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  • Matrix plans warehouses

    Complex has been proposed for Friendship Road near Route 130. By: Paul Koepp    A proposed industrial development could affect wetlands and open space in the area near the intersection of Route 130 and Friendship Road, according to plans submitted to the township planning office.    Two recently submitted plans by the Matrix Development Group, of Cranbury,…

  • BOOK NOTES

    Nancy Drew, girl sleuth, still delivers the goods By: Joan Ruddiman    Critics appear to be delighted with the new Nancy Drew movie, if only for the "adorable" Emma Roberts, who — as they point out — is a Hollywood prodigy as the daughter of Eric and niece of Julia.    But the actress is not the…

  • Git along, little Huffy

    Police schedule bicycling rodeo. By: Audrey Levine    Hillsborough’s latest rodeo isn’t about the horses and cowboys — its featured attractions are wheels and police officers.    Children will have the opportunity to learn about bike safety at the Hillsborough Police Department’s third annual Bike Rodeo at Hillsborough High School on Raider Boulevard on July 11.    "We…

  • Meszaros’ girls go 3-1

    By: Sean Moylan    Using a combination of great pitching and stellar defense, the Bordentown 12-year-old Little League All-Star softball team allowed just 11 runs in 23 innings in Pool A play.    It was the least amount of runs any District 12 team gave up in pool play.    Yet as good as his pitching and defense…

  • Editor’s Journal (07.05.07)

    Live in Lawrenceville? Likely not, but who cares? By: John Dunphy    Potato, potahto. Tomato, tomahto. Lawrence, Lawrenceville. These are the great questions for those of us with too much time on our hands.    While I have grown to love this town I have covered for almost a year (this July 27, to be exact. Send…

  • Florence, Bordentown 12’s advance to softball Final 4

    Sweeney’s girls win Pool B By: Sean Moylan    Blessed with the hardest-hitting team in the District 12 Little League Softball Tournament’s Pool B, the Florence 12-year-old Little League All-Stars earned the top seed in its pool with a 3-1 record.    Florence allowed just 15 runs in 19 innings to grab the top spot. Florence was…

  • Ex-teacher pleads guilty to sex charge

    Former history teacher and boys track coach Seth Canata faces a maximum of five years in prison. By: Eileen Oldfield    Former Hillsborough High School history teacher and boys track coach Seth Canata pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree official misconduct and one count of fourth-degree criminal sexual contact on Friday, according to Somerset County…

  • District rehires 18 custodians

    By: Cara Latham    WASHINGTON — To ensure there are custodians in place for next year, the Board of Education last week rehired 18 of the district’s 24 currently employed custodians.    At the same time, school board attorney Matthew Giacobbe said the board’s attorneys were reviewing the bid specifications to go out for privatization of the…

  • Sister Barbara Ann

       READING, Pa. — Sister Barbara Ann of the Bernardine Sisters Convent, Third Order of Saint Francis, died June 25 in the St. Joseph’s Villa, Mount Alvernia, Reading, Pa. She was 61.    Born in Somerville, she was the daughter of Henrietta S. (Kruczek) Koshinski of Manville and the late Benjamin A. Koshinski.    Sister entered the Bernadine…