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  • Girls brace for huge week of tennis

    RAIDER ROUNDUP By: Rudy Brandl        The Hillsborough High girls’ tennis team will be playing for big stakes just about every day this week, as long as the weather cooperates.    Sunday’s rain forced the postponement of the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds of the Somerset County Tournament. Those rounds were set to be played Wednesday, with…

  • AHS, NEHS hockey starting to separate from pack

    By: Kyle Moylan    The definition of a great leader is someone that doesn’t panic in a tough situation. They are the ones that look for a way out of a difficult situation — rather than dwelling on how the problem started.    MaryEllen McCarthy is a great leader.    After guiding her Allentown High School field hockey…

  • Obituaries

    Mary T. Pallo    FLORENCE — Mary T. "Aunt Tina" Fasanella Pallo, 87, formerly of Hamilton Township, died Sept. 30 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton.    Born in Trenton, Mrs. Pallo resided there most of her life before spending 43 years in Hamilton Township and the last three years in Florence.    Mrs. Pallo retired…

  • Input on warehouse largely negative

    By: Purvi Desai    ALLENTOWN — The Sept. 26 Upper Freehold Planning Board meeting attracted neighboring Washington Township’s mayor, who informed Upper Freehold officials that he is not willing and able to provide police and emergency services for the $82 million warehouse complex on a 254-acre site on Breza Road.    The meeting — the fourth of…

  • Letters to the editor, Oct. 5, 2006

    ‘Groundless allegations’ To the editor:     Jim Wulf and his wife, Rhona Wulf, have submitted letters to the editor for several weeks now attacking the school district. Initially, their letters focused on their anger with the school district for removing two of the three bus stops on their 1-mile-long cul-de-sac. Now, Mr. Wulf is directing…

  • Hopewell Valley goes on the attack

    GIRLS SOCCER By: Mike Molaro    One of the keys to success for the Hopewell Valley Central High School girl’s soccer squad this season is a stifling defense.    Now the Lady Bulldogs (7-2) are concentrating on making things happen offensively.    "We always try to limit opponents’ shots," HoVal head coach John McGinley said after Tuesday’s 5-0…

  • Hopewell OKs land purchase funding

    Council to help pay for preservation of St. Michael’s tract By Aleen Crispino    Hopewell Borough Council voted 6-0 to adopt an ordinance appropriating $800,000 as the first installment of its contribution to the purchase — with the Delaware & Raritan (D&R) Greenway Land Trust and Hopewell Township — of most of the 337-acre St. Michael’s…

  • POLICE BLOTTER

    By:    Lincoln Avenue resident Gloria Gold, 44, was charged with DWI, speeding and failure to maintain a lane while driving on North Main Street at 9:49 p.m. on Sept. 26.    Police said she was processed and released. Her vehicle was towed. ***    Philip M. Brown, 42, of North Brunswick, was charged with driving with a…

  • Cardinals look to unite

    FIELD HOCKEY By: John E. Powers    The Lawrence High School field hockey team has come together off the field. Now, the Cardinals need to translate that togetherness on the field.    Lawrence fell to 3-6 Tuesday as West Windsor-Plainsboro South prevailed 3-0. Sophomore Tory Sharpless scored twice and Mallory Swanson scored once.    Ali Trevorrow made nine…