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  • Tennis nets RHS’s first varsity win

    By: Sean Moylan    "The Robbinsville High girls’ varsity tennis team" is now the answer to a pretty good trivia question which kids who attend the school 10 years from now will be sure to kick around.    By clobbering Trenton 5-0 on the road last Thursday, the Ravens’ girls’ varsity tennis team became the first Robbinsville…

  • Talk about making an entrance!

    Ginez debuts with a time that would have won 2005 GMC meet By: Redd E. Patrick    A talented runner in his day at Old Bridge High School and now a successful coach at South Brunswick, Wilfredo Rivera can spot a natural when he sees one.    But even Rivera could never have predicted what happened on…

  • Lawrence plans to qualify

    GIRLS TENNIS By: John E. Powers    The Lawrence High School girl’s tennis team and their new head coach Mick Cimorelli have reasonable goals for this season. The nucleus is strong enough to make those goals reality: a berth in the Central Jersey Group III tournament and perhaps at least a sectional tournament victory.    The Cardinals,…

  • New filters needed for school’s well water supply

    To meet new federal standards, an arsenic removal system to monitor and clean the well water at Woodfern Elementary School will be installed. By: Donna Lukiw    After the federal government changed its maximum contaminant level for arsenic in drinking water, the Hillsborough School District has to install an arsenic removal system to monitor and clean…

  • 4,600 to see increase in water rate

    Residents served by Trenton Water Works to be affected. By: Lea Kahn        Those in Lawrence whose water is supplied through Trenton Water Works will see their quarterly water bills rise based on a rate hike unanimously approved by the Trenton City Council last week.    The increase affects about 4,600 households in the southern part…

  • Township attempts to limit truck traffic on local roadway

    By: Cara Latham    UPPER FREEHOLD — In a standing-room-only meeting, filled with parents and their children, residents urged the Township Committee to look into placing restrictions on trucks that travel on Sharon Station Road.    Children at the Sept. 7 meeting wore shirts that said, "Mr. Mayor, do you care about our safety?" with a picture…

  • MHS girls look ahead after tough opener

    Delaney hopes team learns from video By: John E. Powers        Erin Delaney, the first-year head coach of the Manville High School girls’ soccer team, spent several hours over the weekend, viewing an ugly video.    She hoped it would give her some clues as to why her team was so lethargic in last Friday’s 7-0…

  • Eggerts Crossing architect ‘lived life the way he wanted to’

    Memorial program honoring John Zvosec to be held Saturday. By: Lea Kahn    Ask John Zvosec’s family and friends to describe him, and they would reply that he was a generous man who wanted to help people and make the world a better place to live.    That’s one of the reasons why following the death of…

  • Township officials designate Sept. 11 as annual Recognition Day

    Purpose will be to recognize first-call responders and community service volunteers By John Tredrea    As several dozen uniformed members of the Valley’s police departments and volunteer emergency service units looked on, the Hopewell Township Committee voted unanimously Monday night to proclaim that Sept. 11 of every year will be Recognition Day for all first-call responders…