Category: archives
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TP class didn’t deserve rave review
To the editor I was very disappointed in the raving review that the TP class of Hillsborough schools received. I am one of the parents who refused the TP class for two of my children. I find that the school picks out all of the children who have a birthday between May and the…
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Litter offensive to everyone
To the editor Hurray to Angela Clerico for her concerns regarding people who use Hillsborough as a dumping ground. I’ve been tempted in the past to write but her letter confirmed my action. Would you like anyone throwing their garbage on your property? As we all know Amwell Road has become a highway through…
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Youth leads Lady Bulldogs
Hopewell Valley Girls Soccer By: Matt Nalbone It is often said that good team never rebuilds, they just reload. That statement fits the girls soccer team from Hopewell Valley this year. It seems like everyone expects the HoVal soccer teams to produce winners year after year, and frankly, they usually do. Coach Mike LoRicco was…
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Familiar coach at helm of Lady Bulldogs
Hopewell Valley Girls Tennis By: Matt Nalbone The Hopewell Valley Central High School girls tennis team underwent a familiar change this year when Alma Quinlan returned to the team after a two-year break. Overall, this is her fifth season as head coach and things are shaping up nicely for the 2002 season. As early as…
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Vikes’ tennis team remains consistent
By: T.J. Furman For South Brunswick High’s tennis team, it’s steady as she goes. The Vikings followed up their opening 2-1 week of the season with another 2-1 mark to improve to 4-2. "We’re right where we should be," coach Barbara Whitman proclaimed. Where the Vikings are is third place in the Greater Middlesex Conference…
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Town: Show the door to drug offenders
Plumsted introduces ordinance to require mobile home owners to evict convicted violators. By: Scott Morgan PLUMSTED The message is not subtle: violate drug laws and the township wants you out. To accomplish that goal, at least in part, the Township Committee is planning to take a unique step. If an ordinance introduced Monday night…
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Special Olympics facility opens
A 34,000-square-foot sports complex opened on Princess Road. By: Lea Kahn Special Olympics New Jersey, a nonprofit organization that helps people with developmental disabilities, threw open the doors last week to its new $4.2 million sports complex on Princess Road. New Jersey First Lady Dina McGreevey was on hand for the ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday, as…
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Ceremony marks Scout’s achievement
Michael Drozd joins Troop 186’s nest of Eagle Scouts By:Mary Ellen Zangara Troop 186 has added another Eagle Scout to its roster last week Hillsborough Scout Michael Drozd joined the elite group earning the highest rank in Boy Scouts. An Eagle Scout Court of Honor and Dinner was held in Michael’s honor on Saturday…
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Crossing Borders
Many stories about life in Spain, Brazil and Mexico will be told this year at Princeton University’s Latin American and Spanish documentary film festival. By: Elise Nakhnikian The military coup that displaced Chile’s leader in 1973, the gentrification of a Barcelona neighborhood that can’t escape its past and a musician’s joyful journey to explore his…
