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  • Red Raiders dispose of Gill

    Pennington boys soccer By: Mike Molaro    When Pennington School boys soccer coach Ed Gauss scheduled teams like George an Lawrenceville early this season, he was hoping those games would pay dividends somewhere down the road.    The first-year coach didn’t have to wait long for those positive results.    With junior forward Alex Abud scoring a goal…

  • Former principal is speaker at mayors’ event

    Dick Fitzpatrick, now superintendent of the Colts Neck Township School District, will speak at the seventh annual Mayors’ Breakfast on Oct. 23.    Dick Fitzpatrick, former Stony Brook Elementary and Toll Gate Grammar School principal, and current superintendent of the Colts Neck Township School District, will be the featured speaker at the seventh annual Mayors’ Breakfast…

  • Ninth official leaving Mansfield

    Mansfield Township’s Chief Financial Officer, Michael Lenz, will leave his position at the end of this week. By: William Wichert    MANSFIELD — Marking the ninth resignation within the township in the last three months, Chief Financial Officer Michael Lenz said he is leaving his post at the end of this week.    Mr. Lenz, who was…

  • HHS teacher queried about relationship

    By:Emily Craighead    Hillsborough police are investigating a Hillsborough High School teacher who was placed on suspension by the administration at the beginning of the school year.    Details are unavailable because of the ongoing investigation, but a source familiar with the investigation said police are focusing on a relationship between the male teacher and a female…

  • Florence football shuts out Bordentown

    By: Sean Moylan    With 9:26 left in the first half and the Florence Township Memorial High School boys’ varsity football team holding on to a slim 7-0 lead over fiery Bordentown, Flashes senior quarterback Matt Ordog unleashed a beautiful, sky-high bomb down the right sideline.    After all migrating birds had dodged the flying pigskin, which…

  • HHS teams poised for big October

    County, conference titles at stake this month By: Rudy Brandl    October is always a busy month in the world of scholastic sports. This year, October should be especially exciting for Hillsborough High’s athletic teams.    Somerset County championships will be contested in tennis, soccer, field hockey and cross country. Delaware Division titles are up for grabs…

  • School construction contracts awarded

    Board awards $13.3 million for renovation work at Brunswick Acres and Greenbrook schools. By: Melissa Hayes        The Board of Education awarded $13.3 million in contracts Monday night for expansion and renovation work at Brunswick Acres and Greenbrook schools.    The contract covers phase one of the $46.32 million Dec. 9 referendum approved by voters. The…

  • Police seeking information on cause of man’s injuries

    Anthony Keenan has no memory of what happened at Sept. 17 game By:Roger Alvarado    Lifelong township resident Anthony Keenan, a 2004 Hillsborough High School graduate, had attended the Sept. 17 high school football game against Hunterdon Central with two friends, but sometime during the game, they became separated.    What ensued is not clear, but what…

  • CHS Homecoming begins Friday

    Pennington police announce street closing, parking restrictions for parade. By Ruth Luse    Hopewell Valley Central High School will celebrate Homecoming on Friday and Saturday.    Events begin with a Pep Rally between 9:54 and 10:39 a.m. Friday at the high school.    The Homecoming Parade will begin at 5:45 p.m. Friday at Toll Gate Grammar School in…