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  • Tripping the light fantastic toe, Broadway-style

    The Chesterfield Hose Co. Ladies Auxiliary hosts Broadway Dance classes. By: Eve Collins    CHESTERFIELD — Broadway, eat your heart out. A group of ladies in Chesterfield is tearing up the dance floor.    "It’s fun, it’s hard work and I always feel stupid — but I’m having a great time," said Roseann Greenberg, vice president of…

  • Hopewell squeaks by Ewing

    Boys soccer By: John E. Powers    The Hopewell Valley Central High School boys soccer team has the No. 5 seed in the upcoming Mercer County Tournament. But the Bulldogs are playing like a team that might be able to make a serious run at a title.    The Bulldogs, at one time 3-4-1, improved to 10-4-3…

  • Margaret Kovacs

       Margaret E. (Stumpf) Kovacs, 80, of Monmouth Junction, died Saturday, Oct. 18, at Saint Peter’s University Hospital in New Brunswick.    Born in Edison, she lived there and then in Toms River before moving to Monmouth Junction eight years ago. She was employed as a cook at Burger King in Monmouth Junction for seven years, retiring…

  • Candidates quiet on committee

    To the editor By:    This year’s Republican candidates appear to be clones of last year’s candidates. How can we trust these candidates to be any different from their predecessors?    Have you heard the Republican candidates attacking their Republican Township colleagues for the $2 million dollar increase in the budget and resultant tax increase? Nope, not…

  • Greyhounds girls’ soccer facing a must-win game

    By: Sean Moylan    "We have to play harder and get it done because the time is now," said Terry Jennings, following her squad’s heartbreaking 1-0 loss to Rancocas Valley on Tuesday.    NBC’s record fell to 5-6-1 with the defeat, which makes today’s (Thursday) scheduled home game versus Holy Cross the most crucial contest of the…

  • Candidates agree bypass must be built

    By:Roger Alvarado    Democrats and Republicans running for Township Committee agree on ensuring the completion of the Hillsborough Bypass, placing caps on spending and preserving open space, but differ in their priorities.    Democrats Bill Gold and Dale Gordon will face off against Republicans Carl Suraci and Bob Wagner for two three-year terms on the committee. The…

  • Thanks for saving Mill Lane open space

    To the editor By:    I took a ride down Mill Lane a couple of weeks ago.    What a beautiful location. It’s so quiet and serene; one of the loveliest spots in the town. I ride there every so often and think about how we almost lost this land to developers.    This is the site that…

  • POLICE BEAT

    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP    Palmer Wheeler III, 39, of Trenton, was charged with being a fugitive from justice at 7:57 p.m. on Oct. 18.    Officers stopped Mr. Wheeler’s car when they found it had a fake license plate, police said. Mr. Wheeler also did not have a registration for the car or insurance, according to reports.    Officers…

  • Student’s injury draws parents’ ire

    Parents of Springfield Elementary School students angered over school’s handling of injury of 10-year-old boy. By: Scott Morgan    SPRINGFIELD — Nearly five dozen frustrated parents lined the Springfield Elementary School library Tuesday night, demanding school administrators explain what parents perceive as the district’s lack of communication and punitive action taken in a recent classroom prank…