Category: archives
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Additions to bike trail could be done in 2008
The Lawrence-Hopewell trail is a planned 20-mile bicycle and pedestrian loop, introduced in 2001. By: Lea Kahn The next links in the Lawrence-Hopewell Trail should be completed and ready for bicyclists and pedestrians by spring 2008, said Lawrence-Hopewell Trail Task Force co-Chairwomen Eleanor Horne and Becky Taylor. Those links through the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed,…
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Letters to the editor
Remember veterans, past and present To the editor: Nov. 11 is Veterans Day. It was on Nov. 11, 1918 at 11 a.m. that the guns of World War I, the "war to end all wars," fell silent. While originally intended to recognize the men and women who served in that conflict, Veterans Day is now…
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Two events set to help pay for baby’s operation
An Election Day supper and a flag football game on Nov. 12 are scheduled. By: Charlie Olsen When Jake Whitenight was born in August of this year, he was born with microtia bilateral atresia, a condition that results in an improperly formed ear canal instead of a regular opening for his ear, he has…
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Field hockey girls lose heart-breaker
RAIDER ROUNDUP By: Rudy Brandl The Hillsborough High field hockey team was eliminated from the North 2, Group 4 playoffs by a familiar foe Monday afternoon. For the fifth straight year, the Raiders met rival Hunterdon Central in the state playoffs. Two years ago, Central beat HHS in the sectional final to end Hillsborough’s…
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Nurko’s goals lift AHS to win in playoff opener
The Allentown High School field hockey team opened defense of its Central Jersey Group II title with a 2-1 win at Point Pleasant Boro this past Tuesday. Kasie Nurko scored both goals for Allentown. Samantha Podhurst and Caitlyn Crane had assists. Stephanie Stabulis made six saves in goal. "The team found a…
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Voters get say on Tuesday
A list of where to vote next week By: Joseph Harvie Voters will get to choose who will serve as mayor and on the Township Council on Tuesday. Also on the ballot are candidates for U.S. Senate, House of Representatives and two county freeholder seats. Polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.…
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Volleyball finals un-Bear-able for Vikes
By: David Gurney EDISON There’s just something about those East Brunswick Bears. The South Brunswick High girls’ volleyball team hasn’t dropped many matches the last couple years, but one team certainly has the Vikings number. In each of the last two seasons, the Vikings have fallen in the GMCT Championship game to the Bears,…
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Raiders play well in loss to Phillipsburg
Team looks ahead to winnable final stretch By: Rudy Brandl Hillsborough High football coach Vinnie Coviello didn’t rush through the post-game speech to his team despite the horrible weather conditions following Friday night’s 25-6 loss to Phillipsburg at Noonan Field. Coviello wanted to be sure his young players received the message. The Raiders had just…
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Book Notes
OverAchievers: The Secret Lives of Driven Kids By: Joan Ruddiman Bookstores and the media are full of the stuff of college prepping for, applying to, succeeding at with self-help, commentary and criticism. This is as much a parent issue as it is one that consumes teens, with stress being the common denominator for…
