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  • MHS girls hungry for more success

    MHS girls hungry for more success

    Track and field program continues to grow by Rudy Brandl, Sports Editor    The Manville High girls should continue to soar on the local track and field circuit this spring.    Two athletes who scored in Central Jersey Group 1 to advance to the State Group 1 Championships return to lead the Lady Mustangs. Senior Melissa Teresak…

  • School candidates offer views at forum

    Board of Ed. elections are April 15 By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Three of the four candidates running for a trio of seats on the Lawrence Township Board of Education fielded a range of questions — from their approaches to handling students not college-bound to the major issues facing the district — at the Lawrence…

  • CANDIDATE PROFILES

    Candidates present platforms as board elections near By Vanessa Holt, Managing Editor Florence, North Hanover and Northern Burlington County Regional are the only local school districts that will see contested school board races this year. On April 15, voters will have a chance to decide on these and in uncontested races in other area districts.…

  • Bordentown softball posts first victory

    Sean Moylan Sports Writer     After spotting the Falcons a first-inning run, Hillary Allen did what she does best and dominated in the circle with her pitching arm and her glove to spark the Bordentown Regional High girls’ varsity softball team to a 6-1 win over Burlington Township at Joe Lawrence Park on Tuesday afternoon.…

  • Hightstown faces another big tax appeal

    By Anthony V. Coppola, Staff Writer    HIGHTSTOWN — The financially strapped borough, which recently had to make up for $80,000 in lost tax revenue after an out-of-court tax settlement with the owners of the former Minute Maid plant site, is the midst of a four-year tax battle with another significant property owner.    The borough is…

  • Somerset Slim Down Kicks Off April 5

    Barbara Lutzky of Hillsborough had been unsuccessful losing weight. Then she heard about Somerset Slim Down, a county-wide weight loss challenge. By Somerset Medical Center The challenge to lose at least 10 pounds in 10 weeks motivated her to join a gym for the first time and change her diet. One of about 650 county…

  • Great season could be in cards for NEHS golf

    Kyle Moylan Sports Editor     Going into his fourth year as coach, Glenn Knigge has watched the New Egypt High golf team approach the sport in stages.     Last year New Egypt won the great majority of its matches and just missed qualifying for a very difficult state field (teams need to win two thirds…

  • Lawrence High environmental group expresses support for solar referendum

    Signed by the members of Students Against Violating the Earth (SAVE), Lawrence High School We, the members of Students Against Violating the Earth (SAVE), Lawrence High School’s environmental organization, fully support the solar initiative and encourage every taxpayer to vote "yes" to this important referendum. Rarely are voters given such an exceptional opportunity to support…

  • Kenneth B. LaTourette

    BORDENTOWN – Kenneth B. LaTourette, 93, died March 25 at Concord Healthcare in Lakewood. Born in Wertsville, he was a resident of Bordentown for over 50 years.     He was a retired major, U.S. Army veteran of 22 years, having served in World War II, in North Africa and Italy and later in the Korean…