Category: archives
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Misslehorn, BRHS girls’ track record first win
Scotties set school marks in 4X800, distance medley; boys continue to excel By:Sean Moylan This year Bordentown Regional High School girls’ varsity track and field team has always known it had the potential to be a very good team. In the last few days the Scotties proved it – winning a convincing 80-47 meet against…
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EDITORIAL: Give voters independent analysis
School referendum costs shouldn’t be left to districts and public relations firms. By: Figures lie, and liars figure. That is the root of the controversy surrounding the Washington Township Board of Education at the present time. According to a public relations firm hired by the school district to help it push through a construction referendum…
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HHS laxmen looking forward to first county tourney
Young Raiders hope to salvage something By: Rudy Brandl While the young Hillsborough High boys’ lacrosse team has experienced growing painscompeting in the rigorous Pitt Division, it should stack up to the opposition much better in the upcoming inaugural Somerset County Tournament. The Raiders (2-12) obviously didn’t enter the county seeding meeting with an…
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More tough breaks keep HHS golfers out of states
Cannon, Schulte qualify as individuals By: Rudy Brandl High school golf is a team sport, not an individual discipline. Hillsborough High’s veteran club has enjoyed its share of solid individual performances this spring, but the Raiders haven’t managed to put it all together as a team in pressure situations. John Cannon and Brad Schulte have…
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Hillsborough High School shocked by attack
Fight in cafeteria may lead to criminal bias crime charges. By:Krzysztof Scibiorski Police are still sorting through the events surrounding the April 29 fight at Hillsborough High School that followed harassment of a gay student, but district officials are already anticipating a lawsuit will be filed. The fight involved sophomore Scott Lipich and four other…
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New job cuts at Dow Jones
The company has laid off 40 workers since Friday, including 17 noneditorial positions at the facility at Ridge Road and Route 1. By: Brian Shappell Employees at the South Brunswick location of Dow Jones & Co. are facing another round of job cuts. The company, which publishes The Wall Street Journal and other business periodicals,…
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Historic House Tourto benefit Hopewell library
The May 19 tour will consist of six homes, a business and several historic buildings. Stroll through Hopewell: Historic House Tour will be held on Sunday, May 19, from noon-5 p.m. Organized by the Friends of the Hopewell Public Library, the tour will consist of six homes, a business and several historic buildings. Tickets cost…
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Recreation issues occupy Township Committee
HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE BRIEFS By: John Tredrea The Hopewell Valley Regional School District will be sent work done on the so-called Back Timberlane athletic fields project by township engineer Paul Pogorzelski. The Hopewell Township Committee voted unanimously May 2 to share this work with the school board. Mr. Pogorzelski estimated the value of the work…
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Zoning board should do what’s best
LEDGER FORUM Having read many of the letters printed pertaining to the Westerly Road Church’s proposed site on Princeton Pike and professing not to have any answers to the debate, I have several questions for all to consider. What good is restoring a pre-Revolutionary home on the Battlefield Corridor, not to mention one belonging to…
