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  • Price is right for Cardinal softball

    Lawrence softball By: Jim Green    The Lawrence High School softball team knew it was facing an uphill battle Monday.    The Cardinals were visiting Colonial Valley Conference Patriot Division power Allentown, which already had shut out Hopewell twice this season — the same Hopewell squad that has beaten Group III state champ Montgomery and Notre Dame.…

  • Scouts’ honor

    Wild game, fish and a dash of camaraderie. By: Sarah Winkelman    "Man didn’t live this long to get to the top of the food chain and eat grass."    That’s the motto Jim "Doc" Applegate and his wife, Carol (a.k.a "Mom"), live by. It is also the crux of the couple’s annual Beast Feast.    "We’ve been…

  • Hopewell Valley school board honors six district professionals

    A luncheon in their honor is being hosted by Educational Testing Service on April 29.    Two guidance counselors and a nurse are among Hopewell Valley’s winners of the 2005 Governor’s Recognition Award, expanded this year to honor more of the professionals who contribute to the quality of student life.    Receiving this year’s awards are Cynthia…

  • Township voters oust incumbents

    Endo, Bigley, Hutner win school board race. By: Lea Kahn    Township voters turned out two incumbent school board members and elected two newcomers and a former board member to fill three vacancies on the township Board of Education in a hotly contested race Tuesday.    Deborah Endo, Ginny Bigley and Gerri Hutner swamped incumbent candidates Philip…

  • Murder charges filed in Sunday shooting

    Hillsborough resident John Grover killed By:Donna Lukiw    Two men charged with fatally gunning down a Hillsborough man in a Manville sports bar Sunday are being held in the Somerset County Jail on $1 million bail each.    Police said the shooters were members of the Pagans motorcycle gang who may have thought, perhaps mistakenly, that the…

  • Pennington struggling on offense

    Pennington softball By: Mike Molaro    It’s been a tough early part of the season for the Pennington School softball squad, but Monday’s 5-1 loss at Timothy Christian could be the most difficult of the six setbacks to get over.    "This one hurts," Red Raiders coach Dean Waters said. "We beat them 12-3 the first time…

  • Yard fires first perfect game

    HHS lefty fans 17 batters By: Rudy Brandl        Anyone who missed Chrissy Yard’s perfect game Monday afternoon at Hillsborough High can watch it on Patriot Media Saturday night in prime time at 9 p.m.    Yard, who might be Hillsborough’s version of the athlete who shines under the Monday Night Football spotlight, pitched a game…

  • HOPEWELL BOROUGH PLANNING UPDATE

    Board handled zoning adjustment matters. By Lauren Graham Delehey    Hopewell Borough’s Planning Board met April 6.    With no comment offered or unscheduled applications raised when the meeting was opened to the public, the board moved quickly to its posted agenda.    Acting in its capacity as the Zoning Board of Adjustment, the board passed a resolution…

  • An amazing musical comes to Crossroads

    Andrew Lloyd Weber’s "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" comes to Crossroads South. By: Melissa Hayes    The New Jersey Repertory Theater will perform Andrew Lloyd Weber’s "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" at Crossroads South Friday and Saturday.    The cast includes three teachers from the district and children from each of the district’s schools.    George…