Category: archives
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Raiders must share Delaware title after loss
By: Rudy Brandl This isn’t something the Hillsborough High football team wanted to share. The Raiders entered Saturday night’s regular season finale with a chance to wrap up sole possession of their first Delaware Division title since 1996 with a home victory over Warren Hills. After a disappointing 21-14 loss at Noonan Field, the…
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New Jersey can learn from other sprawl-fighting states
Sprawl isn’t unique to New Jersey. However, since it is the most densely populated state, sprawl may be more apparent here, than in other states. As a result, many good ideas for slowing sprawl have taken root in New Jersey. By:Michele S. Byers Sprawl isn’t unique to New Jersey. However, since it is…
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Do you believe in miracles?
Football Vikes stage incredible comeback against J.P. Stevens By: Ken Weingartner Steve Ferrara picked a great time to remember what the South Brunswick High football coaches had discussed during the week leading up to the Vikings’ game against J.P. Stevens. With South Brunswick trailing 21-6 midway through the fourth quarter, Ferrara intercepted a short pass…
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Route 206 accident claims local woman’s life
MONTGOMERY – A Lawrence Township woman was killed Oct. 26 in a two-car head-on crash on Route 206 between Bridgepoint Road North and Platz Drive. Magdalena Souhrada, 36, was northbound on Route 206 when her 1989 four-door Honda Accord was struck by a southbound 2000 four-door Volvo V70 driven by Thomas E. Hartnett, 42, of…
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Cardinals take thriller form Pirates
Lawrence eyes winning record Saturday in AllentownThe Lawrence Cardinal football squad itself a chance at a winning record Saturday, by spoiling West Windsor-Plainsboro South’s Homecoming. By: Steve Feitl The 17-14 win over the Pirates was the first Lawrence win over WW-P in over a decade and brought the Cardinals’ record back to 4-4. "We’re happy…
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Artist’s jacket craft wins over celebrity
Local woman makes two appearancses on ‘The Rosie O’Donnell Show’ Ruth Hawthorne can now brag that she has something in common with Tom Cruise and Barbra Streisand. By: Kristy Klaus She, like those superstars, has been on "The Rosie O’Donnell Show." Mrs. Hawthorne appeared as the show’s guest announcer Sept. 14. "She called me girlfriend,"…
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Hopewell Elementary auction Saturday
It’s just $3 to get in This year Hopewell Elementary School’s 17th annual Benefit Auction will be held Saturday, Nov. 4, and will feature a number of classroom masterpieces created by the children in the school. In addition to the class pieces, there will be a live auction, silent auction, gift emporium and refreshments. Doors…
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Wider Route 1 still at least five years off
Council endorses move from two lanes to three By: Matthew Armstrong The widening of Route 1 from two to three lanes is moving ahead, but it likely will be at least five years before the work begins, said Department of Transportation spokesman John Dourgarian. "We completed the traffic study, which showed that the project was…
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Assault suspect nabbed in Pennsylvania
Search for Jawara Nelson ends in Bucks County Jawara "J.B." Nelson of Trenton, the man wanted by township police after he allegedly attacked a Princeton Pike woman acquaintance in her home last week, was apprehended by the Falls Township, Pa., Police Department Tuesday. The Lawrence police were tipped off Tuesday that Mr. Nelson was staying…
