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  • Crawford sizzles to two silvers at Meet of Champs

    Vaccaro, Klueber, Lunemann also run best times By: Rudy Brandl    PRINCETON — Erin Crawford left Princeton University’s Jadwin Gym with no regrets after Sunday’s NJSIAA Indoor Track Meet of Champions. Instead, she returned home to Hillsborough with two silver medals.    The Hillsborough High junior, who also helped the 4×400 relay team capture a fifth-place medal,…

  • Millstone group seeks to blaze trails

    Organization hopes to link trails for horseback riding, hiking, jogging. By: Scott Morgan    MILLSTONE —There is little doubt left by even a quick drive through the township that Millstone is equine-friendly.    Horses, horse farms, horse trails and yellow signs warning drivers to be on the lookout for horseback riders dot the township like holes in…

  • Subtle Beauty

    Quietude and regeneration are what winter hikers will find at the Watershed in Hopewell. By: Susan Van Dongen Staff photo by Susan Van Dongen Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association naturalist Rick Lear.    The overprotective mother in me wants to stop naturalist Rick Lear from eating that tiny wild berry, and I’m not even a mother. All…

  • Nasdeo, Cromartie GMCT wrestling champions

    By: Ken Weingartner    PISCATAWAY — As Derrick Cromartie accepted congratulations for winning the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament wrestling championship at 189 pounds, he reflected on the accomplishment.    "It means I’m the best in the county," Cromartie said, earnestly.    After a pause, he added with a laugh, "I hope that’s what it means."    On Saturday night,…

  • Alm continues to jump way into BRHS track history

    Alm completes busiest week of his year By:Sean Moylan    The Bordentown Regional High School varsity winter track and field team’s regular season may be long over, but junior Jason Alm, nonetheless, just completed the busiest week of his glorious year.    In Tuesday’s (January 29) Pole Vaulting/High Jumping Championships at Cherry Hilly Arnory, Alm jumped 6-feet…

  • Girls enjoy rare offensive outburst

    Ortman, Giraldi reach double figures in victory By: Rudy Brandl Although the Manville High girls’ basketball team qualified for the state playoffs primarily due to hard work and defensive determination, the offense played a role in producing a key victory last week. Knowing they would need at least a split of their Valley Division games…

  • Concert delivers patriotic theme

    Pond Road Middle School students present annual winter concert. By:    WASHINGTON — On Jan. 24, the Pond Road Middle School cafetorium was filled with a crowd of family, friends, and the wonderful sound of music. Under the direction of Clara Pearson and Joe Golding, more than 230 middle-school students performed the annual winter concert.    Preparations…

  • Horse Play: Barrel racing series set

    Garden State Barrel Racing Series brings sport to area on a regular basis. By: Ken Weingartner    Organizers say restoring fun to the sport was one of the reasons for the formation of Garden State Barrel Racing Series.    As the Central Jersey-based series prepares for its second season, co-founder Karen Wolfe says the group has achieved…

  • Donald Kampe

       MANVILLE — Donald Kampe died Jan. 24 in Somerset Medical center, Somerville. He was 66.    He was born in Jersey City and has lived in Manville since 1972.    Mr. Kampe worked as a machine operator with the Main Street Polishing Company in Union for 15 years.    He served in the U.S. Air Force.    Surviving are…