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  • Beauty bests the bullies

    Former Miss New Jersey tells students about Internet harassment. By: John Patten    After delivering a video presentation on the dangers of Internet predators, actress and former Miss New Jersey Samantha Hahn warned her rapt audience of Hillsborough Middle School seventh-graders about "cyber bullying" during an assembly Friday.    "I was harassed for six years of my…

  • Lane, Eilbacher lead HHS boys to relay crown

    Senior jumpers win three events By: Rudy Brandl    BERNARDS – There’s a new dynamic duo in town – Hillsborough High track and field athletes Brandon Lane and Dave Eilbacher.    The HHS seniors continued their winning streak with three more gold medals in Saturday’s Somerset County Relay Championships at Ridge, leading the Raiders to another team…

  • Book Notes

    What does a brain on music do? By: Dr. Joan Ruddiman    Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., once said, " … what music is, I don’t know. But it helps me so."    Daniel Levitin is uniquely qualified to respond to Vonnegut and so many others who have wondered about the nature of music and its power over our…

  • Towns weather storm with little damage

    By: Vanessa Holt    Despite its proximity to the Delaware River and its tributaries, the region escaped the weekend’s Nor’easter with little damage aside from some downed trees and flooded basements.    While several roads had been closed immediately following the storm, by Tuesday, all area roads that were closed due to storm-related flooding or downed trees…

  • Rock tosses no-hitter to lead Mustangs

    Pitching continues to be team strength By: Rudy Brandl    Tommy Rock kept his cool.    He stayed loose in the dugout.    Rock didn’t even shy away from his teammates who were buzzing about what he might be about to accomplish.    Most pitchers avoid contact with teammates in between innings when they have a no-hitter working. Rock…

  • Har Sinai Temple plans groundbreaking for April 27

    Construction of the building is due to be completed in time for the High Holidays in the fall By John Tredrea    State, county and municipal officials are scheduled to join the congregation of Har Sinai Temple for a celebratory groundbreaking at the congregation’s new site in Hopewell Township.    The congregation, which is affiliated with the…

  • Raiders break softball skid

    HHS hopes to climb back in division race By: Rudy Brandl        The Hillsborough High softball team got back on the winning track last week but still faces an uphill climb in its quest to repeat as Skyland Conference Delaware East Division champions.    Consecutive shutout losses to Bridgewater-Raritan and Immaculata put the Raiders in an…

  • NEHS boys’ track excels at relays

    By: Kyle Moylan    With this past Tuesday’s meet against Florence called off, the New Egypt High School boys’ track team has only made one appearance thus far this season.    It was a good one.    New Egypt brought a small but very capable group to the Moorestown Relays this past Saturday and placed in numerous events.…

  • Amended budget lowers expected tax rate

    By: Stephanie Prokop    CHESTERFIELD — The Township Committee reported on April 12 that an additional $14,478 in state aid will be applied to this year’s budget, lowering the municipal tax rate from 4.6 cents to 4.1 cents per every $100 of assessed property value.    The Township Committee unanimously passed the budget on April 12.    When…