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  • Hopewell Borough budget is adopted

    At the new tax rate, the average property owner in the borough will pay $1,220 for municipal services, as compared to $1,107 in 2005 By Aleen Crispino    On May 18, Hopewell Borough Council members voted 4-0 to adopt a $2.15 million budget for 2006, down 5.6 percent from last year.    Council invited public comment before…

  • Doubles in fifth send LHS ahead

    BASEBALL By: Tim Falls    Sean Gafgen and Taylor Smith blasted back-to-back doubles in the top of the fifth inning as the Lawrence High School varsity baseball team collected six runs.    That inning helped the Cardinals top Ewing, 15-8, on Tuesday.    "Up until that point we were getting a run here, a run there," said Cardinal…

  • Bershad leads Group II

    Senior shoots 4-under on front nine to take second at the Tournament of Champions. By: Tim Falls br>    Ben Bershad won the NJSIAA Group II Championship and nearly won the Tournament of Champions with a 1-under par 70 at the Rumson Country Club on Monday.    Bershad won the NJSIAA Group II Central-South sectional with a…

  • EDITORIAL

    Recall those who gave lives for our country.    Well over a million Americans have died in war during the nation’s history. Each of them gave his or her life in defense of the freedoms we cherish as a nation. Most, however, have receded into the past, lost amid the stories of generals and statesmen that…

  • School district honors key volunteers with awards

    Honorees are Trish Delehey, Cathy Patnick and Jim and Ellen Lebbad By John Tredrea    Four school district residents who have volunteered much time, effort and expertise to local schools were honored by the Hopewell Valley school board with "You Make a Difference" awards at the board’s May 15 meeting.    The honorees are Trish Delehey, Cathy…

  • Pizza-box cards express thanks to Casanos

    Nat Casano had given students a cartload of pizza boxes, which they used in school projects By John Tredrea    Heartfelt tokens of thanks from the young have a way of making one reflect on both what’s been done and what’s still ahead.    That’s the kind of mood Nat Casano was in recently as he looked…

  • Vikes unfazed by Kelly’s loss

    By: Ken Weingartner    A season that some thought might turn forgettable has become one to remember for the South Brunswick boys lacrosse team.    The Vikings saw their top returning scorer, Kory Kelly, lost for the year with a knee injury in the opening game of the campaign, but regrouped to claim the school’s second Greater…

  • Florence tennis repeats as C.J. Group 1 champs

    Team captures second straight title By: Sean Moylan    They did it again.    The top-seeded Florence High School boys’ tennis team captured its second straight NJSIAA Central Jersey Group I title this past Tuesday with a 3-2 win over Middlesex.    "It was awesome," said Florence Coach Ovi Dragos, who came into this season with deep concerns…

  • EDITORIAL

    Don’t base steroid policy solely on test.    The state and the athletic association that oversees high school sports competition want to keep steroids out of high school sports.    They will begin testing athletes who reach state championship games for a variety of performance-enhancing drugs. Under the new state policy, which received unanimous approval from the…