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  • RHS boys in state lacrosse tourney

    By: Sean Moylan The Robbinsville High boys’ varsity lacrosse squad defeated Ewing, 11-1, last Tuesday (May 8) to become the first Ravens’ boys’ team to make the NJSIAA playoffs. Moreover, at 7-3, the Ravens have an excellent shot at becoming the first Robbinsville sports team to ever finish a regular season with a winning record.…

  • Mabel Polson

       HILLSBOROUGH — Mabel (Chan) Polson died May 8 in New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornel. She was 55.    She was born and raised in Hong Kong, China, and lived in New York City before moving to Hillsborough 20 years ago.    Mrs. Polson was employed as a computer systems analyst with Met Life Insurance Co. in Bridgewater.…

  • Historically Speaking

    Allentown, its rise andprogress, #38    From the Charles R. Hutchinson collection at the NJ Historical Society, a compilation of primary source deeds for the properties along both sides of South Main St. from High St. to the Yardville Rd.     March 23, 1785, "William Wilgus and Rhoda his wife, of Allentown," &c. conveyed to Burnet…

  • Lendor leads LHS runners

    GIRLS TRACK By: Tim Falls    Danai Lendor led the Lawrence High School girls varsity track team with three impressive finishes at the Mercer County Girls Track Championships at Steinert High School last Saturday.    The senior Cardinal’s best performance came in her most recently acquired event.    Lendor placed second in the triple jump with a leap…

  • Pennington Day events scheduled Friday and Saturday

    See more by visiting www.penningtonday.com    May 18 and 19 events include:    — On Friday, Valley residents are invited to attend a Spring Social at Hopewell Valley Vineyards, Yard Road, from 7-11 p.m. Hosts are the Hopewell Valley Historical Society and the Pennington Day Committee. The evening will feature local wines, light fare, piano entertainment by…

  • Raiders can’t defend sectional golf crown

    Borsuk, Cecchine qualify as individuals By: John Beisser        Seniors Logan Cecchine and Andrew Borsuk finished in second and fifth place, respectively, but as a team Hillsborough came up short in its defense of last season’s North Jersey Section 1-2 Group 4 golf title at the Alpine Country Club in Demarest.    In a nip and…

  • Four superintendent candidates interviewed

    The school board will review the remaining four candidates on May 28 and has scheduled final interviews for June 11. By: Eileen Oldfield    On Sunday, the school board’s Personnel Committee interviewed four of the eight candidates under consideration to replace Karen Lake after she retires, committee members said at Monday’s meeting.    The eight candidates, selected…

  • Deb Horowitz to chair the 2007 Hopewell Harvest Fair committee

    Fair meeting set May 23 at PNC Bank    Hopewell resident Deb Horowitz has volunteered to chair the 2007 Hopewell Harvest Fair committee.    An attorney specializing in domestic violence law with the firm Dennigan Cahill, P.C. in Princeton, Ms. Horowitz has lived in the borough for seven years with her husband Dan, a local business owner.…

  • Book Notes

    Future to be a real brain teaser By: Joan Ruddiman    Can you feel the world shifting?    It seems each day, in ways that are both subtle and in-your-face, we are struck with the sense that we are living in a whole new world.    Are you ready for doctors who want to listen to your stories…