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  • Tough way to end baseball, softball seasons

    No breaks for Manville in CJ 1 playoffs By: Rudy Brandl Two completely different games yielded the same frustrating and heart-breaking result for Manville High’s baseball and softball teams in their Central Jersey Group 1 quarterfinal round battles. The games were played about two miles apart in the tiny Middlesex County borough of Highland Park…

  • There’s Gold in that Soil

    A Princeton oasis is a treat for viewers’ eyes on the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association Garden Tour, and a labor of love for its creators. By: Ilene Dube

  • Township budget adoption expected

    By: John Tredrea    The Hopewell Township Committee is expected to vote on its 2001 municipal budget at tonight’s regular meeting, which begins at 7 p.m. in the Municipal Building.    Action on budget adoption was postponed twice at previous meetings, because the committee had not received Hopewell Borough’s approval of an interlocal agreement on maintenance of…

  • LCA graduates prepare for life after high school

       FLORENCE — Life Center Academy’s 31 seniors took a leap of faith into the future when they received their diplomas at the school’s annual commencement Friday. By:Vanessa S. Holt    Graduating seniors said they valued their experiences at the school, which included a senior class missionary trip to Peru this year.    Small class sizes and a…

  • Curlis Lake preserve, FoHVOS topic Saturday

    The Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space (FoHVOS) will sponsor an open house and presentation ceremony at the Curlis Lake Woods Nature Preserve on June 9    The Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space (FoHVOS) will sponsor an open house and presentation ceremony at the Curlis Lake Woods Nature Preserve on June 9.    Events will include…

  • Fireman lauded for pet rescue

    Letter to the editor    On Tuesday, May 29, after walking my cat around the outside garden of my new apartment on George Street in Lawrenceville, I settled down in the evening with some friends for a bridge game. Feeling confident in my cat’s ability to feel comfortable outside alone, I let him out the back…

  • What it means to be a ‘KOP’

       Ten-year-old Steve Parsons said he likes to watch police shows on television when he gets the chance. But those shows are nothing like real police work, he said. By: Lea Kahn    Steve should know. The fourth-grade student just graduated from the six-week-long KOPS after-school club, offered at the Lawrence Intermediate School.    Asked whether he liked…

  • Local projects could benefit from fund

       Rails to Trails, the Pinelands, and the Delaware River Greenway are among the preservation projects that could share $58 million in Green Acres funds under a new bill recently released by the state Assembly Agriculture Committee. By:Vanessa S. Holt    The bill would appropriate the funds from the Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund and…

  • Raider laxmen never got going in 2001

    Looking to future after tough year By: Rudy Brandl    The Hillsborough High boys’ lacrosse team just never got going this spring.    Every time the Raiders made a step forward, they’d suffer some type of setback. This cycle took place within games and throughout the course of the season.    After opening the season with a victory…