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  • MANVILLE: Council approves roadwork bonds

    By Eileen Oldfield, Staff Writer    The Borough Council unanimously approved a bond ordinance at Monday’s meeting, allowing the borough to borrow $1,075,000 for new equipment and several road projects.    Money from the bond would be used first for road improvements at several sites in the borough, including the Claremont section of town, portions of Haran…

  • MANVILLE: Community celebration draws thousands to park

    MANVILLE: Community celebration draws thousands to park

    Kids start off in the three-legged race.

  • Bulldogs face key game with Steinert

    By Rich Fisher, Sports Editor nbsp;  On the same day Lawrence High’s football team may or may not have lost one of its biggest offensive threats, a new weapon emerged for the Cardinals.    It was just business as usual in the fall of 2009, as one never knows what will happen throughout a LHS game, but…

  • Vikes fight back vs. adversity

    Team rallies after injury to Walters By Ken Weingartner, Sports Writer    After filling a hole, the South Brunswick High girls’ soccer team was able to dig out of one.    The Vikings entered this season with high hopes based on last year’s 13-7 record and second-place finish in the Greater Middlesex Conference Red Division, but opened…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: School kids spell the darndest things

    HILLSBOROUGH: School kids spell the darndest things

    Radio personality Brad Blanks interviews third-grader Rebecca Locke, as another student waits his turn. Staff photo by Eileen Oldfield

  • NEW HOPE: Toll bridge lanes set to reopen Oct. 3

    The bridge’s right-hand lanes in both directions have been closed since November 2007    NEW HOPE — The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission has announced that it expects to once again allow travel on all four lanes of the New Hope-Lambertville (Route 202) Toll Bridge beginning this Saturday.    The bridge’s right-hand lanes in both directions…

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  • ROBBINSVILLE: Football holds on for first win

    Girls soccer team starting to build momentum By: Kyle Moylan Sports Editor     With Hopewell deep in its territory and threatening to take the lead, the Robbinsville High School football team desperately needed a great defensive stand in its home opener this past Saturday.     It got three.     Robbinsville used two sacks and two…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Curriculum changes vexing for board

    By Eileen Oldfield, Staff Writer    Changes in the state’s standards has board members on the committee reviewing the school district’s curriculum working on how best to address those changes.    The new graduation requirements specify exact courses students must take to graduate, rather than stating the number of credits or years students must spend learning certain…