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  • DISPATCHES

    Enron a bellweather for deregulation By: Hank Kalet    The energy industry appears scared.    And it should be.    Thanks to the collapse of the industry’s poster child, Enron Corp., deregulation has gotten a black eye. Government officials in New York, California and elsewhere are beginning to rethink whether taking regulators out of the energy business was…

  • Swim teams take second in county

    RAIDER ROUNDUP By: Rudy Brandl Both Hillsborough High swim teams finished second to powerhouse Bridgewater-Raritan at last Friday’s Skyland Conference Championships. While neither HHS squad was close to knocking off the defending champs, the girls enjoyed a little sweet revenge by outscoring Hunterdon Central for second place. The Central girls had defeated Hillsborough in a…

  • Viking boys swim team lacked a super stud at this year’s GMC meet

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    NORTH BRUNSWICK — For high school male swimmers in the Greater Middlesex Conference, the competition has been getting stiffer. Evidence of that can be seen in the fact that seven meet and five pool records fell over the weekend in the 16th annual conference championships held at North Brunswick High School…

  • A day or reading, history and diversity

    Event helps recognize the contribution of African-American authors By: Nick D’Amore    Students at Indian Fields School were regaled with stories and literature written by African-Americans as part of the school’s Black History Month celebration on Feb. 7.    The day’s events were sponsored by the Black Caucus of the National Council of Teachers of English. This…

  • Raiders earn another hoop date with Bridgewater

    Team starts winning at right time By: Rudy Brandl    The Hillsborough High boys picked the perfect time to start playing good basketball again.    Mired in a five-game slump that included some internal adversity, the Raiders regrouped and found the winning touch as Somerset County Tournament action began.    After halting their five-game losing streak with a…

  • A place for all

    Allentown preschool accepts students regardless of any special needs. By: Mark Moffa    ALLENTOWN — Upper Freehold resident Jennifer DeMauro knows what it is like to raise a child with special needs. Her daughter, 3-year-old Alaina, has Down syndrome.    So who better than Ms. DeMauro to help run a preschool designed to accept all children, regardless…

  • Making History

    The Lawrence Historical Society has sworn in its youngest Board of Trustees member. By: Lea Kahn    Ask Caryn Goldenberg to name her favorite school subject and she is quick to say history.    The 15-year-old never thought that she would make history — as the youngest member to serve on the Lawrence Historical Society’s board of…

  • Commissioners, budgets on ballot

    By: Brian Shappell    Township residents in three fire districts will have a chance to vote on tax rates and several open Board of Commissioners positions in South Brunswick’s annual fire district elections Saturday.    In District 1 and District 3, representing Kendall Park and Kingston respectively, voters will have a chance to back budgets that include…

  • Nancy DiLallo

       MANVILLE — Nancy DiLallo died Friday, Feb. 8, in Somerset Medical Center. She was 71.    Mrs. Dilallo worked at Medtech Plastics for 14 years, retiring as supervisor.    She was predeceased by a daughter, Louise DiLallo; and three brothers, Peter, Anthony and Joseph DiRito.    Survivors include her husband, Alexander DiLallo; three sons, Anthony of Manville, Alexander…