Category: archives
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HHS girls advance to county lacrosse finals
Stingy defense stuffs Ridge; B-R next in finals By: Rudy Brandl BERNARDS All year, the Hillsborough High girls’ lacrosse team has waited for this chance. Thanks to a hard-fought 6-5 victory over Ridge in Monday’s semifinals, the Lady Raiders will get another shot at Bridgewater-Raritan in Sunday’s Somerset County championship game. Hillsborough (14-1)…
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LIFESTYLE: Clearing the shelves
Library holds book sale to make way for move. By: Audrey Levine The room was silent as people walked in and out, losing themselves in the rows of books. As they made their way through the meeting room during the library’s annual book sale on May 12, many stopped to pick up a novel, read…
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THIS WEEK:
Wednesday Lecture: Ravit Bar-Av, Information Officer of the Israeli Consulate General’s office in New York, will speak at Congregation B’nai Tikvah, 1001 Finnegan’s Lane in North Brunswick, on Wednesday, May 25, at 8 p.m. The program is free and light refreshments will be served. For more information contact Gary at [email protected] or call (732) 297-0696.
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Sonny Pittaro Field gets closed in style
Rider baseball By: Jim Green The Rider University baseball team finished its first home season at Sonny Pittaro Field in prime fashion on May 12. The Broncs pounded LaSalle 22-6 in their final home game of the year. Junior Mike Poalise knocked in four runs, and senior Jon Rehm was 4-for-5 with two doubles, three…
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Helping the needy have a nutritious breakfast
Cambridge students collect cereal to fill shelves at township pantry. By: Elaine Worden Boxes of every kind of cereal imaginable were piled in the main hallway of Cambridge School late last week. Hundreds of plastic bags brimming with boxes of Golden Grahams and Fruit Loops stretched out across the hall and into one of the…
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South gains finals of GMC tournament
By: Rich Fisher It has come to the point in the high school girls lacrosse season where teams either survive or go home, and the tournament gods could care less whether you’re missing a key player or not. South Brunswick understood that perfectly on Tuesday, as they smirked at the gods before rolling to a…
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Library’s temporary home not ready
Temporary sites may not be ready when library needs to move in June. By: Melissa Hayes The South Brunswick Public Library has found the temporary space it needs, but the two sites may not be open yet to patrons by June, when the library has to move because of the renovation work under way at…
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Prize-winning horse racer greets fans at store opening
Former Secretariat jockey attends the grand opening of Rick’s Saddle Shop in Upper Freehold Township. By: Kyle Moylan UPPER FREEHOLD At his necropsy in 1989, it was discovered that Secretariat had an abnormally large heart. As those who were at Rick’s Saddle Shop this past Friday or Saturday know, so does his jockey, as…
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MHS band fares well in Canada
Hear why band earned two awards in Toronto Friday night at school’s spring concert By:Donna Lukiw The members of Manville High School’s Concert Band were nervous about how they would fare in a Canadian music competition, but the group collected two awards. "I didn’t think we were going to do so well," senior and drummer…
