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  • Dennis led HHS boys to great X-C season

    HHS junior, team made school history By: Rudy Brandl    The Hillsborough High boys’ cross country program made plenty of history this fall, both as a team and in the realm of individual accomplishment.    With junior star Brian Dennis leading the way, the Raiders won the Somerset County and Skyland Conference team titles, finished second in…

  • Concert to benefit drug and alcohol programs

    The Allentown/Upper Freehold Municipal Alliance to Prevent Drug and Alcohol Abuse is sponsoring a Dec. 18 concert featuring The Princeton Garden Statesmen at the Allentown Presbyterian Church. By: Dana Lynn Flatekval    UPPER FREEHOLD — The soothing, melodic voices of 40 men will fill the Allentown Presbyterian Church this month to spread holiday cheer and raise…

  • Dawgs hope summer sweat pays off

    Hopewell Valley boys basketball By: Mike Molaro    If the summer competition was any indication, fans can expect good things from the Hopewell Valley Central High School boys basketball squad this season.    The Bulldogs (12-11 a year ago) open at The Dawg Pound on Dec. 17 against a talented Trenton team. It is the sweat and…

  • LETTERS: Failure of community to help a neighbor

    To the editor:     A young man, a neighbor, lies in a hospital bed, restrained and watched, clinging to a blanket that was wrapped around him by a kind neighbor as he stood on his lawn last Wednesday evening, his house in flames behind him. I imagine that this blanket is a symbol to him…

  • QUESTION OF THE WEEK: Township gets new phone system

    This week’s question is, "Why did the township change its phone system, and how does it work?" By: Joseph Harvie    Editor’s note: In Question of the Week, we attempt to answer questions from readers about the community.    The main telephone number may be the same, but extensions for municipal employees and departments have changed.    The…

  • OBITUARIES: Edmund Podgorski

       Edmund Podgorski    Edmund M. Podgorski, 82, died Thursday, Dec. 2, at his home.    Born in Kowel, Poland, he came to the United States in 1950. He lived in Dayton for 52 years.    Mr. Podgorski retired in 1987 from Mid East Aluminum, Dayton, where he worked as a sheet metal technician for 19 years. He previously…

  • HHS hockey team takes ice for first time

    Long-time dream finally becomes reality By: John Beisser        It has finally arrived.    What began as a dream many years ago has become a reality as Hillsborough High School finally has itself an ice hockey program. Today has officially been dubbed "Hillsborough High School Day," as members of the inaugural team will be busy introducing…

  • Beazer, Hopewell Township neighbors to collaborate on land-use plans

    Beazer owns 22 acre off Denow Road, between Route 31 and Brandon Farms. Beazer also is the contract purchaser of 75 acres west of Route 31 and of another 80 acres, located behind ShopRite, on the west side of Route 31 at the Pennington Circle. By John Tredrea    The development firm of Beazer Homes, which…

  • Wise men deliver plan once again

    By: Sean Moylan    During this Christmas season Florence offered us its version of the Three Wise Men — Joe Frappolli, Nick Lubrano and Steve Ordog.    If you want to know why Frappolli is the best football coach in Burlington County and maybe New Jersey (sorry Don Bosco and Bergen Catholic, but who knows what Coach…