it within days. However, life took a more than usual hectic turn, and Time pushed the Traveler to the side. Kate, however, hit a…
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LIS Assistant Principal Andrew Zuckerman tapped for LMS pricipal job
By:Lea Kahn Lawrence Intermediate School Assistant Principal Andrew Zuckerman is in line to be appointed as the new principal at Lawrence Middle School, according to school district officials. Mr. Zuckerman will take over as LMS principal July 1, if the township Board of Education approves Superintendent of Schools Max Riley’s recommendation at its June 15…
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Parker drives Post 339 to win
Post 339 baseball By: Jim Green For the Hopewell American Legion Post 339 baseball team, it was just a matter of shaking off the rust. Since the Post 339 squad is comprised mostly of Hopewell Valley Central High School players, the majority of the team hadn’t played since the Bulldogs were eliminated from the state…
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Historical house finds new life as a bed-and-breakfast inn
The new inn had its offical opening on Tuesday. By:Lea Kahn Staff Writer Janet Cochoff Pressel and her husband, Michael Pressel, had long toyed with the idea of opening a bed-and-breakfast inn at Glencairn, the 18th-century house on the Princeton-Lawrenceville Road that they had called home. That dream came true Tuesday morning, as Mayor Pam…
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Police Beat
FLORENCE Police charged Allyson Keith, 56, of Edgewater Park with driving while intoxicated, careless driving and driving without insurance after finding her car in a Florence-Columbus Road ditch Saturday night. According to police, officers responded to the call about the accident near Route 130 around 10 p.m. and found Ms. Keith climbing out of the…
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Hillsborough hit parade roars into Group 4 final
Raiders rock Cherokee to earn date with Watchung Hills By: Rudy Brandl LAWRENCE The Raider wrecking crew is moving on to play for a state title. Hillsborough High continued its recent torrid hitting in Tuesday afternoon’s State Group 4 baseball semifinals at Rider University, rolling over South Jersey champ Cherokee by a 7-1…
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Post 414 picks up first win
Post 414 baseball By: Jim Green It is said that offense is fun to watch, but pitching wins baseball games. If that’s the case, the Lawrence American Legion Post 414 baseball team should win more than its share this season. Post 414, which went 7-15 last season, has an impressive array of arms for second-year…
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‘Unguarded Moments’
Lionel Goodman employs his chemistry background to engage the human elements in his photographs. By: Susan Van Dongen TIMEOFF/MARK CZAJKOWSKI Photographer Lionel Goodman (above) surrounded by his work. Pictured below: through the lens of Mr. Goodman. As a professor of physical chemistry, Lionel Goodman has spent decades making careful observations, really looking at things and…
