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  • Taylor fashions win over HoVal in MCT

    Lawrence baseball By: Jim Green    According to the seeds, it was an upset. But to those in and around the Lawrence High School baseball team, it was expected.    The 14th-seeded Cardinals picked up their biggest win of the last three years, thrashing third-seeded Hopewell Valley in the first round of the Mercer County Tournament on…

  • Township employees honored

    Clerk Annette Bielawski and CFO Elaine Cruickshank-Borges lauded May 2.    Hopewell Township Clerk Annette Bielawski and CFO Elaine Cruickshank-Borges were recipients of Mercer County and Local Government Customer Service Excellence Awards at the Trenton War Memorial on May 2.    Ms. Bielawski was cited for her effective implementation of new voting technology and administration of township…

  • Trogdon, Allen toss shutouts

    By: Sean Moylan    Last Friday the Bordentown Regional High School girls’ varsity softball squad had a great "week" on a day when it pounded Burlington City in both ends of a double-header played at Bordentown.    Reannon Trogdon tossed an 8-0 complete game four-hit shutout in the opener. And Hillary Allen also threw a four-hitter in…

  • Youth group event to help homeless family

    Mary Mother of God Church hosts benefit games By:Donna Lukiw    A fundraising benefit will be held Sunday for the Hillsborough family of seven that was left homeless after a fire destroyed its newly renovated New Amwell Road home in April .    The Mary Mother of God Youth Organization will be sponsoring sports activities to help…

  • Letter carriers seek donations for food drive

    Nonperishable food donations left by mailboxes and inside post offices on May 14 will go to the National Association of Letter Carriers’ annual effort to feed the hungry. By: Scott Morgan    On Saturday, the largest single-day food drive in the country will happen for a 13th time, when letter carriers in 10,000 U.S. cities and…

  • HHS begns softball three-peat quest with shutout

    Division champs embark on busy stretch By: Rudy Brandl        The Hillsborough High softball team has no choice but to take a game-by-game approach to this incredibly busy week of action. It’s a stretch of eight games in eight days and many of them are extremely important.    Hillsborough eased some of this week’s pressure by…

  • School lines to be redrawn

    Board announces plan to move 309 students in kindergarten through fifth grade next year. By: Melissa Hayes    The district is considering a redistricting plan that could mean more than 300 students will have to attend different schools next year.    The school board proposed a plan Monday that calls for the redistricting of 309 students in…

  • Committee also rejects school budget question

    Plan to fund computers, intramural sports turned down By:Melissa Edmond    The Township Committee agreed with Hillsborough voters and turned down the additional school taxation plan in a resolution passed on Tuesday.    "Voters approved the school budget plan that raises property taxes by 7.5 points, but then sent a loud and clear message against the additional…

  • Young Vikings could use some more seasoning

    By: Ken Weingartner    Steve Dentler looks out on the volleyball court at South Brunswick High and sees a group of players that don’t belong there.    It’s not that the Vikings don’t have the talent to be there, but Dentler would prefer they were getting experience elsewhere. Like at the junior varsity level.    "If this were…