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  • Brother, can you spare a few nonperishables?

    Postal carriers plan Saturday food drive By:John Patten    Postal carriers hope to be returning to the Manville Post Office at the end of their Saturday deliveries with more than they begin with, as they conduct another food drive.    "We’re hoping to achieve what we did last time," Carrier Ray Walsh said.    The local carriers last…

  • LETTERS: Y offers gratitude

    To the editor:    The South Brunswick Family YMCA would like to thank all the wonderful volunteers for the beautiful landscaping along the entrance walkway at the Y.    Special thanks goes out to the volunteers from AT&T (Claudia Beauregard, Dennis Shendler, Doug Kozak and Michele Horvath ) who came out and spent the day on Friday,…

  • Tours of Princeton Cemetery planned

       The traditional public tours of the historic Princeton Cemetery will take place Sunday, May 29, at noon, to be repeated a week later on June 5 at noon.    The historic 19-acre arboretum, across from the new Princeton Public Library, is open to the public, at no charge. Tombstones from four centuries are on view.    Tour…

  • Baseball club enjoys successful fundraiser

    To the editor By:     I am writing on behalf of the Hillsborough Diamond Club here at the Hillsborough High-school to thank all the people that came out to our Famous Dave’s fundraiser, and helped us raise $280 just for going out to eat there one night.    It was really great to see about 75…

  • Bershad wins MCt in playoff

    Hopewell Valley golf By: Jim Green    Ben Bershad was not about to lose another playoff.    The Hopewell Valley Central High School golfer, who finished second at the Cherry Valley Invitational earlier this year after losing a playoff, proved he was the best golfer in Mercer County on Wednesday, winning the county tournament at Mercer Oaks…

  • Kerri carries on a tradition

    Tracy becomes fourth Viking in five years to win GMCT title By: Rich Fisher    As crazy as it may sound, Kerri Tracy’s double bogey on the first hole of the Greater Middlesex Conference girls’ golf tournament may have been a key to her eventual championship.    Tracy shot a season-best 40 for nine holes at Bunker…

  • Raiders tripped up by PDS

    Pennington baseball By: Mike Molaro    It’s been said that it’s extremely difficult to defeat an opponent three times in a season, and that’s especially true if two of those games are within a span of five days.    The Pennington School baseball squad found that out the hard way in Monday’s 7-6 home setback to Princeton…

  • Hillsborough girls rally to Skyland crown

    Maloney, O’Connor star in throws By: Rudy Brandl        Fans who sat in the bleachers and watched the running events at last Thursday’s Skyland Conference Track and Field Championships had no idea what was really happening in the girls’ competition.    It looked like Ridge, Montgomery and Franklin were putting on a show. While the three…

  • Schools examine violence statistics

    State Department of Education report shows stable or slightly increased incidents of school violence and student substance abuse in the northern Burlington County area in the last year. By: Scott Morgan    Incidents of school violence and student substance abuse in the northern Burlington County area last year are static or slightly higher than previous years…