Category: archives
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Roskos win MCT
DIVING By: Tim Falls Danica Roskos repeated as champion in the Mercer County Diving Championships last Wednesday. The Hopewell Valley Central High School sophomore is looking forward to representing the Bulldogs in the NJSIAA state championships on Feb. 27. Roskos was ineligible for the state competition last year when she dove for Hun and competed…
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Inspiration on ice
English teacher’s book to be featured at hockey game By: Stephanie Prokop BORDENTOWN CITY Some writers find inspiration in exotic places, others find it in their front yards. For one Bordentown seventh-grade English teacher, that happens that every winter, when she and her family construct an ice-skating rink in the front yard of their…
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Hillsborough poet to read at S. Brunswick library
Charles Johnson to read Sunday By: Hillsborough resident Charles H. Johnson, a 2004 Paterson Poetry Prize finalist for his book, "Tunnel Vision," and first-place winner of the 1998 Allen Ginsberg Poetry Award, will read and share his thoughts about poetry when South Brunswick’s monthly series of Sunday poetry readings continues on Sunday at the South…
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Raven girls’ basketball getting more competitive
By: Sean Moylan Midway through the third quarter of Monday’s home contest versus Pemberton, Robbinsville High girls’ varsity basketball head coach Sharon Conover sensed there was something far different about this game. "I was thinking to myself that I had to save my timeouts," said Conover, who, in her other games, had primarily used her…
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Meeting slated on mercury removal
Monday’s public meeting at municipal building By: A meeting to discuss plans to move 2,617 metric tons of mercury out of Hillsborough has been scheduled for Monday at the municipal complex. The meeting will be hosted by Rep. Mike Ferguson, R-6th, and will include a presentation by Cornel Holder, the administrator of the Pentagon’s Defense…
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HoVal’s loss to Lawrence lingers
BOYS BASKETBALL By: John E. Powers After beating Pennington last Saturday in one of their better games of the season on senior day, the Hopewell Valley High School team is basically back at square one. A disappointing effort in a 45-38 loss to Lawrence Tuesday night will have the Bulldogs reflecting for a few days.…
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Localizing a global problem
Group aims to educate on the environment By: Joseph Harvie Members of the Earth Life Learning Center want residents to become more aware of global warming and how it is affecting the world around them. The nonprofit group, which has been inactive for about two years, is also looking for people who are concerned about…
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Winner by a (painful) nose
By: Kyle Moylan While a certain amount of elation is attached to every championship in the Mercer County Wrestling Tournament, Matt Vahabi’s also came with a good dose of pain. Vahabi, who has worn a protective mask during matches since breaking his nose in a practice two months ago, won the 140-pound title when Hamilton…
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Manchada’s value goes beyond stats
By: David Gurney He rarely commits one, but when South Brunswick High School senior center Vineesh Manchanda committed a turnover in the middle of the third quarter, the shock of losing the ball wore off quickly. It’s not like him to dwindle on a small problem like that. Unsurprisingly, on the next possession, an Edison…
