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  • Casey’s girls soak up sun, basketball wins in Florida

    By: Neil Hay    With the long winter months of January, February and March ahead, there is nothing like an end-of-year trip to Florida to get in some sun, surf, and sand to refresh the body and reinvigorate the spirit.    Yeah, right, if you are the players and coaches of the Peddie girls’ basketball team.    Coach…

  • Lawrence council fills volunteer vacancies

    Residents appointed to 14 boards, committees. By: Lea Kahn    In one of its first official acts of the new year, Township Council filled vacancies on 14 boards and committees Tuesday night.    At the Affordable Housing Board, Edward Caldwell of Johnson Avenue and Charles Conover of Laurel Wood Drive were named to three-year terms as regular…

  • PERCEPTIONS: A different approach to resolutions

    PERCEPTIONS By Steve Feitl Why wait until Jan. 1 to make a resolution?    If you’re like me, the last thing you want to read about is another person’s New Year’s resolutions. So I won’t do it to you.    If you’re like me, the second-to-last thing you want to read about is how another person doesn’t…

  • Infante sod farming goes high-tech

    HarveStack, a tractor with a computer-operated attachment specifically used for harvesting sod, cuts down on time and labor at the Infante Sod Farm in Millstone. By: Dana Lynn Flatekval    MILLSTONE — Harvesting hundreds of acres of lush, green sod growing on the Infante Sod Farm has never been easier.    The Infante family recently purchased a…

  • HHS track teams sweep county titles

    Dennis triple powers boys By: Nick Vaccaro        The Hillsborough boys and girls dominated the competition at the Somerset County Track and Field Championships, held Dec. 28 at Lehigh University.    The HHS boys won the meet with 84 points, beating out county and conference rival Franklin (74) and the rest of the field. The Raider…

  • Bohdan Hnidj

    By:    HILLSBOROUGH — Bohdan Hnidj died Dec. 29 at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. He was 76.    He lived in Hillsborough for the past 40 years.    Mr. Hnidj was employed by Devro in Somerville as an electrician for more then 30 years retiring In 1993. He was a member of their Quarter Century Club.    He…

  • Ex-committeeman loses defamation suit

    Monmouth County jury finds that Paul and Susan Laone did not make any legally defamatory statements about former Millstone Committeeman Bill Kastning. By: Lauren Burgoon    MILLSTONE — Former Committeeman Bill Kastning has lost his defamation suit against two residents after a jury decided that Paul and Susan Laone did not make any legally defamatory statements…

  • Weston students study holidays around the world

    Projects include Christmas, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah and St. Lucia crowns By:Mary Ellen Zangara    Celebrating Hanukkah, St. Nicholas Day and Kwanzaa were all part of Weston School’s Holidays Around the World project.    Students in the first and third grades learned about holidays and customs in eight different ways from countries around the world last month.    As the…

  • OBITUARIES: Barbara Geils

       Barbara Geils, 90, of Monmouth Junction, died Tuesday, Dec. 28, at Franklin Care Center, Franklin Park.    Born in Viss, Hungary, she immigrated to the United States with her family in 1922, obtaining United States citizenship as a young adult. She was married in 1934 and had been a resident of Monmouth Junction since 1948.    Ms.…