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  • Lawrence girls suffer second straight defeat

    Girls basketball By: Jim Green    Sometimes one 2-minute stretch can make all the difference in a basketball game.    The Lawrence High School girls basketball team was reminded of this fact Tuesday night, when the Cardinals were outscored 9-2 over the final two minutes of the third quarter of their game against Hopewell Valley. What had…

  • HHS track athletes score at Group 4 Relays

    Neither team a factor in title chase By: Rudy Brandl        Hillsborough High’s winter track and field athletes knew what they were up against in last Saturday’s NJSIAA Group 4 Relay Championships at Princeton University.    Many of the Raiders experienced their first taste of state competition at this level. In winter track and field, there’s…

  • Veronica Szukis

       MANVILLE — Veronica P. Szukis died Thursday, Jan. 15 at home. She was 66.    Born in Somerville, she lived in Manville all her life.    Mrs. Szukis was employed in the Traffic Department of Johns-Manville for 25 years, retiring in 1989.    She was a communicant of Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church in Manville.    Her brother, Francis…

  • Christine Rocks

       HILLSBOROUGH — Christine Ann (Berryman) Rocks died Sunday, Jan. 11, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident in Bridgewater. She was 43.    Born in Summit, she lived in Tuscon and Basking Ridge before moving to Hillsborough a year ago.    Surviving are her husband, Francis Rocks; a daughter Ami Sharpe of Morris Township; her mother, Maryann…

  • Grab the wheel and race to free-wheeling good times

    MY TAKE by Rose McGlew    For all you Boy Scout-ing families out there, you could probably write this week’s column yourself. But for everyone else out there, I will give you a little insight into the frenzy currently sweeping our house.    That’s right, folks, it’s Pinewood Derby time. Families all over Mercer County are buying…

  • Carman pleads guilty to burglary charges

    By:Roger Alvarado    A Manville man charged with murdering a 23-year-old woman whose body was found on the railroad tracks underneath the North Bridge Street on Oct. 12, has accepted a plea deal on two unrelated store break-ins.    Appearing before state Superior Court Judge Paul W. Armstrong in Somerville Jan. 16, East Camplain Road resident Robert…

  • Administrator already on the job

    A week after appointment, Kevin Davis gets settled By:Roger Alvarado    After 17 years as a high-ranking state Republican Kevin P. Davis says he was looking for a new challenge.    Earlier this month, the Berkeley Heights resident left his post as deputy executive director of the Senate Republican Office to assume the dual role of township…

  • NBC girls bowl an amazing 900 series vs. Moorestown

    By: Sean Moylan    The Northern Burlington County Regional High School girls’ varsity bowling team has always been very goo. In Tuesday’s 4-0 home win over Moorestown, it wasn’t just very good — it was incredible.    "It was the first time in my coaching career I ever had a girls’ team bowl a 900 series," said…

  • Programs benefit from runners

    To the editor    On Jan. 1, intrepid runners and walkers assembled in Hillsborough to participate in the Resolution Run.    The event not only provided a healthy way to launch the new year; it also raised money for a number of local nonprofit organizations, including Carols Cats.    Carols Cats would like to thank Race Director Gary…