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  • First-time ‘robot-eers’ win trip to state event

    First-time ‘robot-eers’ win trip to state event

    Members of the Hillsborough Middle School and Auten Road Intermediate School robotics teams pose after the school hosted the Nov. 15 “BoroBlast” robotics competition. Photo by BMW1Photo

  • Local man was the ‘next contestant’

    Local man was the ‘next contestant’

    by Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer    Alfred LaGratta, come on down!    That’s what Mr. LaGratta, of Kendall Park, heard while attending a taping of the game show, “The Price is Right” in Los Angeles.    Well, maybe hearing his name isn’t that accurate.    ”It gets so loud in the studio, everyone is screaming and yelling, that you…

  • Lawrence wins opener

    Ice Hockey By Tim Falls, Sports Editor    The Lawrence High School Ice Hockey team started the season with a victory over Ewing at Mercer County Park on Monday night.    The Cardinals concluded the nightcap of three Colonial Valley Conference contests with a 6-2 win over the Blue Devils.    ”It was a good opening experience,” said…

  • The neediest going hungry in New Jersey

       The worsening economy is making a lot of people nervous about their jobs, their homes, their investments, their retirement accounts — in short, about their future.    But for many New Jerseyans, the future has already arrived.    Two deeply disturbing reports issued just before Thanksgiving make it clear that large numbers of our state’s most vulnerable…

  • Jean O. England

       Jean O. England, 83, of Meadow Lakes in Hightstown, died Monday, Nov. 24, at the hospital at the University of Pennsylvania.    She was born and married in the beautiful Victorian home in Cranbury where she enjoyed growing up. After marrying, she and her husband, Robert, purchased their farm in Allentown. Upon retiring, they moved to…

  • First-time ‘robot-eers’ win trip to state event

    First-time ‘robot-eers’ win trip to state event

    By Eileen Oldfield Staff Writer    HILLSBOROUGH — Their first time dabbling in Lego robots netted two Auten Road Intermediate School Robotics teams first place awards at a Nov. 12 competition at Hillsborough High School, and spots at the New Jersey For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) Lego League Championship Tournament.    ”They went…

  • LAWRENCE AREA: Retailers heartened by weekend of sales

    LAWRENCE AREA: Retailers heartened by weekend of sales

    Excited shoppers stream into Wal-Mart in Nassau Park shopping center at its 5 a.m. opening on Friday. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

  • Ann D. Conrey

    SPRING HILL, Fla. — Ann D. Conrey (nee Semenuk), 91, died Nov. 26 at her residence in Spring Hill, Fla.     Mrs. Conrey was born in Trenton and lived in Bordentown, Burlington and Edgewater Park before moving to Florida. She was employed by the Burlington Coat Factory in Burlington and also for the State of…

  • Township adding appeals process for rec volunteers

    By Audrey Levine Staff Writer    HILLSBOROUGH — A proposed change to the township’s background checks for recreation volunteers to allow appeals when problems arise is intended to make sure the checks can withstand legal challenges, according to township officials.    The Township Committee unanimously introduced an ordinance Nov. 25 to create an Appeals Committee in the…