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  • Citizenship program held at senior center

    Seniors learned about applying for citizenship. By: Emily Holody    The South Brunswick Senior Center wants to meet the growing needs of seniors who aren’t American citizens.    That’s why the center held a citizenship seminar on June 14 to answer questions about the process of becoming an American citizen.    Susan Trilli, senior center program coordinator, said…

  • HHS boys dominated relays, dual meets

    Great first season for Coach deWolfe By: Rudy Brandl        The Hillsborough High boys knew what kind of track and field team they had entering the 2007 outdoor campaign. It was a squad built to succeed in dual meets and relay events.    Hillsborough prevailed in every competition in those two formats and won three championships…

  • Wood-chipping business could replace composter

    By: Stephanie Prokop    SPRINGFIELD — As Eastern Organic Resources’ legal struggles in the township continue, a new company has expressed interest in taking over the composting facility on Saylor’s Pond Road.    The company became a source of controversy soon after opening its doors in 2003 because of the air and water pollution that local residents…

  • HHS girls maintained lacrosse tradition

    County title highlighted season By: Rudy Brandl    The Hillsborough High girls’ lacrosse team has demonstrated many times within the past few years that it’s much more than a one-player show. This year, after the graduation of superstar Ali DeLuca, the Raiders proved it for an entire season.    With a much younger, less experienced group on…

  • Raiders ended baseball season in style

    Victory over Immaculata a great capper By: Rudy Brandl        If they couldn’t end their baseball season winning the State Group 4 title, then the next-best thing for Hillsborough High’s ball players was beating Immaculata May 30.    The Raiders were still smiling two nights later at the school’s Senior Athletic Awards Dinner after ending their…

  • Homecoming

    Families greet soldiers at Fort Dix By: Cara Latham    FORT DIX — A total of 148 National Guard soldiers, including those from the Company D, 250th Brigade Support Battalion in Bordentown Township, were reunited with their families Tuesday after a 20-month deployment to Iraq.    The soldiers, who were deployed in late September and early October…

  • Former employee becomes Pennington shop’s owner

    Suzanne Soriero is new proprietor of Janns’ Sweet Shoppe By John Tredrea    Editor’s note: This is the latest in a series of portraits of people at work in Hopewell Valley.    Eight years ago, 16-year-old Suzanne Soriero took her first job at Janns’ Sweet Shoppe at 155 W. Delaware Ave., in Penningon.    When she arrived, Janns’…

  • Police raid ‘gang hideout’ in South Brunswick

    Three men were arrested, including a man wanted in March burglary. By: Paul Koepp    The investigation of a March burglary in Kendall Park led to the arrest of three men late Monday night during a raid on a townhouse on Jeffrey Circle in Dayton that police said is a "known gang hideout."    Police said that…

  • Churches continue projects despite nor’easter’s damage

    Faith in Action remembers 1999 distributing food, as Holy Ghost raises money for survivors of fire By: Audrey Levine    Large white spots mark the places where the wallboard was ripped off the walls. New wood panels reach to the ceiling, part of which was ripped away when floating equipment smashed into it. On the wall,…