Category: archives
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Doubles teams make difference
RAIDER ROUNDUP By: Rudy Brandl Hillsborough High boys’ tennis coach Larry Johnson was correct when stressing the importance of doubles play in team success earlier this season. That formula proved on the mark in last Friday’s Central Jersey Group 4 match against Manalapan at Nassau Tennis Club in Montgomery. The Raiders won both doubles…
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Red Raiders eliminated from prep tournament
Baseball By: Mike Molaro Jerry Russo knows its difficult to defeat the same opponent twice within a week. So the veteran Pennington School baseball coach had no doubts that Monday’s Prep B state tournament quarterfinal match-up at Princeton Day School would be a lot different than the 9-2 road triumph over the Panthers on May…
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Hopewell girls track team places second at MCT
Spring track By: Jim Green When members of the Hopewell Valley Central High School girls spring track team look back at the 2003 Mercer County Tournament, their thoughts will be consumed by two "what if" questions. What if two Lady Bulldogs had been able to get their entry cards in on time for the 200-meter…
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Tangents: Comic book superheroes v. the evil-doers
TANGENTS by John Saccenti: The war coverage has been sold to the public just like a brightly illustrated comic book. By: John Saccenti Good news. Iraq’s Dr. Germ turned herself in last weekend. Apparently, she couldn’t stand the heat coming from a nation of do-gooders. Her capture is especially good since her Iraqi sidekick, Chemical…
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POST FORUM: swimming pool
Should the township buy 20 acres from the YMCA and lease the land back to the group for construction of a pool? Should the township buy 20 acres from the YMCA and lease the land back to the group for construction of a pool?
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News of Other Days
May 15 edition 125 years ago At Lumberton in this county, a little girl 5 years of age fell into a well while chasing a butterfly. A good subject for a poem. * * * The strawberry festival at Trinity M.E. Church last Saturday evening was well enjoyed and the profits snug. * * *…
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Lady Bulldogs qualify for state tournament
Softball By: Mike Molaro If the Hopewell Valley Central High School softball team was to earn a berth in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Central Jersey Group II tournament, the Lady Bulldogs wanted to make sure that they qualified on the field and not through the back door. With a 7-7 mark heading…
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Decision due by July on Kendall Park tract
Committee may use open space trust fund for property. By: Sharlee DiMenichi The Middlesex County Open Space Committee could decide in the next two months whether it will allocate money from the county’s open space trust fund to help the township buy the last large block of open space in Kendall Park. Freeholder Director David…
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Roosevelt student wins governor’s literacy award
Gov. McGreevey makes personal visit to Roosevelt Public School to congratulate winner. By: Scott Morgan ROOSEVELT Jesse Schuster had no clue. Like every other student at the Roosevelt Public School Tuesday, Jesse sat on the lobby floor and listened to Gov. James E. McGreevey read aloud from the book "Down by the Cool of…
