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  • Bounce is back for Bordentown boys’ basketball

    By: Sean Moylan    Although the Bordentown Regional High School boys’ varsity basketball team lost a 89-76 home game to Burlington City on Tuesday night, the "juice" was back in the building.    The Scotties hung with the Blue Devils for the better portion of the game and reminded their fans of previous classic match-ups between the…

  • Raider cagers continue recent slump

    Defense falls apart vs. Watchung Hills By: Rudy Brandl    The Hillsborough High boys opened the New Year like they were playing with a hangover. Consecutive losses leveled the team’s record at 4-4 and made this week’s road games at Franklin and Montgomery critical if the Raiders expect to stay in the hunt for the Delaware…

  • Four-for-four for Hopewell

    Hopewell Valley indoor track By: Jim Green    After his team pulled out a tie for the team title at the Group II state relay championships, Hopewell Valley Central High School girls indoor track coach Aaron Oldfield had difficulty describing his feelings.    "It’s something we’ve thought about since Day 1," he said. "I don’t know if…

  • Letters to the Editor, Jan. 13, 2005

    Beazer session tonight To the editor:     Southern Neighborhoods will meet tonight, Jan.13, at 7 p.m. in the Municipal Building’s courtroom.    We will be grouping the goals listed at the last meeting into categories, so that we can get an accurate picture of our priorities. This will be so that we and Beazer can get…

  • Wrestlers drop three dual meets

    RAIDER ROUNDUP By: Rudy Brandl        The Hillsborough High wrestling team dropped three matches on the road last week to start the New Year.    Hillsborough (1-3) was set to complete its five-match road trip with matches at North Hunterdon and Lawrence Wednesday and Thursday nights, respectively, before hosting Ridge Saturday at noon. The Raiders haven’t…

  • Reccoppa departs Lawrence school board

    Six-year BOE veteran resigns before term’s end. By: Lea Kahn    Wednesday night marked the last school board meeting for veteran school board member Lawrence Reccoppa, who has served on the Lawrence Township Board of Education since 1999.    Mr. Reccoppa, 49, submitted a letter of resignation to school board President Philip Benson this week, becoming the…

  • Mall redevelopment tops mayor’s plans for 2005

    By:Roger Alvarado    Mayor Angelo Corradino made successfully redeveloping the Rustic Mall, reducing property taxes and improving the borough’s "quality of life" his top priorities for 2005 during Saturday’s annual reorganization meeting.    "We have seen a number of new initiatives started in 2004 that we need to see to completion in 2005," Mayor Corradino said. "The…

  • For the Jan. 13 issue

    Elsie C. Valentini, Lee A. Pasternack, Norman Parker, M. Julia Southard, Margaret Cardinal, Catherine M. Rein, Mary Trembula, Doris H. Angelini, Roland Mackintosh, Charles A. Terry. Elsie C. Valentini    BORDENTOWN CITY — Elsie C. Valentini, 94, of Bordentown City died Jan. 9 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in Hamilton. Born in Roebling, she had…

  • FBLA students all business at regional event

    Top honors captured in recent competition By:Emily Craighead    Sibling rivalry yielded a fine dividend for Manville High School’s Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) at the Central Region conference Jan. 4, when brothers Michael and Lukas Bogdanowicz captured two first-place awards at the regional competition.    Michael, a junior, won first place in Visual Basic Programming,…