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  • HoVal off to the races

    Winter Track By: Jim Green    With few dual meets and a limited emphasis on wins and losses, many high schools take a laid-back attitude into the winter track season.    That’s not the case for Hopewell Valley Central.    "They (the Lady Bulldogs) look forward to every event they get to race," Hopewell Valley girls track coach…

  • Lawrence takes fourth at Princeton Tournament

    Wrestling By: Mike Molaro    The Lawrence High School wrestling squad had an outstanding afternoon at Saturday’s Princeton High School Tournament.    The Cardinals had three individual varsity champions and four individual junior varsity champions. They also placed fourth in the varsity competition with 76.5 points and were second in the junior varsity competition. Roselle Park captured…

  • Downzoning hearings postponed

    Monday’s meeting may seal fate of township’s attempt to reduce sprawl By:John Patten    The Township Committee postponed any action on three rezoning ordinances because the notification sent to affected residents about one of the ordinances was flawed.    The committee was poised to hold the public hearings and final votes on the three ordinances — one…

  • Residents object to Hillsborough development

    Say 25-foot buffer from housing inadequate By:John Patten    HILLSBOROUGH — A contingent of Manville residents attended the Dec. 18 Hillsborough Township Committee meeting to weigh in on an ordinance that will affect their properties.    For about an hour, the parade of Manville residents — mostly from Dominick Street, which abuts the property the Bielanski Group…

  • Cards drop fourth straight

    Ice Hockey By: Jim Green    On paper, Monday’s match-up between the 1-4 Lawrence High School ice hockey team and Colonial Valley Conference power Hightstown appeared hopelessly lopsided. On the ice, it at least was competitive for a period.    The struggling Cardinals, who carried a three-game losing streak into the game, were within two goals of…

  • ‘Significant movement’ on teachers pact

    Agreement reached on terms for health care provisions By:Sally Goldenberg    The ongoing teachers contract battle moved forward last week when the opposing parties settled on terms surrounding health benefits.    Salaries are still unfinished business between the Hillsborough Board of Education and the Hillsborough Education Association, a local subsidiary of the state teachers union, the New…

  • Embattled building official rebuilds department

    Staffing troubles added complaints during year of commercial development in Hillsborough. By:Sally Goldenberg    Heinz Keller ventured to Hillsborough in hopes of renovating the Pheasant’s Landing restaurant and reopening it to the public as a German, American and Swiss eatery. He said he left his restaurant in Berkley Heights for one in Hillsborough because he was…

  • ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers’

    Titanic forces battle for Middle Earth in the second installment of the epic film trilogy.   [PG-13] By: Jim Boyle Above, Christopher Lee (left) and Brad Dourif in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.

  • Manville couple hospitalized following Mercer County collision

    By:Chris Karmiol    EAST WINDSOR — A Manville couple, still hospitalized after causing a head-on collision Dec. 12 on Mercer Street, will face a list of charges, East Windsor police said last week.    The accident occurred at 2:19 p.m. when a Ford Escort, driven by Karen H. Nowak, 36, drifted across the centerline from the west…