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HHS boys suffer first volleyball loss
Team still building toward big season By: John E. Powers The establishment of the Hillsborough High School boys’ volleyball team as a program to take notice of continues. The Raiders began week three of the season with a 5-1 record after wins over Watchung Hills (25-16, 25-20) and Ridge (25-11, 25-9) and a loss…
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Team unity leads HoVal to victories
GIRLS LACROSSE By: Tim Falls It takes a total team effort to win three games a week. That’s what the Hopewell Valley Central High School girls varsity lacrosse team provided when playing Robbinsville, West Windsor-Plainsboro North and Kent Place. It’s what head coach Pam Edwards is hoping for again as her Bulldogs play Hun today…
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Letters (04.19.07)
Glenn Avenue resident recognizes COSAC member To the editor: April is Autism Awareness Month, and I would like to take this opportunity to recognize Paul Potito, the retiring executive director for the Center for Outreach & Services for the Autism Community (COSAC). COSAC is a nonprofit agency providing education, services and advocacy for the autism…
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Dorothy Harrison
MANVILLE Dorothy Ann (Schwetje) Harrison died April 13 at Bridgeway Care Center in Bridgewater. She was 88. Born in Jersey City, she had resided in Somerville for 20 years before settling in Manville more than 50 years ago. Mrs. Harrison was a homemaker. Her husband, Edmund Harrison, died in 1978. Survivors include one daughter,…
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Low voter turnout OKs school budget
Newcomer elected to Board of Education By: Lea Kahn Township voters approved the school district’s proposed $63.7 million budget for 2007-08 and also re-elected two of the three incumbent school board members Tuesday. Voters returned Leon Kaplan and Laura Waters to the Lawrence Township Board of Education and chose newcomer John Gregg to fill the…
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Hillsborough girls pull out another big victory
4×400 team clinches county relay title By: Rudy Brandl BERNARDS For the second straight week, the Hillsborough High girls were faced with a do-or-die situation late in a track and field championship meet. Once again, a talented group of young ladies prevailed under pressure. Super sophomore Ebony Young played a part in the drama…
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Stemming the growing tide of development
Kushner tract deal could eliminate 267 houses on south side of Town Center By: Cara Latham WASHINGTON It’s a move that township officials are calling a fresh start for development on the south side of Town Center one they say will bring ratables to the township’s overburdened taxpayers. Mayor Dave Fried announced on…
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POLICE BLOTTER
By: A resident reported the theft of a gold necklace, valued at $400, while at Unique Massage Therapy on South Main Street April 8. *** An unidentified vehicle hit a car parked on Roosevelt Avenue near South Eighth Avenue at about 2:19 a.m. April 11 and left the scene. Police did not provide details on…
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Stephen Risko
ORANGE PARK, Fla. Stephen L. Risko died March 22 in Orange Park, Fla. He was 63. A former resident of Manville, he lived in Orange Park, Fla., since 1991. Mr. Risko was employed at Johns-Manville Corp. in Manville for many years. He was a former communicant of St. Marys Byzantine Catholic Church in Manville…
