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Tuesday is ‘Fight Cancer Day’ at Pennington Market
PQM will join forces with The American Cancer Society and donate 5 percent of its total sales to the society. Pennington Quality Market (PQM) will hold its 11th annual "Fight Cancer Day" on Tuesday, April 26, from 8 a.m.-9 p.m. On this special day PQM will join forces with The American Cancer Society (ACS) and…
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HHS boys roll to county relay crown
Berezansky sets school shot put mark By: Rudy Brandl SOMERSET Once they crossed the finish line first in the 4×100, the Hillsborough High boys knew they were well on their way to the team title at Saturday’s Somerset County Relays. The Raiders haven’t won the meet’s shortest event very often, but when junior…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
