Category: archives
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C-PLL shakes off early loss
Face rematch with Florence after avenging loss to Millstone-Roosevelt By: Rich Fisher HAMILTON Ray O’Brien does not look at the losers’ bracket as a chance to be eliminated. He would rather look at it as a chance to eliminate. "Every time we win a game, another team is knocked out of the tournament," said…
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Restructured fair kicks off July 22
New amusement company hired to provide rides for event By:Alec Moore The annual Firemen’s Fair, organized and sponsored by the Hillsborough’s Volunteer Fire Company No. 2, will be held earlier than normal this year. While the fair has traditionally been held during the first or second week of August, the fair will kick off at…
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Camp stresses work and play
There is an integral educational componetn to the Eggerts Crossing Village Summer of Champions day camp. By: Lea Kahn On the basketball court at Eggerts Crossing Village, young boys’ voices fill the air as they shoot hoops. Nearby, another group of children compete to see who can swing the highest on the swing set. Inside…
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Late night a great night for P-C 15’s in Babe Ruth play
By: Bob Nuse EWING One game can give a team a whole lot of confidence, while at the same time leave the other in dire straights. Such was the case with Monday night’s District One Babe Ruth 15-year-old tournament game between Princeton-Cranbury and Montgomery. A rally in the bottom of the seventh tied for…
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Forum and candlelight vigil to protest nuclear testing plan
In response to the Bush Administration’s proposal to ease and speed resumption of U.S. nuclear testing, the Coalition for Peace Action is sponsoring an educational forum and candlelight vigil on Tuesday, July 16, in Princeton. The date is the anniversary of the first U.S. nuclear test, code-named Trinity, in 1945. The forum, which will begin…
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Man charged in sex assault
Accused of touching child By: Brian Shappell A Monmouth Junction man accused of sexually assaulting a child Friday is being held without bail at the Middlesex County Adult Correction Center in North Brunswick. Rosendo Aliaga, 32, of New Road was charged with one count of sexual assault and one count of endangering a…
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FROM ROOSEVELT: Pooling resources
I remember last summer all too well. How could I forget the many cries of my children? By: Linda Schuster "I’m hot! When are we getting a pool?" They were right. It was hot. They needed a pool. But I didn’t want to deal with it. What with balancing chemicals, watching the kids while they…
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Man charged in assault of girl, 13
Lakewood resident faces two counts of sexual assault By:Alec Moore A 69-year-old Lakewood man has been arrested and charged with the sexual assault of a 13-year-old Hillsborough girl. Joel Serapio Valdivia of Thornberry Drive, Lakewood, was charged and taken into custody by township police on Monday. According to Somerset County Prosecutor Wayne Forrest, the victim…
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July 4 fire leaves family homeless
Residence is uninhabitable By: John Tredrea A fire broke out while no one was home at a Pennington-Harbourton Road home the afternoon of July 4, causing extensive damage and taking the lives of three cats. Hopewell Township police say the fire at the Walter Jarvis residence, at 343 Pennington-Harbourton Road in the west-central section of…
