Category: archives
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Weary HHS swimmers compete at Meet of Champs
Ippolito, medley relay place eighth By: John E. Powers For a month, the Hillsborough High School boys swimming team conquered a grinding run. The Raiders won Somerset County and Skyland Conference titles and then captured the Central Public A and State Public A team titles. Understandably, the Raiders might have been a tad weary…
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Chief to run for Assembly
Police Chief Michael Paquette seeks Republican nomination for state Assembly. By: Joseph Harvie Police Chief Michael Paquette says he will seek the Republican nomination for state General Assembly. Chief Paquette, who will retire from the South Brunswick Police Department after 27 years at the end of the month, said he plans on running alongside incumbent…
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Pennington residents offer opinions on Master Plan report
Reported OK’d by Planning Board Feb. 23. By Marianne Hooker During the Pennington Planning Board’s Feb. 23 public hearing on the Master Plan re-examination report, the following comments were made: Mark Blackwell, who lives and operates a business at 74-84 N. Main St., expressed objections to some provisions of the Streetscape Committee report, particularly…
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McMullen earns trip to A.C.
By: Sean Moylan Every time Chris McMullen goes to the state wrestling championships, he seems to bring a brother along with him. When the current Northern Burlington junior went to the state championships at the Continental Airlines Arena five years ago, it was to cheer on his brother Rob. When Chris McMullen competes in the…
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OBITUARIES: Steven Kover
Steven Kover Steven Kover, 57, of Franklin Park, died Tuesday, March 1, at Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. Born in Budapest, Hungary, Mr. Kover came to the United States at age 11 and resided in Somerset, and then moved to Franklin Park, where he resided for most of his life. He was a graduate…
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Letters to the Editor, March 10, 2005
Let attrition take its course To the editor: Public safety is a service I believe most taxpayers are willing to pay for since it impacts all residents in the community. A dedicated and well-trained police force is not easy to come by. Admittedly to maintain a high level and professional level of service does…
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Pennington officials eye increases in construction fees
Measure scheduled for public hearing and adoption vote on April 4 meeting. By John Tredrea A proposed ordinance that would increase some construction fees was introduced by the Pennington Council Monday night. The measure is scheduled for a public hearing and adoption vote at council’s April 4 meeting. Under the proposed ordinance, the fee for…
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Dawgs ‘Rush’ into round of 16
Hopewell Valley ice hockey By: Mike Molaro The Hopewell Valley Central High School ice hockey squad knows it didn’t play well in the 5-2 loss to Princeton in the Mercer County Tournament semifinals Feb. 23. Instead of feeling sorry for themselves, the Bulldogs did something about it. They regrouped, re-energized and reestablished themselves as one…
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Senior places third at 189 pounds
By: Kyle Moylan VOORHEES Lee Hopkins had a plan he wanted to hold on to throughout the Region VII Tournament. Instead, Hopkins tried to hold on to Eastern’s Ryan Radziak. "I wrestled a stupid match," Hopkins noted of his 13-7 setback to Radziak in the Region VII quarterfinals this past Friday night at Eastern…
