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  • 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…

  • Florence field hockey poised for run at states

    By: Sean Moylan    Last year, the Florence Township Memorial High school girls’ varsity field hockey team improved greatly, but just missed making the state tournament.    This season the Flashes have their terrific forward line of Jennifer Evans (senior), Dana Lubrano (senior) and Nicole Tully back and ready to take on the Freedom Division.    Junior goalie…

  • POLICE BLOTTER

    By:    A Kennedy Boulevard resident reported the theft of a black Specialized Fuse 2 bicycle at 2:53 p.m. Aug. 31. A second bicycle was left in the place of the stolen bike, according to the police report. * * *    Lorraine Martine, 43, address unknown, and Brian Ganous, 49, of Kennedy Boulevard were charged with…

  • David Alliprandine

    By:    HILLSBOROUGH — David Alliprandine died Sept. 2 in Hillsborough. He was 91.    Born in Fern Glen, Pa., he lived in Somerset for many years before moving to the home of his niece, Rosalie Stainner, in Hillsborough in 2002.    Mr. Alliprandine was employed at Ford Motor Company in Newark for 30 years.    He was a…

  • Valley school board to interview candidates for Hopewell vacancy Monday

    Edward B. Meredith Jr. of Columbia Avenue and Melvin Henry Myers of West Prospect Street are candidates. By Ruth Luse    Two Hopewell Borough residents, both former candidates, have applied to take the Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education seat vacated by Steven Wood, who resigned July 19 for personal and professional reasons.    They will be…

  • Dead body discovered

    Decomposed body found in crate at Home Depot Warehouse. By: Joseph Harvie    A man’s badly decomposed body was discovered Wednesday morning in a shipping container delivered to the Home Depot Warehouse on Docks Corner Road.    Warehouse workers discovered the body at 10:30 a.m. when they opened the container. They called police, who spent the day…