Category: archives
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Man robs woman of $50 at her home
Man pretends to offer rebate, but instead robs woman. By: Joseph Harvie Police are looking for a man who entered a Sand Hills Road residence and stole $50 after pretending to deliver a $40 rebate from Stop & Shop at 4:21 a.m. Monday, police said. According to police, the man, described as short and wearing…
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HHS golfers advance to state finals
Cannon leads charge with sparkling 77 By: John Beisser The 2005 Hillsborough High golf team will not finish the season with the best won-loss record in school history, but that fact will not shake head coach Paul Parker’s belief that he is presiding over the best team in school history. Further evidence that this…
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New SAT gets mixed reviews
New SAT covers more than what students learn in high school. By: Melissa Hayes The tests have been taken and the results are in. Despite a new format, students say they had to go above and beyond what they’d learned in high school if they wanted to do well on the SAT. The College Board…
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It’s Baaack!
Despite floods, an oil spill and a beluga whale, the Shad Festival proves its mettle. By: Aleen Crispino TIMEOFF PHOTOS/FRANK WOJCIECHOWSKI Shad fishers cast the net near Lewis (Holcombe) Island What would a circus be without cotton candy, a baseball game without hot dogs, a Shad Festival without shad? The annual street fair run by…
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For the May 19 issue
Francis Sager, Helen Potpinka, Harvey A. Lucas, George J. Panagos, Thomas Walter Jaichner, William Robert McDade, Jeanette M. Carnevale. Francis Sager ROEBLING Francis "Frank" Sager, 83, died May 16 at home. Mr. Sager was born in Budtown, the son of the late Walter and Margaret Sager. He lived in Vincentown, Mount Holly, Woodstown and…
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Snow-free sidewalks goal of joint effort
School board, Township Committee seek grant to pay costs of clearing sidewlaks for HHS, MHS By:Donna Lukiw While most Hillsborough residents were enjoying the nice weather, the Board of Education was busy discussing snowstorms at Monday’s meeting. Board members voted to apply for a $40,000 state grant in conjunction with the Township Committee to pay…
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Bears beat Vikes but Patkar beats Kohn
By: Rich Fisher Considering that 75 percent of the South Brunswick High tennis losses were to East Brunswick this year, Tuesday’s 4-1 loss to the Bears in the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV tournament should come as no surprise. But the Vikings were able to take a positive from that match, as first singles player…
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For the May 19 issue
George H. Gibbs, Mary V. Busse, Brian Joseph Christie. George H. Gibbs UPPER FREEHOLD George H. Gibbs, 71, died May 9 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton. Born in Groveville, he lived in Crosswicks for 31 years before moving to Cream Ridge seven years ago. He was a retired Methodist minister having…
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NBC softball rebounds with a great week
By: Sean Moylan It seems that the Northern Burlington County Regional High School girls’ varsity softball team plays at least one big showcase game a week. This past week the big game was at New Egypt last Friday. The Greyhounds warmed up for that contest by crushing Pemberton, 15-1, in five innings on the road…
