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  • Cagers sweep North Hunterdon

    RAIDER ROUNDUP By: Rudy Brandl        Hillsborough High’s basketball teams posted their first Delaware Division sweep with victories over North Hunterdon last week.    While the HHS boys and girls have split against Franklin and Bridgewater-Raritan, they both defeated North in their first divisional games of January. The Hillsborough boys overcame a slow start and rallied…

  • CASC to host 4th annual health fair

    This is the seventh and final part of a series looking at the Community Action Service Center. By: Scott Morgan    HIGHTSTOWN — It is easy to complain about the cost of health care; easier still to complain about the cost of benefits that chip away at an otherwise-healthy paycheck.    But not everyone has the luxury…

  • Red Raiders run winning streak to five

    Ice hockey By: Jim Green    The Pennington School’s ice hockey team is no longer a pushover in Mercer County.    The Red Raiders made that clear Saturday, defeating Notre Dame 2-0 at Ice Land in Hamilton. The Fighting Irish (5-5-1) were coming off a 1-1 tie with 9-2-1 Hopewell Valley.    "That (beating Notre Dame) was a…

  • Divide and Conquer

    In its intimate theater in Morrisville, Pa., Actors’ NET shows how Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, born of a common fight, developed kinship. By: Amy Brummer From left: Todd Reichart, K.T. Tomlinson and Joe Doyle in the Actors’ NET production Jefferson and Adams at the Heritage Center in Morrisville, Pa.    On July 4, 1826, America…

  • Plenty of drama for HHS wrestlers in first three meets

    Rigorous slate continues with more challenging matches By: Rudy Brandl        The Hillsborough High wrestling team has certainly been battle-tested in the early stages of the 2002-03 season.    After finishing third in two competitive tournaments in December, the Raiders have started the New Year with three very tight dual meets. HHS was hoping to finally…

  • EDITORIAL: Death penalty needs to be scrapped

    EDITORIAL: No way to save flawed system    When outgoing Illinois Gov. George Ryan commuted the death sentences of all 157 men on death row in the Midwestern state, he reignited a national debate on capital punishment that we hope will put an end to its practice.    Gov. Ryan commuted the sentences because of his belief…

  • Planning starts for ‘Manville Madness’

    Meeting Tuesday launches efforts to organize May event    Preparations for this year’s "Manville Madness" bicycle race — part of the annual Tour of Somerville "SomerCycle" races first held last year — will kick off with a meeting at the Municipal Complex Tuesday.    This year’s race has been scheduled for May 23, and organizers hope to…

  • Valley school officials face difficult budget process

    The 2003-2004 budget will go up 4 percent from last year even if the district adds nothing to it. By John Tredrea    Daunting figures are facing officials of the Hopewell Valley Regional School District as they work on a budget for 2003-2004.    When complete, the proposed budget will go before the voters in the school…

  • Viking girls finish second at GMC Relays

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    Some people might argue that it’s better to be lucky than good. At this year’s Greater Middlesex Conference Winter Track Relays, the South Brunswick High School girls’ squad turned out to be good and lucky. The Lady Vikings came in second overall in the two-day event held last week at Old…