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  • Moceri delivers winning hit

       "They’re (Riverside) warming up the buses. What does that tell you?," said the voice of Florence’s favorite security guard, who shall remain nameless for the purposes of this article.    What it told everybody was that the Florence Township Memorial High School boys’ varsity baseball team had runners on second and third with no one out…

  • Students get musical history lesson

    The Pond Road Middle School was treated to the colorful folk music production titled, "A More Perfect Union." By:    Some 200 years ago, our American ancestors faced issues and crisis so unlike our modern conflicts and politics, yet strangely similar. The U.S. Constitution, drafted by the leadership in 1787, has endured and remains the staple…

  • HoVal girls defend sectional title

    Track & FieldThe Hopewell Valley Central High School track teams have earned a lot of respect throughout the state over the past few seasons. By: Matt Nalbone    The HoVal squads always put a good team on the track and recently they have been winning some big meets. Last year, the girls team won the Group…

  • Cranbury School players enjoyed success playing on same team

    Baseball team had winning record to show for it By: Rich Fisher For the first time in their lives, the baseball players in Cranbury all got to play with each other, in­ stead of against each other. The result was an 8-3 record for the fledgling Cranbury School baseball team. The Viking­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­s fin­ ished 6-2…

  • Vikings win inaugural GMC Lacrosse Tournament

    Reed’s hat trick, Rodner’s goaltending sparks 4-3 victory By: Carolyn M. Hartko    In years to come, whenever a list of Greater Middlesex Conference boys’ lacrosse champions is printed, the school at the top of that list will always be South Brunswick High School.    The top-seeded Vikings earned that honor by edging second-seeded St. Joseph’s of…

  • Promenade project continues after judge’s decision

    Challenges on environmental, size issues dismissed By:Laura Toto    Hunterdon County Superior Court Judge Roger Mahon ruled against a group of residents seeking to block further development of the Hillsborough Promenade shopping center last week.    The judge had heard arguments in the case on May 17, in which attorney William Baggitt, representing the Concerned Citizens for…

  • Bordentown resident struck, injured by car

       BORDENTOWN CITY — A city resident was struck by a car at the intersection of Farnsworth Avenue and Crosswicks Street last week and admitted to an area hospital for injuries, said police. By:Vanessa S. Holt    According to police, Sandra Rosselli, 37, of Farnsworth Avenue, had been attempting to cross the street when she was hit…

  • YMCA reports results of its Needs Survey

    Editor’s Note: On Tuesday, the Hopewell Valley YMCA submitted the following report on its recent needs survey to the HVN for publication    As part of its mission to serve the needs of families, teens, seniors and all others in the community, the Hopewell Valley YMCA designed and mailed a Community Needs Survey to over 8000…

  • Valley Foundation dinner to raise funds for education

       Supporters of quality educational programs in the Valley are invited to attend the Hopewell Valley Foundation’s second annual E2 Award Banquet to be held 7 p.m. on June 23 at the Hopewell Valley Golf Club.    The benefit dinner will honor Sheryl Stone, chairwoman of the Hopewell Valley Municipal Alliance, and the Rothwell family, owners of…