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  • Smolinka takes fourth in county race

    ATHLETE OF THE WEEK By: Rudy Brandl    BERNARDS — Ashley Smolinka has been leading the way for the Hillsborough High girls’ cross country team this season. The HHS girls are in rebuilding mode, so it’s only fitting that a freshman phenom is the leader of the pack.    Smolinka didn’t just lead her team in last…

  • Lady Raiders lose controversial county semifinal

    Team set for revenge in divisional showdown By: Rudy Brandl    BRIDGEWATER – The Hillsborough High girls’ soccer team won’t have to wait long to avenge Saturday’s loss to Montgomery in the Somerset County Tournament semifinals.    Hillsborough will have destiny in its hands when it travels south to Cougar Stadium for tonight’s (Thursday) Delaware East Division…

  • Mary Mazzola

       Mary (Richetti) Mazzola, 77, died Tuesday, Oct. 10, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick.    Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., she lived in Old Bridge for 37 years and moved to Monmouth Junction nine years ago.    She is survived by her husband of 58 years, Salvatore Mazzola; three sons, Nicholas and his wife, Delores, of…

  • Hun knocks out LHS

    BOYS SOCCER By: Tim Falls    The Lawrence High School boys varsity soccer team deserved better than its seventh-seed in the Mercer County Tournament.    The Cardinals had two tough games in the county playoffs, a shootout win over 10th-seeded West Windsor-Plainsboro South in the opening round and a 4-2 loss to Hun, the second seed in…

  • HHS boys advance to county soccer final

    Barbieri heroics propel team to comeback By: Rudy Brandl    WARREN – An entire zoo’s worth of monkeys came charging off the Hillsborough High boys’ soccer program’s back after Saturday’s thrilling victory over Bridgewater-Raritan in the Somerset County Tournament semifinals.    The Raiders (13-2-1) didn’t merely win a soccer game — the HHS boys erased two decades…

  • Multiple projects confronting Main Street drivers

    Expect delays during the $15.1 million project to raise and renovate the Van Veghten Bridge. By: Charlie Olsen    A $3.5 million project to resurface Main Street at night should be completed in about two weeks, according to a county official supervising the project.    The resurfacing extends from the Hillsborough Township line through the center of…

  • At Bordentown school governor announces statewide safety plan

    By: Cara Latham    BORDENTOWN — Gov. Jon Corzine made a stop at Bordentown Regional Middle School Oct. 19 to announce plans aimed at improving safety in schools around the state.    Gov. Corzine said the Bordentown Regional School District is an example of a district that is "doing a good job" in school safety.    Bordentown Township…

  • People ASK questions, get answers

    Specialist speaks to parents of special needs kids. By: Aleen Crispino    What services are available in Lawrence for children with special needs?    That question and more were answered when about a dozen parents of children with special needs in the township school district turned out Oct. 18 for "Beyond Back to School Night," the first…

  • Vikings advance in GMCT

    By: Rich Fisher & Dave Gurney    As the sky got darker, the tension grew thicker.    As the air got colder, the crowd reaction got louder.    Eighty minutes of regulation, 20 minutes of overtime and eight rounds of penalty kicks still had not solved anything.    Something had to give.    Finally, East Brunswick’s Chris Hajjar hit a…