Category: archives
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Tours of Timberlane’s new space on tap Tuesday
Tours begin at 7 p.m.; board meeting, 7:30 p.m. By John Tredrea A $10 million addition to Timberlane Middle School will officially open Tuesday night. "The new wing at Timberlane Middle School will be showcased Jan. 16, at 7 p.m., when the Board of Education officially marks its opening with an open house," school district…
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Lady Raiders get defensive in victory
HHS girls clamp down in fourth quarter to win By: Rudy Brandl The Hillsborough High girls’ basketball team learned the value of defense in Saturday’s 58-46 victory over Westfield. After looking slow and sluggish on defensive early in the game, the Lady Raiders turned it up a notch in the fourth quarter to defeat…
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Book Notes
Thunderstruck: A non-fiction page-turner By: Joan Ruddiman Erik Larson has a new book out. His fans have come to expect that this master of narrative non-fiction will produce a page-turner from the driest of archives. In "Isaac’s Storm" (Vintage, 2000) Larson pinned us in our seats with meteorological mayhem as a hurricane, a man and…
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MTHS winning games at blistering pace so far
By: David Gurney Monroe Township High School boys basketball coach Bob Turco tends to clump the season up into sections of four games. Winning three of four, a .750 winning percentage, and any team will be in good shape. But who knew the Falcons would stay so true to that philosophy. After starting the season…
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LHS falls to late surge
BOYS BASKETBALL By: Tim Falls Scoring 11 points in the second half isn’t enough. It certainly wasn’t against Hightstown on Tuesday. The Lawrence High School varsity boys basketball team remained winless and fell to 0-9 after the Rams shutdown the Cardinals’ scoring in the second half to overcome a 28-21 halftime lead. Hightstown scored 31…
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South Brunswick girls do it again
Vikings claim second straight title by winning GMC Relays By: Sean Richards What better way to celebrate winning a prestigious track meet than by doing it again? Yes, the South Brunswick girls track team struck it rich again over the weekend by capturing the Middlesex County Relays at the Jersey City Armory. What’s more, it…
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Falcons look strong at Christmas Relays
By: Sean Richards The Monroe Township High School winter track team certainly made its presence known at the Christmas Relays at Lehigh University over the holidays. Competing in a loaded-up meet on Dec. 27, Monroe had a host of strong performances from some familiar names as it prepared for a couple of big meets this…
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Roberta DeSantis says ‘everyone is an artist’
Artist teaches classes at Cambridge School in Pennington By John Tredrea A prolific and talented oil painter, 25-year-old Roberta DeSantis is a hard-working art teacher as well. She teaches over 20 classes a week at the Cambridge School in Pennington. The school, in recently completed new quarters in the Straube Center, primarily serves "students with…
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Station worker fears for safety
John’s Truck Stop, on Brunswick Pike, has been robbed three times (and had a $15,000 truck stolen from the property) since November. By: Lea Kahn The cars and trucks come and go at John’s Truck Stop, a gasoline station neatly tucked away between the Quaker Bridge Mall overpass and the Toys ‘R Us store on…
