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  • Bailey catches fire

    By: Redd E. Patrick    Monroe High School golf coach Pete LoPresti felt all along that sophomore Bryan Bailey had the potential to be his team’s best scorer this season.    Over the past two weeks, the young linkster has lived up that big-potential tag.    April 28 wasn’t the best day for Bailey as he carded a…

  • Visual Anarchy

    Ken McIndoe’s cityscapes evolve like jazz improvisations. By: Susan Van Dongen "7th Ave. & Grove St."    At the McIndoe residence in Hopewell, both husband and wife are working artists, with Ken as the noteworthy painter and Connie Bracci-McIndoe the celebrated ceramist.    There’s evidence of Mr. McIndoe’s skills in his wife’s art form as well. In…

  • Falcons making progress

    By: Ken Weingartner    The Monroe High baseball team might not be ready to step up and beat the top teams in the Greater Middlesex Conference this season, but the Falcons are gaining ground with every stride.    With a 5-14 record, Monroe is much improved over last year’s team that finished 2-19-1. Even more encouraging is…

  • Townhouses OK’d by Planning Board

    Hightstown Planning Board approves site plan for nine townhouses to be built on a 1-acre lot between William and Monmouth streets. By: David Pescatore    HIGHTSTOWN — The Planning Board on Monday cleared the way for Second Street resident Jeff Forman to build nine townhouses on a 1-acre lot between William and Monmouth streets.    The board…

  • Writing the book on survival

    Independent bookstore thrives as many succumb to onslaught of chains. By: Jill Matthews    MONTGOMERY — Steve Holovach won’t reveal how he does it.    But stuffed between ShopRite and the Sahara Restaurant at the Montgomery Shopping Center sits a store with a nondescript sign called Half Price Books.    At a time when many small bookstores seem…

  • Patriots tickets to help Ryan McKee

    By:Mary Ellen Zangara    A benefit Somerset Patriots baseball game will be another fund-raiser for resident Ryan McKee, a 13-year old who was diagnosed with leukemia.    The Aug. 13th game is sponsored by the Public Works Association of New Jersey, Region V and the New Jersey Make A Wish Foundation.    Monday night, Wendy Ewen branch manager…

  • Lack of possession hurts HHS girls in lacrosse semifinals

    Lady Raiders have shot to avenge this loss By: Rudy Brandl        BRIDGEWATER — It’s often been said that possession is nine-tenths of the law. Possession may be even more important than that in a high school lacrosse game.    The Hillsborough High girls, who entered Monday’s Somerset County semifinals with just one goal separating them…

  • Gryzeski notches first victory

    Mustangs qualify for state playoffs By: Rudy Brandl        The Manville High baseball team has received some great pitching performances from juniors Ernie Lukacs and Steve Anderson so far this season. Last week, senior right-hander Eddie Gryzeski joined the party.    Gryzeski, the ace of last year’s staff, was slow to come back from an off-season…

  • Capital projects plan uses off-site funding

    By:Roger Alvarado    The Township Committee adopted a $1.3 million capital spending plan for 2004 Tuesday, using unspent off-site funds from developers to pay for most of the work.    In 2003, Hillsborough’s capital expenditures totaled $1.26 million.    The capital budget is separate from the municipal operating budget, solely made up of projects such as road repairs,…