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  • Senior leaders setting pace for HoVal boys

    Hopewell Valley boys soccer By: Jim Green    Nothing can take the pressure off a first-year coach better than a strong senior class.    Hopewell Valley Central High School boys soccer coach Ed Gola certainly can attest to that. His core of eight seniors has led the way in smoothing over the transition after former coach Tony…

  • Bulldogs ready to rumble

    Hopewell Valley football By: Jim Green    The day football fans from across the Hopewell Valley have looked forward to for years has finally arrived.    This Friday night, the Hopewell Valley Central High School football team will take the field at Hightstown for its first varsity game. And while Bulldogs coach Dave Caldwell realizes his team…

  • For the Sept. 9 issue

    Russell H. Sweeney, John Houseworth, Joseph Papp, James W. Ivins Jr., Horace Cleveland, Katherine Marcucci, Ivan Shevchenko, Nellie S. Wolfe. Russell H. Sweeney    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — Russell H. Sweeney, 61, died Sept. 5 at his home.    Born in Bordentown, he had lived in Trenton before moving to Bordentown Township 15 years ago.    He had worked…

  • Nine candidates file for Hopewell Township charter commission seats

    The first question on township Nov. 2 ballots will ask voters whether or not there should be a commission. The list of commission candidates will appear on another part of the ballot close to the names of candidates for other offices. By John Tredrea    There are nine candidates for the five seats on the Charter…

  • POLICE BEAT

    FLORENCE    Police Monday nabbed a Camden man wanted for attempted murder in Camden County, charging him with several drug offenses in the process.    According to police, officers received word that 32-year-old Luis Perez, who was wanted by the Camden County Sheriff’s Department for attempted murder with a weapon, was in Florence and possibly staying with…

  • Mussari’s regime starts Saturday at Princeton

    By: Kyle Moylan    Bob Mussari would love for this to be the Allentown football team’s first winning season in 37 years. Even if it isn’t, Mussari believes there are other ways to make this a successful season.    "As a coach or player, you put a lot of time into it," noted Mussari, who will begin…

  • New Lawrence football field contract awarded

    Central Park gridiron to bear Elvin Bethea’s name. By: Lea Kahn    While National Football League teams begin their professional seasons this week, the recreational football programs in Lawrence Township may be looking ahead to next fall when they will benefit from a brand new home field.    Township Council awarded a contract Tuesday to a Jackson…

  • SB boys soccer team setting higher goals

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    Last year, the South Brunswick High boys’ varsity soccer team had a respectable 12-8-1 overall record. It was fourth in the Greater Middlesex Conference’s Red Division (5-6-1) against the top teams in the county. And they had the satisfaction of reaching the GMC Tournament championship game from the ninth seed.    But,…

  • Sergio Neri: ‘Great wines are born in the vineyard’

    On Saturday and Sunday, the Hopewell Township vineyard will host its first Family Festival. By John Tredrea    A little bit of Tuscany has established itself hereabouts.    On Yard Road just west of state Route 31 is Hopewell Valley Vineyards. Much of its 22 acres are covered with rows of healthy looking vines that will start…