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Auerbach led PDS to softball crown
Hillsborough resident set for senior year By: Rudy Brandl Nicole Auerbach knows she could have been a part of something special in the Hillsborough High softball program. Head coach Cheryl Iaione has built a powerful program that is widely respected as the best in Somerset County. Auerbach took her talents out of town and made…
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‘Pierogi posse’ works to finish preparations
A dozen women toil diligently beneath Sacred Heart Church to make sure everything is prepared for next week’s Summer Festival. By: Charlie Olsen The empty parking lot of Sacred Heart Church doesn’t reveal the flurry of activity going on beneath the church, as a dozen or so women are working diligently to make sure everything…
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Win streak ends in ninth inning
Senior Babe Ruth By: Tim Falls Chris Maple and Kevin Raymond worked to keep the Lawrence Black Senior Babe Ruth baseball team undefeated last Sunday. In the end, their efforts helped Lawrence avoid a loss, but a seven-game winning streak came to an end. Lawrence Black tied Hopewell Valley, 3-3, after nine innings when the…
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Bordentown 11’s advance to District 12 title game
Florence ends 3-3. By: Sean Moylan The Florence 11-year-old Little League All-Star baseball team didn’t make excuses. Excuses have never been the Florence way. Nevertheless, the Florence team that lost a 9-2 decision to Allentown on July 19 and a 14-2 decision to Nottingham this past Sunday was not the same one that ended pool…
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Kenneth H. Eckelman
Kenneth H. Eckelman, 65, died Friday, July 21, at his group home in Canal Pointe in West Windsor. Born in St. Louis, Mr. Eckelman resided with his family for most of his life in St. Louis, Denver, Colo., Minneapolis, Minn., Staten Island, N.Y. and Kingston before moving to his group home in 1997. Son of…
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Bordentown 10’s eliminated by Ewing
By: Sean Moylan The District 12 10-year-old Little League All-Star Baseball Tournament could have been one that Bordentown talked about favorably for years had the club not run into a little team called Ewing. "Ewing . . . we lost to them three times and we had the lead against them three times," said Bordentown…
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Obituaries
Joseph Roman HAMILTON TOWNSHIP Joseph Roman, 81, died Saturday at St. Francis Medical Center, Trenton. Born in Jessup, Pa., Mr. Roman resided in Hamilton Township for over 50 years. A U.S. Army veteran of World War II, Mr. Roman was the recipient of the Philippine Liberation Medal and his tour of duty included the…
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Millstone bans skaters
Boarders, in-liners prohibited from public property By: Purvi Desai MILLSTONE The Township Committee unanimously voted at its July 19 meeting to ban skateboards, scooters, roller skates and roller blades on all township-owned property. Township officials said the measure is due partly to thousands of dollars worth of damage believed to be caused by skaters…
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Jean-Pierre Proisy, former golf club greens foreman, dies in France
Memorial service held at Hopewell Valley Golf Club Jean-Pierre Maurice Marie Proisy, 51, died June 28 in Houdan (Yvelines) France, after a long battle with bladder cancer. After living in Trenton and Delaware Township in New Jersey for 22 years, Mr. Proisy returned to France to live in Mittainville in 2005. Most recently Mr. Proisy…
