Category: archives
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NBC girls’ basketball tops BRHS in local showdown
By: Sean Moylan As late as a few hours before game time, it was still questionable whether Arielle Alford would play in the Northern Burlington County Regional High School girls’ varsity basketball team’s game at Bordentown on Saturday. Yet, Alford tracked down some medicine for a serious cold and went on to have an explosive…
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Letters to the Editor, Feb. 17, 2005
Hopewell business changes To the editor: The quality of our life as a community rests not only with our nice homes, good schools, and a healthy environment, but also with the business community which serves all of our needs. For example, Hopewell began its cultural renaissance with the opening of Failte’s Coffeehouse (not Starbucks),…
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LETTERS: Do-nothing Democrats
To the editor: Our Township Council has just wasted $120,000 to hire a professional lobbying firm. This company will try to obtain government funds for widening Route 1 in South Brunswick. Let me see if I get this right. The Township Council is all Democrats. The Middlesex County Board of Freeholders is all Democrats.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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."…
