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  • Plans for former Pennington post office building renovation nixed

    Planning Board voted 5-2 to deny the variance requests. By Marianne Hooker    At its Feb. 11 meeting, the Pennington Planning Board denied a request for variances that would have allowed the renovation and redesign of the former post office building at the corner of Main Street and Delaware Avenue.    The owner of the property still…

  • Duke estate could become cultural center

    New cultural district proposed as huge poetry event develops. By: Roger Alvarado    Later this year, Hillsborough will play host to one of the largest poetry events in North America, the Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival, and plans are already well under way.    The biennial festival will take place at the Duke Farms estate from Sept.…

  • Molinaro wins 100th match as mat coach

    Raiders lose thriller in The Pit By: Rudy Brandl    Hillsborough High head wrestling coach Steve Molinaro won his 100th career match during Saturday’s home quad-meet sweep, but that milestone victory isn’t the one he’ll be talking about or pondering over for years to come.    Molinaro’s last defeat prior to win No. 100, which took place…

  • UF board to host session on referendum

    Information about upcoming school building referendum for Upper Freehold School District will be discussed at an information session scheduled for Feb. 25. By: Sarah Winkelman    UPPER FREEHOLD — The public will have its first opportunity to hear about an upcoming school building referendum at an information session scheduled for Feb. 25.    The session will begin…

  • The State We’re In: Regional plan needed in Highlands

    The State We’re In by Michele S. Byers: Plan needed to protect the regions most valuable resource: the drinking water it provides to over half the state’s residents. By: Michele S. Byers    The Highlands is a region of rugged beauty crossing the northwestern part of this state we’re in. You’ll find irreplaceable endangered species habitat,…

  • DISPATCHES: Money is the root of Yankees’ evil

    DISPATCHES by Hank Kalet: Yankees’ payroll reaches $200 million with A-Rod acquirement. By: Hank Kalet    I don’t know that I can be a baseball fan anymore.    I don’t know that I can sit down and watch a game in which the competitive balance is so skewed toward the teams with money, a game in which…

  • Bobik’s boys earn the top seed for SJ Group I playoffs

    By: Sean Moylan    The Florence Township Memorial High School boys’ varsity basketball squad stands as living proof that hard work does pay off.    Late last week it was announced that the Flashes had earned the top seed in the Group I South NJSIAA state tournament. That means the Flashes could conceivably play at home until…

  • Cardinal boys survive and advance

    Boys basketball By: Jim Green    It might not have been pretty, but the Lawrence High School boys basketball team got the job done.    Sophomore center Brett Brackett tallied 11 points and eight rebounds to lead a gutsy effort, as 10th-seeded Lawrence upset seventh-seeded Pennington 49-36 Monday in the first round of the Mercer County Tournament.…

  • School board president won’t run again

    DiMartino declines to seek third term. By: Lea Kahn    There will be at least one new face on the Lawrence Township Board of Education, as incumbent school board member Mary DiMartino has opted against seeking a third term in the April 20 school board election.    School board members Anne Casale and Laurel Goodell have declared…