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Adopt a flag in Pennington
Information is available on Pennington Borough’s Web site: www.penningtonboro.org/Adopt_a_Flag.pdf. Or call Kit Chandler at 737-0019 The flags of Pennington Borough have returned. Over 75 American flags adorn North and South Main streets and East and West Delaware avenues in downtown Pennington. They are installed and maintained by the Pennington Parks and Recreation Commission and are…
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Mustangs suffer more diamond distractions
Team set for final three games By: Rudy Brandl It’s been one thing after another for the Manville High baseball team this spring. At least this year, the senior prom didn’t affect the Mustangs. Veteran head coach Steve Venuto has endured his fair share of problems that have nothing to do with the game in…
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Beware of magic bullets
New Jersey’s finance troubles By: Hank Kalet New Jersey’s finances are a mess. There really is no other way to put it. The state is buried under massive debt, faces a huge shortfall in its pension obligations and it faces a precipitous increase in worker health-care costs over the next few years. And while the…
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Healthy foods are focus at new Pennington-area market
ON THE JOB IN HOPEWELL VALLEY By John Tredrea Editor’s note: This is the latest in a series of portraits of people at work in Hopewell Valley. At the back of the well-stocked market is the juice bar, and the easy-going bartender is on the money. He makes your beverage to order makes it…
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Cardinals end with wins
BASEBALL By: John E. Powers The end has come too soon for the Lawrence High School baseball team. After a 1-6 start, the Cardinals have begun to turn things around and has head coach Chris Gresko wishing his team had a couple of more weeks in their season. The Cardinals were 8-13 after Tuesday’s 2-0…
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Hillsborough youngsters deal with rare metabolism disease
May means a lot of things: Memorial Day picnics, vacation and summer camp planning because it’s one month until summer. By:Eileen Oldfield For the Caliguari and Ambrogio families of Hillsborough and their daughters, Gracie Caliguari, 2, and Amanda Ambrogio, 10, May means more than the usual barbecue and summer camp preparations. Gracie and Amanda have…
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Early deadline for May 31 edition
Get items to us by May 25, please Because of the Memorial Day holiday Monday, May 28, the deadline for submission of news copy, letters to the editor, etc., for the May 31 edition of the HVN is Friday, May 25 at 2 p.m. All photos being submitted for that edition should be in this…
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Therapy dog helps reluctant readers
Therapy Dogs International visited South Brunswick Public Library By: Madeleine Johnson Overcoming reading obstacles just got a whole lot easier for young children, and it’s all thanks to a dog named Phoenix. The South Brunswick Public Library has teamed up with Therapy Dogs International, a volunteer group that allows therapy dogs and their handlers to…
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Goodell surges into first
GIRLS TRACK By: Tim Falls Runners from Hopewell and West Windsor-Plainsboro South were in a battle for first place until Lawrence High School sophomore Molly Goodell erased that option for them. Goodell overtook both runners for first-place in the sophomore 4×400 relay and helped the Cardinals set a meet record with a winning time of…
