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  • MHS begins packing more offensive punch

    BOYS SOCCER By: Carolyn M. Hartko    There haven’t been many blowouts in high school boys’ soccer around the Greater Middlesex Conference so far this season, especially in the White Division. But the Monroe Township High School varsity squad registered one earlier this week, rolling over visiting Perth Amboy 8-0 to raise their record to 4-1.…

  • PHS seniors push for class trip to Disney World or Cancun

    School board members seem dubious trips would be as educational as students claim. By: David Campbell    Could a Princeton High School senior trip to Cancun or Walt Disney World have any educational value whatsoever?    Senior representatives Sasha Jean, Ian Lord, Zoe Sarnak and Stephanie Covello certainly believe so — and they presented their case to…

  • Slow starts hampering Vikings

    FOOTBALL By: Ken Weingartner    Mark Prelewicz thinks this can be a very good season for the South Brunswick football team. Now he just needs for his players to believe the same thing.    The Vikings fell to 1-2 Sunday with a 31-12 loss to Hunterdon Central in nonconference action. In the two losses, South Brunswick was…

  • The rental sign is up for new downtown apartments

    Tenants expected to arrive next month as signups begin. By: Jennifer Potash    The apartments in Witherspoon House may not be finished, but they are available to rent.    Part of the first phase of the borough’s downtown redevelopment project, the 41,000-square- foot Witherspoon House, located next to the new municipal garage and library, will have retail…

  • Browns fans congregate to suffer, savor Sundays

    By: Scott Morgan    HAMILTON — What do you do when you’re a fan of the Cleveland Browns?    You suffer. You taste the end zone and wait for the guys in the orange helmets to choke on stupid penalties. You hinge on a familiar late-fourth-quarter-and-down-by-10-points sentiment: "We’re still in this."    You "Whoop! Whoop! Whoop!" when things…

  • Girls team falls to Redbirds

    Lawrence girls soccer By: Mike Molaro    Regardless of how many wins and losses the Lawrence High School girls soccer team compiles this season, Cardinals coach Dave Boggs has made one thing perfectly clear.    "Our record will not dictate our personality," he said.    With approximately one-third of its season completed, Lawrence is sitting at 1-4 following…

  • Girls set for crucial soccer games

    RAIDER ROUNDUP By: Rudy Brandl        The Hillsborough High girls’ soccer team managed to notch a win and a tie in its Delaware Division East games last week, setting the stage for two huge divisional tests this week against fellow contenders Montgomery and Bridgewater-Raritan.    Hillsborough (4-1-1) opened Delaware East play with a 1-1 tie at…

  • Township had chance for charter study vote

    To the editor By:    The Direct Petition effort launched many months ago to improve our form of government here in Hillsborough, is still alive!    The Committee of Petitioners as well as the thousands of our fellow residents who signed the petition and who have supported this issue so strongly, are still committed to providing Hillsborough…

  • Pennington board OKs minor subdivision, lot line adjustment for St. James Church

    PENNINGTON PLANNING UPDATE By Marianne Hooker    At its September meeting, the Pennington Planning Board approved a minor subdivision and lot line adjustment for St. James Catholic Church and heard a request for a possible change of use at Pennington Court.    St. James, located at 114 E. Delaware Ave., requested a lot line adjustment and minor…