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Elite girls played solid softball
Team finished third in summer league By: Rudy Brandl Although Hillsborough did not repeat as the Elite Softball League champions, head coach Cheryl Iaione still believes it was a successful summer for her team. A huge roster of almost 30 girls saw action on the Elite diamond, all contributing to Hillsborough’s third-place finish. While…
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People like ‘River Jim’ should serve as our inspiration
EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK By Ruth Luse On Sunday, the Titusville community lost a man who had served Hopewell Valley and the region for well over 60 years. He grew up at 3 Grant St. and lived the rest of his life at 4 Grant St. Little wonder that the riverside town and the Delaware River shaped…
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Samuel Van Nest
HILLSBOROUGH Samuel G. Van Nest died Aug. 6 in Merwick Rehab Hospital & Nursing Care in Princeton. He was 68. He lived in Somerville for many years before moving to Hillsborough in 1976. Mr. Van Nest worked at Thompson Electric for many years while living in Somerville. He served on the Somerville Town Council…
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Hambletonian champ returns to winners circle
By: Kyle Moylan There is nothing quite as satisfying for a harness racing driver as winning the Hambletonian for the first time. The thing that made Saturday’s victory so sweet for two-time winner Ron Pierce, however, is that he was starting to forget the first one. Mr. Pierce, a resident of Clarksburg, drove Donato Hanover…
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EDITORIAL: Money wasted on prison cells for drug users
Addicts and other nonviolent criminals are causing prison populations to balloon in New Jersey and across the country. Better alternatives are needed. Here’s a question you might think is a no-brainer: Who has a higher percentage of citizens locked up behind bars Robert Mugabe or Jon Corzine? If you picked the bloodthirsty dictator of…
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Florence family’s mold concern grows
By: Stephanie Prokop FLORENCE It has been just under two and a half years since Bart and Jennifer Shrader first started having difficulty with mold overtaking their Tall Timber Lane home. "It’s just been a nonstop continuous cycle, and I still can’t explain how stressful it’s been … and how much time it has…
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Obituaries
From the Aug. 9 edition Michael D. Fantozzi Jr. ROEBLING Michael D. Fantozzi Jr., 68, of Roebling, died Tuesday in Deborah Heart & Lung Center, Browns Mills. Mr. Fantozzi was born in Florence, he was the son of the late Michael D. Sr. and Grace Mendozzi Fantozzi and was a lifelong Florence resident. He…
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A Haydn Mass to Draw the Masses
VOICES Chorale hosts its ‘Summer Open Sing’ at Music Together in Hopewell. By: Rachel Marx Alison Davy will be a featured soloist at VOICES Chorale’s "Summer Open Sing" at Music Together in Hopewell. Do you ever want to go back to ’98? 1798, that is. Well, if you don’t happen to have a DeLorean on…
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BRSD special education gets $300K boost
By: Anthony Coppola BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP Bordentown Regional School District officials say a $300,000 state grant they have received will help them to expand special education services and keep more disabled students in the district, instead of sending them to costly private schools. "I think it was very generous of the state to provide us…
