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  • Spring teams soared on state circuit

    HHS SPRING AWARDS By: Rudy Brandl    Hillsborough High’s spring athletes and teams made their most significant collective impact ever on the state scholastic sports scene.    There weren’t any individual state champions or sectional team winners, but almost every HHS team gained some form of state recognition. The baseball, softball, boys’ tennis and golf teams all…

  • Ordog delivers, but Burlington falls in extra innings

    By: Sean Moylan    Everything was in place for Florence’s Matt Ordog to be the hero of Burlington’s semifinal Carpenter Cup game versus Mercer played at Citizen’s Bank Park on Monday afternoon.    In fact, Ordog’s clutch two-out double to left-center in the bottom of the ninth had pulled Burlington even with Mercer (4-4).    "I didn’t know…

  • After dogs, kids?

    To the editor By:     We don’t need some nut case going after dogs with a stopwatch.    Who will be his next target — our kids or the local song birds because they make noise? Carolyn Nelson Manville

  • Council applies for trail grant

    Lawrence seeks $200K for bike path. By: Allison Busacca    Eight-year-old Andrew Moldoff didn’t want the trail.    "Why do they want to hurt Mother Nature?" he asked his mother, Holly Ferris.    The mother and son were among the more than 50 people that went to the Lawrence Township Council meeting June 16 which resulted in council…

  • Foodtown store closing July 5

    Other stores at Manville’s Rustic Mall vow to stay. By: Roger Alvarado    Citing money woes and the borough’s ongoing attempts to condemn the Rustic Mall, Manville Foodtown owner Edmund J. Paczkowski says he is pulling the plug on his store, leaving 60 employees without jobs.    The 19-year-old supermarket will close its doors July 5, according…

  • Gusrang, Medina toss shutouts for Patriots

    By: Sean Moylan    The Bordentown Patriots 16-and-under baseball team has been winning in the Delaware Valley Wooden Bat League with pitching, pitching and more pitching.    They’re hitting too.    This past Saturday everything fell into place for the Patriots as they swept a doubleheader against Lenape.    In the first game, Sean Gusrang, who hails from Burlington…

  • Myron Garnel

    By:    HILLSBOROUGH — Myron Garnel died June 17 at home. He was 60.    Born in Newark, he lived in Union before moving to Hillsborough 26 years ago.    Mr. Garnel worked for Transnet Corporation in Somerville in its IT Department.    He served in the U.S. Army from 1958 through 1961.    Surviving are his wife, Ginny (Juliano)…

  • TANGENTS by JahnSaccenti: Letting a teacher make a difference

    TANGENTS by John Saccenti:Life lessons learned well after graduation By:John Saccenti    Teachers make a difference.    At least they did for me, a fact I was surprised to learn well after I had graduated from South Brunswick High School.    There have been more than a few students who over the years have failed to pick up…

  • Contaminated soil removal complete

    The last known contaminated soil has been removed from the site of a 1960 nuclear silo fire at Fort Dix. By: Scott Morgan    FORT DIX — Air Force officials announced last week that ground crews have removed the last known contaminated soil from the site of a 1960 nuclear silo fire.    Maj. John Dorrian, an…