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Community Calendar
Plant sale Saturdays and Sundays in May Fernbrook Farms will host a plant sale from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sundays at the farm, 150 Georgetown-Bordentown Road. The sale will raise money for educational programs for low-income, at-risk urban youth. For information, call (609) 298-4028.…
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DiClemente making plays at both ends
HHS ATHLETE OF THE WEEK By: Rudy Brandl Sara DiClemente has emerged as a major two-way player for the Hillsborough High girls’ lacrosse team. The HHS junior does it all from her center midfield position. DiClemente is third on the team with 22 goals but she also defends, forces turnovers and wins face-offs. She has…
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Opiate of the Medically Incapacitated
The Trenton Film Festival will screen a documentary that aims to bring about safe and legal access to marijuana for New Jersey patients. By: Megan Sullivan Despite being paralyzed by decades of multiple sclerosis, Cheryl Miller fought with such power and strength for safe and legal access to medical marijuana in New Jersey. Marijuana was…
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Letters to the editor
Alliance chairman thanks volunteers To the editor: On April 14, the Upper Freehold/Allentown Alliance to Prevent Alcoholism and Drug Abuse held its largest annual fundraiser, the Harlem Wizards basketball game at Allentown High School. The event was well attended and an excellent family-fun night out. I would like to take this opportunity to thank…
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Banditos’ festival OK’d with limits
Conditions set on Cinco De Mayo celebration in response to fights and resulting complaints last year. By: Paul Koepp The Cinco de Mayo party at Bandito’s Margarita Factory on Saturday may be a little less loco this year, and that could be good news for residents of the neighboring Wynwood and Whispering Woods developments. The…
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Latecomer Lewis boosts South
By: David Gurney Tim Lewis was no ordinary newcomer. No, he wasn’t an incoming freshman with a particularly strong golf pedigree. In fact, golf was a mere afterthought for most of his life, since he started playing when he was five. But there he was, golf tryouts just starting at the driving range, driving balls…
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MHS softballers win two close ones
Team avenges opening loss to Bound Brook By: John E. Powers This past Monday, the Manville High School softball team was back at work on the last day of April. The girls diligently took groundballs, practiced bunting, hit off a tee and listened to head coach Ed Knapp as he mapped out the upcoming,…
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Raider netmen finish fourth in tough county
Plaskon’s perfect season ends in semifinals By: John Beisser The Hillsborough High boys’ tennis team sports an overall record of 8-3 and is ranked 13th in the latest New Jersey high school top-20 rankings. But the Raiders compete in one of the state’s most talent-rich counties and that fact was driven home emphatically when…
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Florence boys’ tennis earns spot in playoffs
By: Sean Moylan Ovi Dragos and his Florence High boys’ varsity tennis team knew well in advance that Rancocas Valley was a good team and coming up on the schedule and they had a plan. Like all of Dragos’ plans for his Flashes there were no tricks involved, just hours and hours of hard work.…
