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  • Local filmmakers’ work to premiere in Hillsborough

    Trio of HHS grads to present their award-winning film ‘Lansdown.’ By:Krzysztof Scibiorski    Hollywood, New York …. Hillsborough?    After being featured and awarded prizes at film festivals around the world, and being praised by film critics around the country, "Lansdown," a noir comedy created by Hillsborough High graduates, will have its official premiere at Hillsborough Cinema…

  • FORUM: Spending Plan

    How are you going to vote on the school district’s $98.15 million spending plan? How are you going to vote on the school district’s $98.15 million spending plan?

  • Pitching propels Florence baseball to win

    NBC, LCA also experience victory By:Sean Moylan    Florence’s Tommy Giambrone and Steve Ordog teamed up to hurl a 5-0 shutout over arch-rival Riverside in the opener at Riverside this past Tuesday.    In Giambrone, the Florence Township Memorial High School boys’ varsity baseball team very well may have found the second great starter its been looking…

  • Nicholas Berezansky

       MANVILLE — Nicholas Berezansky died Sunday, March 31, at home. He was 80.    Born in Manville, he was a lifelong resident of the borough.    He served in the U.S. Marines from July, 1939, to December, 1945, at which time he began his life in community service.    He joined the Manville Rescue Squad in 1945. He…

  • For the week of April 4

    Richard Dean Kent, Aniello Orlando, Mary Sanfilippo Montemarano, Charles G. Keintz Sr., Elizabeth Ranfone Menichelli, Dominick A. Schino. By: Richard Dean Kent    TRENTON — Richard Dean Kent, 57, died March 23 at home.    Born in Trenton, he was a lifelong area resident.    He received an associate’s degree in science at Mercer County Community College and…

  • New coach prepares Bulldogs for success

    Baseball By: Mike Molaro    It didn’t take long for John Costantino to set the tone for the Hopewell Valley Central High School baseball squad.    "I told the guys that over the last 10 years as a player and a coach at Hamilton High, I’ve been in the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group III finals seven times,"…

  • Brush fires spring upalong CSX railroad tracks

    The fires, which caused no injuries, are still under investigation, but police said they believe they were started by sparks from a train By: John Tredrea    Powder-dry dust along the CSX railroad tracks in Hopewell Township burst into flame Tuesday afternoon and was spread rapidly by gusting winds.    The fires, which caused no injuries, are…

  • Millstone board candidates focus on growth

    Talks center on overcrowding, the potential need for a high school, and retaining teachers. By: Scott Morgan MILLSTONE — The future of the township school system and its place in the community define this year’s school board race, which centers around the issues of overcrowding, growth, the sending-receiving relationship with the Upper Freehold Regional School…

  • Manville armed and ready for baseball season

    Anderson, Snyder, Jurkowski back on mound By: Rudy Brandl    If the 2002 high school baseball season turns into an arms race, then Manville High should be in very good shape.    The Mustangs return three quality pitchers from last year’s team that posted a 10-7 record and qualified for the Central Jersey Group 1 playoffs. Although…