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  • Readers greet a famous feline

    By: Cara Latham    Students are getting ready for the annual Read Across America program that will take place in area schools in early March.    And students at Clara Barton Elementary School, in Bordentown City, have a head start, as they were paid a visit last week by none other than the Cat in the Hat…

  • Police Beat

    BORDENTOWN CITY    On Feb. 11 at 1:50 a.m., Lundi Cannon, 32, of Chesterfield, was charged with speeding, reckless driving, and driving while intoxicated.    Police said Ms. Cannon was seen traveling 61 mph in a 40-mph zone on Route 130 south. She was released pending a court appearance. * * *    On Feb. 7, at 1:22…

  • Jones steps up game in home stretch

    ATHLETE OF THE WEEK By: Rudy Brand    Ebony Jones knows her time as a high school basketball player is running out. Lately, she’s been playing with a sense of urgency and desire that has helped steer the Hillsborough High girls back on the winning track.    Jones and her teammates were in a funk during the…

  • Janos, Visnovsky fuel HHS hockey streak

    Raiders streaking at playoff time By: John Beisser    Spearheaded by the electrifying offensive skills of Matt Janos and the uncanny reflexes of goalie Eric Visnovsky, the Hillsborough High ice hockey team knocked off its top two rivals in the in the NJIHL White Division last week. The Raiders skated past Watchung Hills 6-1 on Wednesday…

  • State rates area school districts

    By: Rebecca Weltmann    While students wait for their quarterly report cards, school administrators turn their attention to their own.    On Feb. 7, the state Department of Education released its annual state report card, which outlines student performance on standardized tests, advanced placement exams, graduation rates, district salary information, student dropout rates and more.    Test scores…

  • Hopewell Valley schools head is trying to save dollars

    "I don’t have a cut list," said Superintendent Judith Ferguson By John Tredrea    Budget shortfalls during the next few years might leave no alternative to "downsizing" school programs and staff, Superintendent Judith A. Ferguson told the school board at its agenda meeting Monday night.    The shortfalls could result from declining state aid and increased state…

  • HHS boys show they can take punches

    RUDE AWAKENING By: Rudy Brandl    I hate to admit it, but one foot was already off the bandwagon when I walked into the Hillsborough High gym last Saturday.    I was back on and steady for a while after the HHS boys bolted to a 12-point lead in the second quarter of their Somerset County Tournament…

  • Three fire districts to hold elections

    By: Cara Latham    On Saturday, area voters will decide the outcome of the Florence, Bordentown and Chesterfield township fire elections, when commission seats and proposed budgets will be on the ballot.    The commissioner races in Florence and Chesterfield are uncontested, but both of Bordentown Township’s fire districts have contested races for two fire commissioner seats…

  • Venezuelan Stew

    The music of Edward Simon’s native country includes a soupcon of Spanish, African and Viennese influences. By: Susan Van Dongen    Most people know that the tango is associated with Argentina, the bossa nova with Brazil — but what about the music of Venezuela? What does that sound like?    Partly because of this mystery, pianist/composer Edward…