Category: archives
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Assault charges filed after fight at local party
By:John Patten A New York man was being held on $40,000 bail for allegedly assaulting a Pennsylvania man at a Hillsborough party, early Sunday. According to the Somerset County prosecutor’s office, David Roman, 18, of Flushing, N.Y., was charged with aggravated assault after using a knife to cut Portland, Pa., resident Jason Dumont, 22, during…
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Florence, Bordentown 11’s preparing for tournaments
By: Sean Moylan If the Florence 11-year-old Little League All-Star baseball team can make the plays in the field, it can do extremely well in District 12. "We’ve got some good young arms. I think our hitting will be sound. It all depends on our defense," said Florence’s manager Chris Pukenas. Bobby Braun (OF), Pat…
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BMS contributes $15K to Lawrence fire company
Money will buy special equipment for rescue team. By: Lea Kahn The Lawrenceville Fire Co. has been awarded a $15,000 grant from the Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. to purchase specialized equipment for its technical rescue team, according to Ray Nagy, a fire captain and vice president of the fire company. The fire company plans to buy…
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Budget includes slight tax increase
Bordentown Township Committee approves budget that includes township’s first municiapl tax increase since 1996. BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP The Township Committee Monday approved its $7.1 million budget, a plan that carries the township’s first municipal tax increase in eight years. Under the plan, the local purpose tax rate will increase from 43.5 cents per $100 of…
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Falcons rally to win Babe Ruth title
The Northern Burlington Babe Ruth League has completed another successful season with the championship game played Monday, June 21st at Mansfield Community Park. In the double elimination playoff round, the NB Falcons came out of the loser bracket to knock out the undefeated NB Red Hawks, 6-5, in an extra-inning thrille that forced the final…
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‘Napoleon Dynamite’
This film was conceived as an homage to Director Jared Hess’ days among the misfits at Preston High, which happens to be real. By: Bob Brown So you were the wallflower in high school. Nobody paid attention to you, or they thought you were a jerk. Wouldn’t it be sweet to go back some day…
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Vice principals hired for Timberlane, Hopewell schools
Darren Lewan and David Bailey are new administrators. By John Tredrea One-year appointments of new vice principals for Timberlane Middle School and Hopewell Elementary have been approved by the Hopewell Valley school board . Both hires, which are effective today (July 1), came at the recommendation of Superintendent of Schools Nick Lorzenzetti on June 21.…
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Donated turf field accepted by board
Gulick urges school officials to seek neighbors’ input on game schedules By:Allison Busacca Groundbreaking to install an artificial turf field began this week, shortly after the Board of Education accepted a donation for the work from the Hillsborough Education Foundation and the Hillsborough Athletic Foundation. With eight yes votes and one "absolutely" from board member…
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Dragon board clubs to race against breast cancer
The Central Jersey Dragon Boat Club will be hosting the third annual Breast Cancer Dragon Boat and Asian Festival on Mercer Lake in Mercer County Park, West Windsor, on Aug. 21 and 22. All proceeds will benefit the Princeton Warriors Breast Cancer Survivor Dragon Boat Team to maintain survivors’ quality of life. The event is…
