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Golf team rebounds from loss
Hopewell Valley golf By: Jim Green The Hopewell Valley Central High School golf team has done what any great team does after a tough loss pick itself up, dust itself off and move on. The Bulldogs suffered as difficult a loss as they possibly could imagine on April 18, dropping a 224-224 decision to…
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Historic election draws near
Washington Township voters will decide the makeup of the township’s new government on May 10. By: Lauren Burgoon WASHINGTON With less than two weeks to go before voters head to the polls to choose the first Township Council and mayor, things are heating up in Washington. The campaigns have reached a fever pitch and…
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Allen, Morgan, Mehrer all toss pitching gems
By: Sean Moylan If the 2005 Bordentown Regional High School girls’ softball team goes on to have an extended, memorable run in the playoffs, the Scotties can always look back at the fifth inning of last Thursday’s 6-5 home win over Maple Shade as one of the turning points of the season. Down 5-3 in…
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Former officials to see pensions cut
Retirement benefits for two former New Hanover officials will be reduced following prison sentences. By: William Wichert NEW HANOVER After being released from prison, two former township officials are now facing cuts in their retirement benefits. The state Public Employees Retirement System board recently approved changes to the pensions previously awarded to former Township…
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Track teams run regular season table
RAIDER ROUNDUP By: Rudy Brandl Hillsborough High’s track and field teams completed perfect 6-0 regular seasons with three more victories last week. The HHS boys and girls swept Bridgewater-Raritan and Hunterdon Central in a tri-meet and clinched the division titles with wins at Watchung Hills last week. The Raider girls ran their eight-year win streak…
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For the April 28 issue
Gloria Marie Dudley, Paul Richard Foley, Catherine M. Knapp, Glenn T. Allen, Joseph S. Mattich. Gloria Marie Dudley WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP Gloria Marie Dudley, 66, died April 21 in Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia. Born in Trenton, Mrs. Dudley grew up in Riverside and Delran. She moved to Robbinsville 20 years ago. A graduate of…
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District, towns to discuss defeated budget
Voters reject the Northern Burlington County School District’s proposed spending plan for the fourth consecutive year. By: William Wichert Between a defeated budget and two brand new school board seats, the Northern Burlington County Regional School District is recovering from an election that brought a mix of results and emotions. At local polls last week,…
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‘Songs of Separation’
The music of African-American composer William Grant Still comes alive at the Witherspoon Presbyterian Church in Princeton. By: Susan Van Dongen TIMEOFF/MARK CZAJKOWSKI Soprano Beverly Owens, music director at Witherspoon Presbyterian Church, will perform William Grant Still’s rarely heard tone poem as part of the church’s Noontime Recital Series May 4. Judith Anne Still, Mr.…
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Friends of Princeton Open Space set annual meeting Sunday
Betty Horn will be the featured speaker at the annual meeting of the Friends of Princeton Open Space on Sunday, May 1 at 2 p.m. at Mountain Lakes House, 57 Mountain Ave., Princeton Township. Ms. Horn will discuss invasive plant species. Following her presentation, Ms. Horn will lead a walk in Mountain Lakes Preserve, where…
