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  • POLICE BEAT

    BORDENTOWN CITY    Police are seeking the person responsible for reportedly stealing a bike from an East Church Street home on Sept. 25.    Police said the bike, a 20-inch blue-and-silver Mongoose valued at approximately $50, was taken from the front of the residence sometime that day. Anyone with information is asked to call police at (609)…

  • Festival to give stage time to local poets

    Township braces for launch of inaugural event By:Emily Craighead    When Paul Muldoon and C.K. Williams have had their say, one of Hillsborough’s own will take the stage for an open reading at the Dodge Poetry Festival this weekend. Police: plan on extra traffic    With the Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival set to kick off Thursday,…

  • Wilson, Ferozan win one at MCT

    Lawrence girls tennis By: Jim Green    The Lawrence High School girls tennis team knew it was going to have a difficult time competing with the upper tier at the Mercer County Tournament this week.    But the Cardinals’ task wasn’t made any easier when they received their draws for Monday’s opening round of the tournament at…

  • Bordentown, Florence field hockey teams pulling away from .500 mark

    By: Sean Moylan    Despite having a slight difficulty scoring, the Bordentown Regional High School girls’ varsity field hockey team posted a productive 2-0-1 record this past week.    On Wednesday (September 22) Bordentown stroked 15 shots but still only beat the Delran Bears, 1-0, on a pretty Brooke Bercari penalty stroke to the left-hand corner of…

  • Students may find flexibility in requirements

    District considering altering graduation minimums. By: Lea Kahn    Lawrence High School students may have more flexibility in the courses they take to meet the minimum graduation requirements if school district officials decide to follow the lead of the state Department of Education.    The Lawrence Township Board of Education also is mulling over whether to reduce…

  • Letters to the Editor

    For the Sept. 30 issue. Express support for troops’ families To the editor:    I’m sure by now that most citizens of our state and its neighbors have taken notice of the many auto magnets expressing the support of our troops throughout the world serving our great nation in its quest to bring freedom and a…

  • Romancing the Differences

    It’s not all about hearts and flowers anymore. By: Jillian Kalonick TIMEOFF PHOTOS/MARK CZAJKOWSKI Romance novelist Louise "Timmy" Handelman will sign copies of her book, ‘The Truth About Harry,’ at the New Jersey Romance Writers Conference in Somerset Oct. 9.    With workshops such as "Kick-Ass Heroines and the Plots that Love Them" and "Setting the…

  • Raiders win another football thriller

    Jordan TD caps OT win at Franklin By: Rudy Brandl    FRANKLIN — If any group of players and coaches has earned a little vacation, it’s the Hillsborough High football team.    The Raiders won their third consecutive thriller to open the 2004 campaign Sunday afternoon at Franklin. All three HHS games haven’t been decided until the…

  • Despite OT loss, BRHS girls’ soccer still 5-1

    By: Sean Moylan    It took Hamilton West all of regulation and most of two overtimes to hand the ultra-tough Bordentown Regional High School girls’ varsity soccer team its first loss, a 3-2 decision, last Friday.    "I don’t think we played well at the beginning of the game. We didn’t play well until towards the end…