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  • George, Feig and Brewer advance in Region VII

    By: Sean Moylan    "Nasty Boy" Erik George’s tough 4-3 loss to Eric Ammirata in the District 25 finals at Steinert was a hard one to swallow because everyone was quite aware of George’s enormous talent.    However, in Tuesday’s Region VII pre-quarterfinals action at Eastern High School, George decided not to leave his fate up to…

  • Rhythms of the Night: a dream come true

    John Pettoni’s new restaurant offers live music By:Roger Alvarado    Bloomingdale Drive resident John Pettoni had a vision.    He would transform a long-abandoned and dilapidated building ravaged by Hurricane Floyd in 1999 into a beautifully designed pub, restaurant and banquet hall and top it off by filling it with the Rhythms of the Night.    What was…

  • March 4, 6:06 p.m.: The jobs go away

    A column from the Progressive Populist. By: Hank Kalet    Here’s my column from the Progressive Populist on the outsourcing problem.

  • Teen goes to work for township

    High school senior helping in administrative offices By:Roger Alvarado    Over the next four months one senior at Hillsborough High School will get to leave school a little early each day so he can start a new job — learning the ins and outs of municipal government.    Township Administrator and Acting Clerk Kevin P. Davis has…

  • Local candidates file in school board races

    Candidates file for local School board elections, which will take place on April 20. By: Eve Collins and Scott Morgan    The stage is set for this year’s local school board races, as candidates for the area’s multitude of seats filed Monday. School board elections will take place on April 20. BORDENTOWN REGIONAL    There are three…

  • Father of HoVal basketball captain dies after collapsing during tourney game

    Decision not to replay first-round playoff game was made out of respect for the family of team Captain Jeff Molinelli, whose father, John, suffered a fatal heart attack as he was photographing the Bulldogs from the sidelines. By John Tredrea    The NJSIAA Group III Central boys basketball tournament game suspended Tuesday night after a team…

  • Letters to the Editor, March 4, 2003

    Traffic task force needed To the editor and Hopewell Township Mayor Vanessa Sandom:     Created in 1996, the Mayors’ Task Force on Traffic and Trucking has remained a powerful and successful institution through the tenure of six Hopewell Township mayors. The task force has been responsible for a 47 percent reduction of truck traffic on…

  • Lady Dawgs prepare for tournament

    Girls basketball By: Jim Green    The Hopewell Valley Central High School girls basketball team already had 13 wins and the Colonial Valley Conference Patriot Division title wrapped up. The Lady Bulldogs’ biggest win of the year, though, might have been No. 14.    Hopewell was coming off back-to-back losses in the Mercer County Tournament when it…

  • POLICE BLOTTER

       The manager of the Claremont Towers apartment building on Eves Drive reported that seven large floor mats were stolen from 574 Auten Road and 776 Eves Drive between 5 p.m. Feb. 18 and 8:30 a.m. Feb. 19.    Three floor mats from the lobby area of 574 Auten Road measuring 20 feet by 3 feet were…