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  • Raider laxmen off to fast start

    Team matches last year’s win total early By: John E. Powers        The Hillsborough High School boys’ lacrosse team suffered through an injury-riddled 3-16 season last spring, losing the final six games. But the Raiders are showing significant improvement in the early going this year. In fact, the Raiders have already won as many games…

  • SBHS softball learns how big small mistakes can be

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    The J.P. Stevens High School softball team demonstrated how they have risen to the top of the Greater Middlesex Conference in this past Tuesday’s 1-0 victory over visiting South Brunswick. The Lady Hawks (8-2) manufactured a run in the bottom of the fifth inning, then held on to the slim lead.…

  • POLICE BLOTTER

    By:    Steven L. Goetz, 26, of JFK Boulevard was charged with driving while intoxicated at 1:30 a.m. April 13.    Mr. Goetz was processed and released, pending an appearance in Municipal Court. ***    Two vehicles were hit with eggs in the teachers’ parking lot at Alexander Batcho Intermediate School at 7:30 a.m. April 13.    Key scratches…

  • Borough closer to settling lawsuits

    Council approves housing plan By:Melissa Edmond    The Borough Council has unanimously endorsed a resolution to settle a lawsuit and bring the borough into compliance with state affordable housing rules.    The plan — detailing how the borough will provide required affordable housing by rehabilitating substandard houses — was adopted by the Planning Board on April 5…

  • McCracken and Vikings can’t get past EB

    By: Redd E. Patrick    The South Brunswick High School golf team had the right frame of mind heading into its showdown against East Brunswick last week, but when it was all said and done, the Vikings could not handle the Bears on the friendly confines known as at the Tamarack Golf Course.    The Vikings shot…

  • Bulldogs suffer humbling loss

    Hopewell Valley baseball By: Mike Molaro    The good news for the Hopewell Valley Central High School baseball squad about Monday’s 14-2 loss to visiting Notre Dame is that there’s a lot of baseball left to play.    "It was one of those games where nothing went right," Bulldogs coach Ken Harrison said of the setback to…

  • Whale’s visit reached local classrooms

    Hélis, the scarred, snow-white beluga who appeared in the Delaware River, created a learning opportunity for Florence Township School District students. By: Scott Morgan    FLORENCE — All right. You know about the whale in the Delaware.    But have you considered the educational opportunities made possible by a 30-year-old beluga who happens to wander into a…

  • Bulldogs relay message: boys team on its way up

    Hopewell Valley outdoor track By: Jim Green    For years, the Hopewell Valley Central High School girls track team has been showered with much-deserved praise and recognition for its many accomplishments at the county, state and even national level, while the HoVal boys team remained in the background, waiting for its time to shine.    On Saturday,…

  • Hill’s and Van Doren’s about to become part of Hopewell’s history

    EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK By Ruth Luse    Those of us who have been around Hopewell Borough for a long time will find it hard to believe that Bob Van Doren, although only 89, is actually retiring, just as we were saddened when we learned recently that J.B. Hill & Sons, the hardware (also once a lumber business)…