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  • Costantino sees improvement for Bulldogs

    Baseball By: Mike Molaro    John Costantino isn’t used to losing.    As a player and an assistant coach at Hamilton High School, he usually didn’t lose five games in a season, never mind experience a five-game losing streak.    So it’s no surprise that the Hopewell Valley Central High School rookie head baseball coach is having a…

  • Lawrence Road 7-Eleven robbed for the fourth time

       The 7-Eleven store on Lawrence Road, near Notre Dame High School, was robbed early Friday morning for the fourth time in about a year, police said.    The robber, who was wearing a ski mask, walked into the store at 3:54 a.m., police Lt. Mark Boyd said. The robber approached the cashier and demanded money from…

  • Commentswere ‘insensitive’

    To the editor    The comments from Tony Gwiazdowski regarding a baseball field for the Challenger league are disappointing, especially when they are spoken by an elected official. They reinforce insensitive treatment of the disabled and overlooks the value of their participation in organized sports like Little League baseball.    Moving the disabled away from an athletic…

  • Hopewell enjoys big win over Lawrenceville

    Girls Lacrosse By: Matt Nalbone    The past week featured three very different games for the Hopewell Valley Central High School girls lacrosse team.    The Lady Bulldogs had a very big win, a disappointing loss, and a lopsided victory after a slow start.    The featured girls game in the county so far this year had Hopewell…

  • Children learn about ad creation on the computer

    Kids visit the Production Room and help create ads. The Tour

  • Non-voters blamedfor budget defeat

    To the editor    There has been a lot of talk about how the senior citizens and the "tax-haters" defeated the school budget. Well, nothing could be further from the truth. Let’s lay the blame for the defeated budget at the feet of the real people that are responsible.    But first let me say that I…

  • FORUM: Middle East

    Who is at fault in the current crisis in the Middle East? Who is at fault in the current crisis in the Middle East?

  • New board members sworn in

    By: Nick D’Amore    Three newcomers were sworn in as members of the Board of Education at its reorganization meeting Monday.    Matthew Speesler, Barry Nathanson and Martin Abschutz will take over for Gail Barcelo, Marci Abschutz and Bryan Laurita, who all decided not to seek re-election.    Dr. Speesler, who served on the board from 1998-2001, received…

  • Little League lease needs more fine-tuning

    Hillsborough postpones decision on modifications to agreement. By:Alec Moore    Tuesday’s public hearing on the Hillsborough Little League’s proposed Challenger League field at the Willow Road baseball complex was a bit like a scoreless game — some players advanced on the bases, but no one scored.    And then came the rain delay.    After a heated and…