Category: archives
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HHS girls win Skyland track crown
Pfeiffer, Crawford, Flores, Tirado win events By: Rudy Brandl It wasn’t their greatest performance, but the Hillsborough High girls did enough to win the team title at last week’s Skyland Conference Track and Field Championships. While the HHS girls completed a sweep of the conference relay and individual meets, the Raider boys finished behind Somerville…
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Walking with a purpose
Hillsborough’s Laura Bovitz will takea 60-mile walk to help fight breast cancer By:Alec Moore Laura Bovitz is hoping that many small steps will help lead to a giant leap towards a breakthrough in breast cancer research. This fall, the Hillsborough resident will be participating in the Avon Breast Cancer 3-Day, a 60-mile walk-a-thon aimed at…
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Antiques, anacondas to abound at Jubilee
The Lawrenceville Main Street Jubilee will be noon-4 p.m. Sunday in the village. By: Lea Kahn How much is that cane with the figurehead of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt worth? How about that Mickey Mouse watch still in its original packaging? Come to the Lawrenceville Main Street Jubilee on Sunday and find out. Auctioneer…
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Teachers open to challenges
Say open-space classrooms provide a sense of community By: Nick D’Amore Some teachers say the open-space classrooms at Brunswick Acres School provide staff and students with a spirit of camaraderie and community even though they pose some challenges. The classrooms and library are separated by a myriad of bookshelves, moveable walls and partitions that…
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EDITORIAL: Let ‘the Boss’ fund his own sports palace
EDITORIAL: Plan to build new arena in Newark is bad for taxpayers. The proposed new arena for the Nets and the Devils in downtown Newark is a bad deal for New Jersey. At a time when school districts, senior citizens, commuters, state college and university students, corporations, property taxpayers and just about everyone else in…
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West Windsor hosts Community Festival on Saturday
WEST WINDSOR Tired of the same old weekend activities? Then stop over Saturday at Community Park on Route 571 for the township’s Community Festival. From 2 p.m. until dark, there will be all kinds of free activities and entertainment. For the youngsters, there will be inflatable rides including a Moon Bounce and Giant Slide,…
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Hillsborough students face bias charges
School board moves on discplinary actions as Prosecutor’s Office announces charges. By:Alec Moore and Krzysztof Scibiorski The four Hillsborough High School students involved in the April 30 assault against a 17-year-old gay student at the school are learning the penalties they’ll face this week. Franklin Richardson, 19, and a 16-year-old juvenile, whom authorities refer to…
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Local officer collars driverof runaway stolen vehicle
A 17-year-old Trenton boy lost control of a stolen Acura he was driving while being pursued by Pennington police By: John Tredrea A 17-year-old Trenton boy lost control of a stolen Acura he was driving while being pursued by Pennington police shortly after midnight May 6, with the vehicle flipping over near Timberlane Middle School.…
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Raymond Drogowski
MANVILLE Raymond E. Drogowski died Saturday, May 11, at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. He was 84. Born in Dickson City, Pa., he was raised in Dickson City and settled in Manville 42 years ago. Mr. Drogowski retired in 1978 as a break operator for Harris Steel Co. of South Plainfield after he worked…
