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  • Hillsborough Legion team off to fast start

    Victory over B-R boosts confidence, expectations By: Rudy Brandl    The Hillsborough American Legion baseball team expects to win this summer.    Those expectations and goals received a major boost Sunday when the Raiders scored a dramatic come-from-behind victory over Bridgewater. Ryan Gregson sprinted home with the deciding run in the bottom of the eighth to lift…

  • Students give stairwell a fresh look

    In the Upper Freehold Regional Elementary/Middle School there has been a big change. Dee Burek’s fifth-grade class has "adopted" the stairwell by the library. By: Dee Burek’s fifth-grade class painted a stairwell in the Upper Freehold Regional Elementary School. The following article was written by students Taylor Lefebvre and Jenna Blum.    In the Upper Freehold…

  • Lawrence aiming to build on prior MCALL success

    Post 414The Lawrence Post 414 baseball team opens the 2001 season looking to build on its success of recent seasons, according to manager Angelo Capuano. By: Steve Feitl    Last year, Lawrence was a playoff team, finishing the season in third place in the Mercer County American Legion League with a 14-9 record.    With the core…

  • Robinson saves best race for M of C finals

    Takes silver medal in 110 high hurdles By: Rudy Brandl    SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Scott Robinson certainly left every ounce of speed and determination on the track.    Competing in his final race at last week’s NJSIAA Meet of Champions in South Brunswick, the Hillsborough High senior came very close to leaving the track and field scene…

  • LHS is too crowded for adequate learning

    Letter to the editor    The future of Lawrenceville’s youth is at risk. Over the last few years, Lawrence High School’s population has grown to a hazardous level. There are approximately 1,330 students alone. Added to the number of teachers and faculty members, the number of people in the building jumps to more than 1,400 —…

  • LHS frosh helps U.S. grab title

    Christie Lynn Icenhower, a freshman at Lawrence High School, was a member of the 2001 USA All-Star Diving Team that won the Amsterdam Cup in Europe recently. By: Rudy Brandl In winning the Amsterdam Cup for the second-consecutive year, the United States team joined 25 other teams representing 16 different countries and a total of…

  • NEWS OF OTHER DAYS 06/14

    From the June 14 edition of the Register-News By: 100 years ago    Last Tuesday, Vice Chancellor Reed granted a divorce to Clara J. Lester from John Franklin Lester, giving her the custody of he three children and allowing her $5 a week alimony.    The most prodigious and far greatest display of wonderfully trained ponies, donkeys,…

  • Title highlights busy week for Davidson

    WW-P grad wins Hoffman championship, finishes second in N.J. amateur By: Justin Feil    Matt Davidson has been nothing short of godly on the golf course in the past week.    The former West Windsor-Plainsboro High star finished second at the New Jersey Golf State Association amateur championship Friday after playing four rounds in two days, then…

  • For the week of June 14

    By: Lloyd J. "Juggy" Inman    PLUMSTED — Lloyd J. "Juggy" Inman, 60, died Monday, June 4, at Jersey Shore Medical Center, Neptune.    Born in New Egypt, he was a lifelong resident.    He was a lineman at Jersey Central Power and Light, Cookstown, before retiring.    He enjoyed collecting antiques.    Father of the late Anthony, he is…