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  • O’Connor makes 47 feet a February habit

    RAIDER ROUNDUP By: Rudy Brandl    Taryn O’Connor has established a new regular mark for her eye-popping shot put distances – 47 feet.    It’s safe to make that claim after the Hillsborough High senior launched three throws over that distance within a span of eight days at three different big meets. O’Connor hit 47-2 to capture…

  • Raiders end skid, stay alive in SCT

    Westphal breaks out to save season By: Rudy Brandl    Steve Westphal had the game of his life, and it couldn’t have come at a better time for the Hillsborough High boys’ basketball team.    Mired in a five-game losing streak and facing possible extinction from the Somerset County Tournament, the Raiders needed a lift in Saturday…

  • ‘Take A Seat’ gets school board OK

    Foundation looks at selling CHS auditorium seats By John Tredrea    The Hopewell Valley Education Foundation’s proposal to study the selling of seats in the Central High School auditorium was unanimously supported by the school board Monday night.    "This goes beyond our usual approach for fundraising," Foundation member Lynn Cullinane told the Hopewell Valley Regional Board…

  • High school team competes in regional mock trial contest

    Stuart Day School tops Hillsborough’s county champions By:Donna Lukiw    The Hillsborough High School mock trial team beat its rival, Bridgewater-Raritan High School, on Feb. 7 at the 2007 Somerset County Mock Trial Competition and had an opportunity to compete in the regional competitions on Tuesday.    Although the team lost the regional competitions to Mercer County…

  • Reaching out to help Darfur

    Local efforts made to help refugees By: Joseph Harvie    One South Brunswick High School senior’s interest in raising awareness about the genocide in Darfur has gained the backing of students in and around the township, the Township Council and the township human Relations Commission.    "My interest in this started in my global studies class, during…

  • Sherman sets records

    INDOOR TRACK By: Tim Falls    As good as it was, Ken Sherman’s performance at the Mercer County Indoor Track Championships at the John Bennett Indoor Track Facility Sunday came as no surprise.    "It was a very solid performance," said Lawrence coach Dave O’Neal, "but that’s nothing out of the ordinary for him."    Sherman set two…

  • Community Calendar

    Thomas Paine event    Thursday, Feb. 15 — The Thomas Paine Society of Bordentown will present "Thomas Paine’s Iron Bridge" at 7:30 p.m. at the Friends Meeting House, 302 Farnsworth Ave. Hear the stories of 18th century tavern keeper Deborah Applegate, played by educator and historian Mae K. Silver, as she describes Paine the man, his…

  • Student facing charges

    Arrested in drug bust By: Joseph Harvie    Police have charged an 18-year-old South Brunswick High School senior with possession of cocaine and marijuana with intent to distribute and possession of drug paraphernalia following a four-month investigation.    Jason Oliveira, of Cummings Road, was charged at 8:30 p.m. on Feb. 8 after South Brunswick police and members…

  • Obituaries

    John Volk    ROBBINSVILLE — John Volk, 79, died Feb. 6 at St. Francis Medical Center.    Born in Trenton, he lived in Robbinsville.    Mr. Volk was a machinist, retiring from RCA-Sarnoff in Princeton.    Son of the late Lloyd and Mary Larkin Volk and husband of the late Vivian E. Volk, he is survived by his son,…