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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…

  • Manville boys win first soccer game

    Offense finally breaks out vs. Vo-Tech By: John Beisser        Turn to a handy Webster’s Dictionary and one of the lines used to describe the word faith is a "firm belief in something for which there is no proof."    For 16 straight games, members of the Manville High boys’ soccer team laced up their cleats…

  • Wyoming Place boarder found dead in apartment

    An autopsy will be performed to determine the cause of death. By: Donna Lukiw    Wyoming Place resident Kenneth Parlo, 41, was found dead in his boarding house room Saturday morning, and police are still trying to learn the cause of death.    Police said Mr. Parlo lived in a rooming house and another tenant found Mr.…

  • Redbirds’ great season ends in a shootout

    Katzman, Quintana, Neuberger score, but boys edged in soccer playoffs By: Kyle Moylan    For the second time in a week, the Allentown High and Hopewell boys’ soccer teams played to a 2-2 tie through regulation and two overtime periods.    When that happened in a game last week, the two teams were declared tied. When it…

  • Ericka Urrutia

       HILLSBOROUGH — Ericka L. Urrutia died Oct. 28 at Haven Hospice in Edison. She was 42.    Born in Altus, Okla., she grew up in Elizabeth and lived in Middletown before moving to Hillsborough in 1994.    Mrs. Urrutia worked for AT&T as the IP Offer Manager in the marketing department.    She was a member of the…

  • Robbinsville’s first hockey year was a successful one

    By: Sean Moylan    As great and as fun-filled as the Mercer County Tournament can be, it does have its drawbacks.     For instance, the Robbinsville High field hockey team was hoping to reschedule some of its postponed regular season games in an effort to climb back to .500 and gain some valuable experience against evenly-matched…

  • Bryce Thompson buys section of Martin tract

    164 acres of farmland go for $1,375,000 By John Tredrea    Bryce Thompson’s trade is buying and selling land, and he did some business in Hopewell Township on Friday, when he purchased 164 acres of farmland from the township for $1,375,000.    "I’m in the land business," said Mr. Thompson, who lives on a farm in East…

  • Ledger, Packet help HomeFront with food drive

    HomeFront is looking for non-perishable food donations to allow needy families in the area to enjoy Thanksgiving. A $50 prize will be awarded to the most creative donation basket.    The Lawrence Ledger and The Princeton Packet have teamed up with HomeFront to once again provide Thanksgiving meals for needy families in Mercer County.    HomeFront, a…

  • Township to begin work on new park

    By: Stephanie Prokop    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — The township is moving forward this month with plans to turn a vacant lot on Palmer Avenue into a park with a walking path, gazebo, benches and small gardens.    The 1.2-acre lot between Cemetery Lane and Route 130 was the first open space parcel the township acquired back in…