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  • Redbirds football comeback ends at 1 yard line

    It might sound funny to hear that a 43-18 game was settled by a yard, but Allentown is not laughing. By: Kyle Moylan    Down 30-6 at one point, Allentown was in the process of staging what might have gone down as the greatest comeback in the history of the program. Allentown scored two touchdowns late…

  • Residents get ‘tour’ of new high school

    Architect presents computer-generated look at Washington facility. By: Cynthia Koons    WASHINGTON — There were very few empty spaces in the parking lot and those that were vacant were far from the entrance to Pond Road Middle School on Monday night.    Inside the cafetorium, a crowd gathered to go inside the new Washington Township high school,…

  • Lady Raiders stun Ridge to gain SCT semifinals

    Kelly goal, DiGiovanni saves make difference By: Rudy Brandl        BERNARDS — If defense wins championships, then the Hillsborough High girls’ soccer team will be in serious contention for the Somerset County Tournament title.    The sixth-seeded Lady Raiders (6-5-2) advanced to the county semifinals with a 1-0 upset victory at third-ranked Ridge last Saturday. It…

  • This plan offers a bumpercrop of good choices

    EDITORIAL: Master Plan revision is town’sbest opportunity to slow development    Let’s say it right out — there’s no reason for any elected or appointed official not to embrace the proposed amendments to Hillsborough’s Master Plan.    As announced last week, the first step being taken in the rewrite of the township’s guide to future development is…

  • NEHS football falls back to .500

    Warriors lose to Riverside. By: Scott Morgan    Things started out badly. Things continued to go badly. By the end of the first quarter, the New Egypt Warriors were already in a 27-0 hole. They were out their ace running back Lee Hopkins, who’d twisted his ankle in a 14-0 victory over Maple Shade, and repeatedly…

  • David Kutliroff

       David Kutliroff, 83, of Monmouth Junction, died Sunday, Oct. 20, at her home.    Born in Freehold, Mr. Kutliroff was a resident of South Brunswick for most of his life.    He taught physics at New Brunswick High School for more than 25 years before retiring in 1981. Mr. Kutliroff received both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees…

  • League’s Candidates’ Night to be aired on local cable

    Beginning next week    The League of Women Voters of Hopewell Valley’s Candidates’ Night —held at Hopewell Valley Central High School Tuesday night and videotaped by high school students — can be seen on local cable television.    Candidates were invited to participate from Hopewell Township, Pennington Borough and Hopewell Borough.    In Hopewell and Pennington boroughs, the…

  • South tennis team shuffles the deck and comes up with an ace

    By: Tyler Dey    Though the South Brunswick High girls tennis team’s nemesis, East Brunswick, proved itself the better team once again this week, a win Tuesday against John F. Kennedy left Vikings’ coach Barbara Whitman glowing. South Brunswick improved its record to 12-5 Tuesday with a 3½-1½ win at JFK. What so impressed Whitman, however,…

  • Warriors clinch spot in postseason

    New Egpyt wins three games, ties one. By: Kyle Moylan    The 2002 season already was a memorable one before last week started. The New Egypt High School boys’ soccer team, however, put together a week its members will probably remember 50 year from now.    In a busy and productive week against some of the toughest…