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  • Robbinsville baseball off to a 3-0 start

    Sean Moylan Sports Writer     Last Tuesday news of the Robbinsville High School baseball team’s 3-2 Opening Day road win over Notre Dame spread quickly and sent shock waves through the entire CVC sports scene. Some may have even thought it was some kind of lame April Fool’s Day joke.     But the truth is…

  • Wishbow makes triumphant lacrosse return

    Kyle Moylan     The Allentown High School girls’ lacrosse team has scored 14 goals this season, but they weren’t all the same.     Becca Wishbow scored three of the team’s goals in an 11-4 win over J.P. Stevens on Saturday. Wishbow scored both of Allentown’s goals in a 3-2 loss to Lawrence this past Monday.…

  • Web exclusive: Feds OK MOM money

    By Hank Kalet, Managing Editor    Two New Jersey Congressmen announced Thursday that the federal government will provide $1.25 million to NJ Transit for the proposed Middlesex-Ocean-Monmouth rail line.    U.S. Reps. Chris Smith (R-Mercer) and Jim Saxton (R-Monmouth) announced the grant Thursday. The money will come from the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act –…

  • Ed Koch Headlines Stroke Month Events

    By Somerset Medical Center Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch headlines a month-long series of community education programs and screenings at Somerset Medical Center in May to promote public awareness of the importance of early detection and treatment of stroke.             The events, which are coordinated by the medical center’s Community Health Department, include:…

  • Garbage rate to rise

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    EAST WINDSOR — Many township residents will likely be paying more for garbage collection in the near future.    The Township Council began discussing its annual garbage budget Tuesday, which includes an increase of about 1 cent per $100 of assessed home value, according to Mayor Janice Mironov, lifting the rate…

  • Hillsborough man heads Rowan’s Organ Donor Day

       Hillsborough resident and Rowan University senior Erik Mathisen is heading the school Public Relations Student Society of America’s Organ Donor Day event, next week.    The event has been organized in conjunction with the Gift of Life Donor Program, and is slated for 11 a.m.-4 p.m. April 17 on the patio of the Chamberlain Student Center,…

  • NBC lacrosse teams both off to good starts

    Sean Moylan Sports Writer     This past Tuesday, the Northern Burlington County Regional High boys’ lacrosse team reached a mini milestone when it clobbered Middle Township, 10-5, and matched last year’s win total of three.     Not bad for eight days of work.     The Greyhounds scored five times in the second quarter to grab…

  • Phyllis Soriero

       Phyllis Soriero, 52, of Washington Crossing, Pa., died Friday at home.    Born in Trenton, she had resided in Lawrenceville, Skillman and Washington Crossing, Pa.    A graduate of St. Anthony High School, Class of 1973 and Mercer County Community College, she was a realtor for Prudential Fox and Roach in Princeton the last 12 years. She…

  • Five hopefuls file for council primary

    By Vic Monaco, Managing Editor    HIGHTSTOWN — Three Republicans will seek their party’s nod for two 2009 vacancies on the Borough Council while two Democrats will apparently run uncontested in November.    Republicans Mike Theokas, Ashley Hutchinson and Scott Jenkins filed their petitions by Monday’s deadline to run in the June 3 primary along with Democrats…