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  • Turn off the TV

    Letter to the editor To the editor:    "Our world is too much with us," observed the poet William Wordsworth over 200 years ago. The mounting influx of information that bombards us daily overwhelms, overstimulates, and inundates us.    The world grows smaller as our links to it grow larger. As the world continues to become "too…

  • HHS softballers rallying on the road

    RAIDER ROUNDUP By: Rudy Brandl The Hillsborough High softball team notched a pair of one-run victories last week to open the season at 2-1. Saturday’s comeback triumph at Nottingham marked the second straight year the Raiders have won a close one in this annual non-conference affair. HHS scored four runs in the top of the…

  • OBITUARIES, April 13, 2001

    Mary S. Tang, Sally R. Mayer, Francois M.J. Vautravers, John J. Kane, Helen Clapp, Lawrence T. Ryan. Mary S. Tang Fabrics expert    Mary S. Tang of Princeton died Wednesday at home. She was 48.    She was a fabrics merchandising expert with a special focus on children’s wear.    During her career she successfully built up key…

  • Flat start dooms Hillsborough laxmen

    Powerful Westfield scores early and often By: Rudy Brandl        The Hillsborough High boys’ lacrosse team never had a chance in Saturday’s home opener vs. Westfield.    The visitors roared out of the gates with four goals in the first 5:30 and cruised to a lopsided 16-2 rout. Hillsborough didn’t score until late in the third…

  • Woman dies in car accident

       MONROE — Monroe Township police are looking for witnesses to an accident that took the life of Monroe resident Marion Sidenworm, 78. By:Al Wickland    MONROE — Monroe Township police are looking for witnesses to an accident that took the life of a township woman last week.    Marion Sidenworm, 78, a resident of Greenbriar at Whittingham,…

  • STATE OF THE ARTS

    By:Bernadette Yannacci    MONROE – Ask the second-graders at the Mill Lake School what the word symmetry means and you’re likely to see a roomful of raised hands.    The students now have the concept down pat thanks in part to some colorful handmade butterflies that flew through their art class.    Art teacher Debbie Smith said the…

  • Smith, Ortman provide solid 1-2 pitching punch

    Lady Mustangs in good hands with talented arms By: Rudy Brandl        Manville High’s 1-2 pitching punch knocked out two Union County teams in last week’s first week of high school softball action.    Junior Alison Smith opened the 2001 campaign with a 5-2 victory at New Providence and sophomore Amy Ortman followed with a 7-1…

  • Cranbury candidates line up for committee race

       Republicans Michael Mayes and Susan agerty and Democrats Richard Stannard and Mary Ellen Larson filed petitions with the Township Clerk’s Office on Thursday. The four will run unopposed in the June primary and then will face off for two three-year seats on the Township Committee in November. By:Brian Shappell    One incumbent and three others have…

  • Constance Kennedy Miller

       CRANBURY — Constance Kennedy Miller, 90, died Saturday, March 31, at home.    Born in West Orange, she lived in Pittsburgh before moving to Cranbury 10 years ago.    She worked 25 years with Joseph Horne Co. of Pittsburgh.    She was a member of St. Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic Church of Hightstown, Blackridge Civic Association of…