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  • Manville girls set to begin soccer season

    Lebedz to lead Lady Mustangs By: John E. Powers        The Manville High School girls’ soccer team will be embarking on a new journey this season, entering a new league with a new coach and several new players.    Manville, one of the original Mountain Valley Conference schools, left that league and will begin play as…

  • Book Notes

    Back-to-school tips for parents By: Joan Ruddiman    As the kids start school this week parents gear up for a new round of running to team practices, music lessons, scouts and other kid related activities. September is particularly busy for parents as schools host back-to-school nights, often on several different nights for children who are in…

  • Township, county in talks to buy GSA depot

    As part of the negotiations, the GSA would set up a multi-million-dollar escrow account for the cleanup of the property. By: Charlie Olsen    Hillsborough and Somerset County are negotiating the purchase of the 438-acre General Services Administration (GSA) Belle Mead supply depot on Mountainview Road, and the Township Committee is set to commit to the…

  • Adult bookstore closed amid criminal charges

    Zoning violations also alleged against owner By: Molly Petrilla    FLORENCE — The owner and manager of a Route 130 adult bookstore face multiple charges resulting from alleged zoning violations and various criminal offenses, police said Friday.    According to police, two detectives had been investigating Florence Adult Books alongside the township’s code enforcement officer in response…

  • Dalce takes over AHS boys’ soccer

    By: Kyle Moylan    ÿ8DALCEÿSoccer is fun. No one will confuse that with being silly or a joke when Tigana Dalce is around, though.    The new boys’ soccer coach for Allentown High School is very serious about the sport. For him, the fun is the joy of putting in a good day’s work and being able…

  • Smith takes 14-2-1 J.V. squad up to varsity action

    By: Sean Moylan    One of Rick Smith’s major concerns going into the late summer tryouts and practices for his Robbinsville girls’ varsity soccer team is that too many good players would overlap at the same positions. But ever since the program began three years ago things have had a way of working out for the…

  • Blotter

       Someone smashed the driver’s side window of an Edison man’s 2005 BMW 325 and stole the victim’s wallet and the cash that was in it while it was parked at the eBeam warehouse on Melrich Road between 2:15 p.m. and 4:50 p.m. Friday. * * *    Someone smashed the rear hatchback of a South Brunswick…

  • POLICE BLOTTER

    By:    At 9:54 Aug. 28, a GMC Yukon was scratched, causing $500 damage, while parked in the Wal-Mart parking lot on North Main Street. ***    North 10th Avenue resident Aneta Tkaczyk, 21, was charged with driving with a revoked license while driving on Louis Street at 9:54 p.m. Aug. 29.    Police said Ms. Tkaczyk was…

  • HHS boys ready to attack soccer foes

    Puma adds third striker to bolster offense By: Rudy Brandl    Hillsborough High boys’ soccer coach Eric Puma wants to see his team light up the scoreboard this season.    With eight returning starters back on the field for the 2006 campaign, the Raiders can afford to open up the attack. Puma expects the addition of a…