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  • Roskos gets third at championship

    DIVING By: Tim Falls    Hopewell Valley sophomore Danica Roskos finished in third-place at the NJSIAA Girls’ Diving Championships Feb. 27 at The College of New Jersey.    "I think I did pretty well," said Roskos. "The competition was pretty fierce. It was a bunch of Junior Olympic divers."    Roskos came in third with a score of…

  • Church pastor noted for warmth, humor

    Monsignor Liam Minogue dies at Hillsborough home. By: John Patten    The frigid wind blowing on Tuesday symbolized the loss of warmth provided by Mary, Mother of God Church Pastor Monsignor Liam Minogue, who died earlier that day.    Known for his outgoing and friendly nature, Monsignor Minogue, 64, will be remembered by his parish for shepherding…

  • Sanu answers the challenge of neutralizing Freehold stud

    By: David Gurney    WOODBRIDGE—South Brunswick High’s sophomore forward Mohammed Sanu was numb to everything.    He couldn’t feel the pressure of the game. He didn’t think about the stakes, the ramifications.    But it wasn’t a deer in headlights look, it was a more focused and concentrated look.    He knew what he had to do — play…

  • Anna Jensen

       HILLSBOROUGH — Anna Bernice Jensen died Feb. 24 at home. She was 92.    Born in Wilkinsburg, Pa., she moved to Sweden before returning to the U.S. and lived in Brooklyn, N.Y., before relocating to Hillsborough 49 years ago.    Mrs. Jensen served as a charge nurse in surgery at Gouveneer Hospital in New York City; and…

  • Regina Modelli

       Regina E. Cocchiaraley Mondelli, 94, died Tuesday, Feb. 27, at Franklin Care Center in Franklin Park.    Born in Camden, she lived in Collingswood, Bloomfield and North Brunswick before moving to Kendall Park 12 years ago.    She was a communicant of St. Augustine of Canterbury R.C. Church in Kendall Park.    Her sister, sister, Rose Vespe, and…

  • HoVal’s season end with upset

    GIRLS BASKETBALL By: Mike Molaro    After the Hopewell Valley Central High School girl’s basketball squad saw its magical season end with a 59-28 home setback to Willingboro in last Saturday’s NJSIAA Central Jersey Group III semifinals, the reality set in that these Lady Bulldogs had played their final game together.    "The girls were visibly upset…

  • Symposium on special needs adolescents set in Princeton

    By: Courtney Gross    Princeton Regional Schools and the Special Education PTO will host an education symposium Saturday focusing on health and fitness techniques for special needs adolescents.    The event, "Lifetime Fitness Skills for Your Special Needs Child," includes presentations from fitness specialist, yoga instructor and personal trainer Carlos Salazar as well as Sabina Beesley of…

  • Verizon wiring for television

    Cable competition hits South Brunswick. By: Joseph Harvie    Residents will get a second choice for a cable television provider.    Verizon is in the process of installing a fiber-optic system in town that will bring broadband Internet, phone and cable television to residents who opt for it, Verizon spokesman Rich Young said Tuesday, and areas where…

  • A Wal-Mart grows in Lawrence? The saga continues

    Further discussion on proposed construction set for April 16. By: Lea Kahn    The community room at the Lawrence Township Police and Municipal Court Building filled quickly as the Planning Board held its first of several meetings on Wal-Mart’s proposed store on Spruce Street Monday night.    After almost three hours, the Planning Board closed Monday’s meeting…