Category: archives
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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GUEST COLUMN
Women’s basketball team at Rutgers deserved better. By: Kyle Pucciarello Racist. Shocking. Despicable. Sexist. Offensive. These are just some of the words that have been used to describe the comments made on Don Imus’ "Imus in the Morning" program on April 4. During his broadcast that morning Mr. Imus mentioned that he watched the women’s…
