Category: archives
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Cardinals remain winless
BOYS BASKETBALL By: John E. Powers It has been a fruitless start for the Lawrence High School boy’s basketball team. Not only will the Cardinals bring a 0-6 record into their January opener at Steinert Friday night, but they will also be playing without one of their leaders, 6-foot-5 senior forward Dave Schindewolf, who broke…
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MHS wrestlers finish last in county
Manderski, Yakobchuk face tough draws By: John E. Powers HILLSBOROUGH For the second straight year, the Manville High School wrestling team finished last at the annual Somerset County Tournament. And the Mustangs actually dropped one place since Montgomery, in its first varsity season, finished 11th. The Mustangs, 12th place finishers last year were…
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John Schenck Jr.
HILLSBOROUGH John Ludlow Schenck Jr. died Dec. 25 in Hunterdon Medical Center in Flemington. He was 93. Born in Somerville, he was a life long resident of Hillsborough. Mr. Schenck served as vice president and trust officer for Somerset Trust Company until his retirement in 1978. He was a member of the Neshanic Reformed…
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William Behory
MANVILLE William Behory died Dec. 31 at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. He was 78. Born and raised in Manville, he moved to Hillsborough 25 years ago. Mr. Behory was a truck driver for Eastern Steel Barrel of Piscataway for over 35 years, retiring in 1991. He was a communicant of Christ the King…
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Another term begins
For township’s deputy mayor David Sandahl (center) takes the oath as committeeman and deputy mayor with the help of his wife Diane. Attorney Mike Kahme, township resident, officiates. The occasion was the Hopewell Township Committee’s reorganization meeting Tuesday.
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HoVal splits in holiday classic
BOYS BASKETBALL By: John E. Powers The schedule gets a bit more challenging now for the Hopewell Valley High School boys basketball team. The Bulldogs were scheduled to start the New Year with a home game against Rutgers Prep Wednesday, followed by another home game with Hightstown Friday night, then a Saturday afternoon visit to…
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DWI checkpoints yield 32 summonses
Township police target drinking and driving By John Tredrea Over 600 cars passed through two separate DWI (Driving While Intoxicated) checkpoints run by the Hopewell Township Police Department on two separate occasions during December. Police issued a total of 32 summonses including one for DWI at these checkpoints. The latter checkpoint, which ran from…
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Dolores Dombey
HILLSBOROUGH Dolores Dombey died Dec. 28 at home. She was 73. Born in Highland, Pa., she lived in Hillsborough for many years. Mrs. Dombey worked as Quality Assurance Supervisor at Ethicon, Inc. in Bridgewater for 37 years, retiring in 2001. She was a gifted artist. She was a communicant of Christ the King Roman…
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Hopewell gets good start
WRESTLING By: Tim Falls The Hopewell Valley Central High School Wrestling team gained two good wins before the new year. The Bulldogs beat Metuchen, 41-28, for their first win of the season last Wednesday and added a 41-20 victory over Princeton along with a 47-21 loss to Voorhees last Saturday. In all three matches, Hopewell…
