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  • Vikes are golden in six GMC events

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    It’s not what a person wears, but how he/she accessorizes that defines style.    That means that several South Brunswick High School track and field athletes are ready for any runway after picking up gold medals to go with their black and gold uniforms. Four boys and two girls came in first…

  • Early deadline for HVN’s June 3 edition

    Copy, photos due by 3 p.m. May 28. By Ruth Luse    Because of the Memorial Day holiday, May 31, the deadline for submission of news copy, letters to the editor, etc., for the June 3 edition of the HVN is May 28 at 3 p.m. This includes letters for JUNE PRIMARY CAMPAIGN CORNER.    All photos…

  • Labor of love produces songs of hope

    Parkinson’s benefit CD continues family tribute. By: Steve Feitl    There’s a new collection featuring singer-songwriters showing up in record stores across the country and online music outlets. And while a double-CD set featuring well-known artists like Bonnie Raitt, David Crosby and Graham Nash will surely have national appeal, the genesis of the album can be…

  • Ruth Graves

    By:    HILLSBOROUGH — Ruth Doris (Bonfer) Graves died May 12 in Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. She was 85.    Born in Hillsborough, she lived there the majority of her life. Mrs. Graves was employed as a pipe fitter for Johns-Manville Corp. during World War II.    Her husband, Clarence William Graves, died in 2003.    A funeral…

  • Grace May Serafin-Mangino

       Grace May Serafin-Mangino died at birth on May 8.    She is survived by her adoptive parents, Jayne and Fred Mangino of Hopewell Township; her birth mother Catherine; siblings, Amanda, Michelle, Cheyanne and Sam; grandparents; an aunt, an uncle and cousins.    A memorial service was held at the McCracken Funeral Home, Union, on Tuesday.    Donations may…

  • Smith, Park lead Cards past Ewing

    Softball By: Jim Green    Lawrence High School softball coach Pete Cino just had a feeling Kathy Park was due.    After senior third baseman Rachael Smith crushed a double to lead off the bottom of the eighth inning of Tuesday’s state tournament first-round game against Ewing, Cino had a decision to make. He could ask the…

  • Red Raiders win Prep B title

    Softball By: Mike Molaro    The Pennington School softball team entered the 2004 season not really knowing where it stood on the talent meter.    While they weren’t an unknown quantity, these Red Raiders hadn’t yet forged their identity or set their sights on a sixth consecutive Prep B state championship.    "The girls were unsure of what…

  • Spring fling

    Historical Society holds Spring Social. Members of the Hopewell Valley Historical Society, guests and friends gathered at a Spring Social at Hopewell Valley Vineyards on Yard Road Saturday evening. Among them were Andy and Helen Greener of Hopewell Township, who are checking in and getting their wine glasses.

  • Lawrence council opts for 1-cent cut

    School tax rate hike now 15 cents. By: Lea Kahn    After a month of wrangling over the defeated 2004-05 school district budget, Township Council adopted a resolution that cut the proposed 16-cent tax rate increase by 1 cent Tuesday night.    Township Council voted 3-1 to approve the resolution. Deputy Mayor Pam Mount and Councilmen Michael…