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  • POLICE BEAT

    BORDENTOWN CITY    Police charged a North Hanover man with a series of drug-related charges after a routine traffic stop Sunday.    According to police, officers stopped 20-year-old Ryan Dugan for driving along Route 130/206 with an expired registration at 12:40 a.m. At the stop, police said, officers smelled burnt marijuana and noticed his eyes were bloodshot.…

  • HHS Fall Sports Awards

    Raider athletes, teams soared to greatness again By: Rudy Brandl    Things just keep getting better in the world of Hillsborough High sports.    Several HHS teams dominated this fall and many won titles while others came very close. Three Raider teams (gymnastics, boys’ cross country, girls’ tennis) gained recognition in the state’s top 20 poll. The…

  • Talk of the town

    Capping off 24 consecutive wins, the Florence Township Memorial High School boys varsity football team wins championship game. By: Sean Moylan    FLORENCE — As the entire Florence Township Memorial High School boys varsity football team gathered in the far end zone for a Group I Central Jersey Championship picture following its 35-7 victory over New…

  • Making the grades

    Report cards go high-tech By:Emily Craighead    In the age of the No Child Left Behind law and standardized tests, Manville School District is phasing in a new report card designed to make tracking student progress easier for teachers and administrators.    Instead of writing grades onto students’ report cards by hand, teachers are entering grades into…

  • Kindgergartners learn a tasty Hanukkah lesson

    Students get crafty as they make candy menorahs. By: Joseph Harvie    Menorahs made of marshmallows, cake frosting, Twizzlers and graham crackers, a game of dreidel, and some arts and crafts were on the agenda Tuesday as Ilene Pawlak’s kindergarten class in Greenbrook School learned about Hanukkah.    The kindergarten class, made up of many different religious…

  • 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…