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  • Baseball team rebounds with win over Princeton

    BASEBALL By: John E. Powers    After a difficult season-opening loss, the Lawrence High School baseball team and senior right-hander Joe Ragazzo came up big.    Ragazzo threw into the sixth inning, and senior center fielder John Haggerty went 3-for-3 with three RBIs as the Cardinals beat Princeton 6-3 Wednesday.    "It was the biggest second game of…

  • Mercer Mutual, Pennington at odds over water matter

    Cause of alarm is borough’s not certifying that water will be available for the fire sprinkler system in an 11,000-square-foot addition to Mercer’s office building on Route 31. By John Tredrea    Pennington officials are conferring on a daily basis with representatives of Mercer Mutual Insurance Co. on what Mercer’s attorney calls an eleventh hour "glitch"…

  • DISPATCHES: A fan’s note on the boys of summer

    DISPATCHES By Hank Kalet: Some predictions for the Major League Baseball season. By: Hank Kalet    Baseball is back, baby.    I know it’s cold and windy outside, weather better suited to the annual Thanksgiving game between North and South Brunswick high schools than a game between the Phillies and Pirates on an early April afternoon in…

  • MOST THINGS CONSIDERED: Even without naming winner, game still scores well with kids

    MOST THINGS CONSIDERED By Minx McCloud: "The Ungame" brings friends closer without having to name a winner. By: Minx McCloud    Jim and I decided years ago that we would make bad parents, so we never had children. I don’t regret it, for it was the right decision for us and any poor kid we might…

  • Raider boys seeking .500 lacrosse season

    Coviello likes experience of returning cast By: John E. Powers        In 1999, the Hillsborough High School boys’ lacrosse team went 8-8. Since that time, the Raiders haven’t been close to the .500 mark but head coach Vin Coviello believes this could be the season.    Hillsborough lost leading scorer Brett Russo to graduation and effective…

  • Divided council rebuffs settlement

    Residents also want to know who knew what, when By:Roger Alvarado    Tempers flared during a heated special session of the Borough Council Monday as members refused to pass a resolution that could have led to the construction of 10 townhouses along 13th Avenue and Brooks Boulevard.    Borough Council members voted 4-2, with Senga Allan and…

  • Manville school board candidates share commitment to district

    Meet the candidates    Editor’s note: We asked the three candidates seeking election to the three, three-year terms on the Board of Education to share their views with readers.    Louis Petzinger and Janice Mathewson are seeking reelection to the board, while Gary Cortelyou is running for a seat being vacated by Frank Jurewicz. Background of candidates…

  • Pay-to-play petition in motion

    Lawrence citizens secure 100 signatures. By: Lea Kahn    A group of citizens aiming to convince Township Council to adopt a revised pay-to-play ordinance is on its way to gathering the 690 signatures needed to put the issue before the governing body.    The citizens have gathered more than 100 signatures on a petition that calls for…

  • BRHS, NBC golf teams both shoot down wins

    By: Sean Moylan    The Bordentown Regional High School coed varsity golf team won two out of its first three matches to start the season. And with any luck Bordentown could have been 3-0.    Bordentown flattened Burlington City, 180-214, in last Thursday’s home opener at Hanover Country Club. Although Bordentown’s Eric Timm was the medallist with…