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  • Allentown basketball teams lose MCT openers

    By: Kyle Moylan    With his team playing its best basketball of the season, Allentown High School girls’ basketball Coach Bob Dubina wanted to start the Mercer County Tournament the day after a big win against West Windsor North.    Instead, the team had to wait six days. Six days with no games at all.    This past…

  • Beazer Homes neighbors will analyze firm’s ideas for housing development

    At upcoming meetings, neighbors will respond with counterproposals as they and Beazer attempt to reach consensus on a development proposal. By John Tredrea    A sewer line, a community building and setting aside some land for open space by clustering development were among the amenities Beazer Homes says it could provide in a series of preliminary…

  • District recognizes students, faculty

    School board members and student scholarship winners honored for their achievements. By: Melissa Hayes    With family and friends in the audience, district employees with 20 years of service, student scholarship winners and members of the school board were recognized for their achievements and service Monday night.    Fourteen employees who have been with the district for…

  • NBC outlines budget before townships

    Northern Burlington County Regional School District holds first of four meetings with local municipal officials to discuss the 2005-2006 district budget. By: Scott Morgan    SPRINGFIELD — Going on the theory that open communication leads to a better relationship, officials from the Northern Burlington County Regional School District outlined to the Township Council last week how…

  • Teen moved to youth jail

    Teen pleads not guilty to charges of criminal juvenile delinquency. By: Joseph Harvie    The South Brunswick teen charged with the death of his friend in a Route 1 car crash that police say was a suicide pact was moved Wednesday to the Middlesex County Youth Detention Center in North Brunswick.    Assistant Middlesex County Prosecutor Nicholas…

  • Biddle, Christy, Matthews earn way into HOF

    By: Sean Moylan    Watching Aaron Biddle (Class of 1998), Kristina Matthews (Class of 1998) and Jen (Franks) Christy’s (1997) careers first hand from the sidelines, one knew one was witnessing greatness.    With those three it was never a matter of "if" they would make the Bordentown Regional Athletic Hall of Fame — it was "when."…

  • Foundation seeks E2 nominations

    Nominations must be received no later than March 7.    The Hopewell Valley Foundation is accepting nominations for the sixth annual E2 Awards.    E2 stands for Education and Enterprise, and the award is designed to honor one individual recipient and one corporate recipient who have made a difference in the lives of the children in the…

  • Federal HUD grants to be cut

    Could affect local programs for needy, disabled and seniors. By: Joseph Harvie    The needy in the township will receive less help from the federal government this year than they have in the past, local officials say.    Community Block Grant funding to the township, which is provided by the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development…

  • Presenting George Washington as ‘His Excellency’

    BOOK NOTES by Dr. Joan Ruddiman    Happy Presidents Day!    In appeasing the public’s demand for a long weekend, we now jointly celebrate the birthdays of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln on the third Monday of February. What a surprise to learn that Washington’s birthday was made a national holiday in 1790 — almost a decade…