Category: archives
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Now it’s the voters’ chance to make the key decisions
EDITORIAL By Ruth Luse On Tuesday, between 6 a.m. and 8 p.m., Valley voters will join their neighbors across the state at the polls, where they will make some key general election decisions guaranteed to have impacts on the future not only for local towns, but also for county, state and nation. Only in…
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HHS boys survived many elements
RUDE AWAKENING By: Rudy Brandl BERNARDS The Hillsborough High boys’ soccer team went trick-or-treating a few days early in last Saturday night’s Somerset County Tournament championship game at Ridge High. After believing they had treated their school and many loyal fans who braved the blustery conditions to the first HHS county title since 1984,…
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Cardinals end in overtime tie
FIELD HOCKEY By: John E. Powers The Lawrence High School field hockey team ended their season in a way that they’ll remember for a very long time. After being eliminated from the Mercer County Tournament by Hightstown, the Cardinals (5-9-3) finished the season with a three-game unbeaten streak all of the games finishing in…
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Police investigating possible bias crimes
Smoke bombs were set off on Halloween. By: John Dunphy A pair of incidents on Halloween night where smoke bombs were placed in the doors of two residences have led police to believe them to be bias incidents. At 6:35 p.m. Tuesday, the Police Department received a call that two juveniles were lighting smoke bombs…
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NBC field hockey edged in states, 2-1
By: Sean Moylan The Northern Burlington County Regional High School field hockey team opened Monday’s playoff game at Hightstown with a 15-minute storm of offense, which was highlighted by a Rachel Pandl goal at the 23:01 mark of the first half. The Rams, however, weathered that initial storm and went on to beat the Greyhounds,…
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A frightful fundraiser
Annual Dardani trail haunts Woodlot By: Madeleine Johnson The Dardanis have been bringing heart-stopping haunted fun to the public for eight years, and on Halloween they offered South Brunswick a new tradition that’s guaranteed to stop traffic. Despite the drizzle and damaging winds, the annual haunted trail and hayride, held Friday and Saturday nights, plowed…
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Remembering when police shared one car
John Kropewnicki says officers are busier, but more organized. By: Donna Lukiw After serving Manville for 25 years as a police officer, Alice Street resident John Kropewnicki can still remember what it was like in the old days and how different today’s Police Department is. The 95-year-old spends his days at home, under the…
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Governor’s school safety plans are old hat to local districts
By: Cara Latham While Gov. Jon Corzine recently announced plans aimed at improving safety in schools around the state, some local school districts seem to already be ahead of the game. The governor spoke at two schools in Burlington County on Oct. 19 about the School Security Task Force dubbed SAVE, for Strategic Actions for…
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Lady Raiders eliminated in CJ 4 quarterfinals
Unbeaten Steinert ends fine HHS season By: Rudy Brandl The Hillsborough High girls’ soccer team ran into the same predicament as last season in this year’s Central Jersey Group 4 playoffs. For the second straight year, the Lady Raiders won a game before suffering a quarterfinal round elimination loss to the top seed in the…
