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  • Lady Raiders prevail to reach county semifinals

    Marino goal backs O’Connor shutout By: Rudy Brandl    FRANKLIN — The Hillsborough High girls’ soccer team has learned how to battle through difficult situations this season. That mettle was put to the test again in Saturday’s Somerset County Tournament quarterfinal game vs. Somerville at Soccer Centers in Franklin Township.    Playing without leading scorer Mary Bednar,…

  • District pulls the plug on solar panels plan

    When a state rebate program that would have saved the school district $1 million expired, the project was deemed too costly. By: Donna Lukiw    Plans to add solar panels at the high school and middle school won’t see the light of day after the Board of Education’s facilities committee and school administrators decided not to…

  • Alberta Miller

       MANVILLE — Alberta (Ritt) Miller died Oct. 12 at the Haven Hospice Unit located at John F. Kennedy Medical Center in Edison. She was 60.    Born in Newark, she lived in Torrington, Conn., before settling in Manville 20 years ago.    Mrs. Miller was a nurses aide for Foothill Acres Nursing Home in Hillsborough.    Surviving are…

  • School district launches its first pay-to-ride the bus service

    29 students sign up at $465 each for the year By: John Tredrea    The Hopewell Valley Regional School District is providing school bus service to 29 children whose families are paying for it because they are not entitled to busing under school district policy or state law.    The district is charging $465 per child under…

  • HoVal ges by with tie

    BOYS SOCCER By: Tim Falls    There are days when a team can get by not being at its best.    Those days are dwindling.    The Hopewell Valley Central High School boys varsity soccer team got by with a tie to Nottingham last Thursday.    With a berth in the NJSIAA playoffs already clinched with their 9-4-1 record,…

  • Mary Mazzola

       Mary (Richetti) Mazzola, 77, of Monmouth Junction, died Tuesday, Oct. 10, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick.    She was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., resided in Old Bridge for 37 years and moved to Monmouth Junction in 1997.    She is survived by her husband of 58 years, Salvatore of Monmouth Junction; three sons,…

  • Lawrence rampages past Nottingham

    FOOTBALL By: Tim Falls    Brian Mills likes to keep the opposition guessing.    The Lawrence High School junior was even harder to predict as he took over as quarterback against Nottingham last Saturday.    The Cardinals dominated again in impressive fashion with a 58-7 victory over the Northstars to remain undefeated with a record of 6-0.    It…

  • LETTER (10/19/06)

    Father learns LHS ‘isn’t broken’ while aide for daughter To the editor:    I hear from time to time about the problems at Lawrence High School and would like to offer the following from personal observations during the 2004-2005 school year.    I had the privilege of being an aide for my daughter, Caryn, during a difficult…

  • The state we’re in

    Celebrate preservation milestone By: Michele S. Byers    When the Pinelands Protection Act was passed more than 25 years ago, not everyone was happy. But today more and more people are recognizing the foresight of the law that effectively preserved the Pinelands. October is Pinelands Month in New Jersey and a perfect opportunity to visit the…