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  • Softball squad struggling down season’s stretch run

    Softball By: Jim Green    This is not how Lawrence High School softball coach Pete Cino hoped his team would be playing during the season’s stretch run.    The Cardinals dropped their second straight game and fourth out of five Monday, falling to Pennington 4-3 at LHS. The defeat came on the heels of a 9-7 loss…

  • Even the Dallas Cowboys saluteManville’s newest Eagle Scouts

    LIVING IN MANVILLE By:Mary Ellen Zangara    A crowd of 150 joined Matthew Nile and Michael Chabra as they received their Eagle Scout Awards, the highest rank in Boy Scouting, Sunday during a Court of Honor ceremony at the Veterans of Foreign War Post 2290. were awarded .    The Scouts from Troop 193 were joined by…

  • Toll Gate Grammar School gets flag from Rep. Rush Holt

    Toll Gate was the Hopewell Valley school with the highest percentage of students participating in the April 15 Project Democracy election.    On Friday (May 2), U.S. Congressman Rush Holt (NJ-12th) presented an American flag from the nation’s capitol to Toll Gate Grammar School in recognition of the students’ participation in Project Democracy.    Toll Gate was…

  • Chaos reigns as Hopewell Townshipofficials clash over Kemp resolution

    Defining act of bizarre May 1 fracas was Committeewoman Kemp’s taking the gavel from Deputy Mayor Ferrara. By John Tredrea    Shrill anarchy and venomous disagreement were on lengthy public display during the May 1 Hopewell Township Committee meeting.    The session was dominated by a bitterly raucous debate on whether the committee should entertain a resolution,…

  • MHS track team remains unbeaten

    Athletes set for tougher competition By: Rudy Brandl        Manville High’s track and field athletes may not make much noise in the championship meets, but they’ve been unbeatable in dual meets so far this season.    The Mustangs improved to 4-0 in regular season action with last week’s 88-29 rout at Roselle Park. MHS took first…

  • Skate park set to open Saturday

    Ceremony planned at Washington Township facility. By: Laura Szalaj    WASHINGTON — After more than a year of anticipation, kids at last will have a skate park to use in the township.    "They just want to get in and use the park," Township Committeeman Vince Calcagno said.    Festivities at Saturday’s grand opening will begin at 10…

  • Raider boys produce a little lacrosse excitement

    HHS knocked out of SCT in overtime By: John E. Powers        The effort had been there throughout the game and the lead seemed secure for the Hillsborough High School boys’ lacrosse team as time dwindled in Monday’s Somerset County Lacrosse Tournament quarterfinal match with Immaculata at Miller Lane Park in Bedminster.    Hillsborough, which had…

  • Stephanie Pfoutz playsat NYC conference

       Percussionist Stephanie Pfoutz, a sophomore from Manville, performed with the Brass Ensemble of The College of New Jersey at a special concert in New York, last month.    The ensemble was invited to present the opening concert of the 31st annual New York Conference for Brass Scholarship on April 11th at the Park Central Hotel in…

  • Cable, Internet servicepasses to Patriot Media

    Also, suspicious fire breaks out at offices By:Alec Moore    Connecticut-based Patriot Media took over RCN’s billing, cable television service and cable modem service at the stroke of midnight, May 1.    Jim Holanda, president of Patriot Media, Hillsborough’s cable franchise and Internet provider, said that while there were some technical difficulties involved in making the transition,…