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  • Hopewell Borough must address problem in two wells

    New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection is requiring borough officials to address a problem with radionuclides. Officials face a May 7, 2005 deadline to comply. By Francis Mahoney    On Monday night, Hopewell Borough Engineer Dennis O’Neal updated members of Hopewell Borough Council on the problem of radionuclides in two of the town’s wells.    According to…

  • Local girls’ soccer teams all in race to make states

    By: Sean Moylan    "Right now we have to re-find ourselves," said Bordentown Regional High School girls’ varsity soccer coach Dominick Castaldo.    While the 6-3 Scotties need to win just one more game over the next two weeks to qualify for the playoffs, Castaldo would like to see his club generate more offense, especially with the…

  • Gifted students take on the ‘ultimate challenge’

    Chesterfield Elementary School gifted and talented students learn scientific and geometric principles needed to understand how machines work. By: Scott Morgan    CHESTERFIELD — That name. "The Ultimate Big Air Ball Tower." It sounds like lingo straight out of the X-Games.    So Rebecca Schukraft calls it something else. "Frustrating. That’s what I call it."    If Rebecca…

  • PERCEPTIONS: Autumn’s somewhat tardy arrival

    All elements of a perfect fall are now in place. By: Steve Feitl    I stepped outside sometime past 8 p.m. Tuesday evening and was pleasantly surprised by what I felt.    I had been cooped up in our Hopewell office all day — all morning and then from lunchtime on — so I hadn’t noticed that…

  • Lawrence de-claws Little Tigers

    Lawrence football By: Jim Green    This certainly is shaping up to be a memorable season.    The Lawrence High School football team used a balanced offensive attack Saturday to improve to 3-0 with a 41-18 pounding of Princeton at PHS. With three straight impressive wins to open the season — the Cardinals have outscored their opponents…

  • Residents complain of late trash pickup

    Bordentown Township residents voice concern over problems with garbage collection. By: William Wichert    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — Township officials and residents are talking trash.    They say they want to know why Central Jersey Waste and Recycling Inc., the township’s garbage collection company, is not abiding by the terms of the contract it signed two years ago…

  • HHS volleyballers learning on the fly

    Team hits midway mark with two wins By: John E. Powers        The learning process continues for Hillsborough High School’s first-year varsity volleyball team. The process is including some wins.    The Raiders beat South Plainfield 2-1 (25-21, 25-27, 25-20) last Friday to move their record to 2-8. Both of the team’s wins have come against…

  • Fithen searching for right combination

    Lawrence boys soccer By: Jim Green    Right now, the breaks just aren’t going the way of the Lawrence High School boys soccer team.    The Cardinals lost two more tough games this week, falling at Trenton 3-1 Tuesday and losing to Steinert 2-0 Friday at LHS. Lawrence dropped to 1-4-1 on the young season.    "This can’t…

  • Smith has two goals to power Cardinals

    Lawrence girls soccer By: Mike Molaro    Dave Boggs was waiting for his Lawrence High School girls soccer team to explode offensively.    The Cardinals (2-6-1) answered that call with their largest offensive outburst of the year in Tuesday’s 6-0 home triumph over Trenton. Lawrence opened a 4-0 halftime lead and never looked back in what is…