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  • Nicholas Boris Jr.

       HILLSBOROUGH — Nicholas J. Boris Jr. died April 30 in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was 18.    Born in Somerville, he was a lifelong resident of Hillsborough.    Mr. Boris worked for Pizza Brothers in Hillsborough and worked construction in New York City on Saturdays.…

  • If the Shoe Fits

    American Repertory Ballet presents a modern version of ‘Cinderella’ at the State Theatre. By: Megan Sullivan    Perhaps a high rise building isn’t the first place you’d imagine Prince Charming would track down Cinderella. But that’s exactly where he finds her in choreographer Graham Lustig’s modern-day interpretation of the age-old fairy tale.    "I thought, ‘You know,…

  • Cardinals earn first win against another new team

    BOYS LACROSSE By: Tim Falls    Matt Watson knows there are some games the Lawrence boys lacrosse team must win.    The game against Hightstown last Friday was one of them.    "They should all be must-win games," said Watson, a junior attacker on the Cardinals’ lacrosse team. "We’re still a young team. You’re supposed to go into…

  • Memorial Day details given

    For Hopewell and Pennington    Hopewell Valley American Legion Post 339 and Hopewell Fire Department will hold their annual Memorial Day Parade on May 28. Lineup will take place at 12:30 p.m. at the old Masonic Temple building on East Broad Street. Paraders will march west on Broad Street to the Post 339 home on Van…

  • Towns shouldn’t need consultant for budget review

    EDITORIAL By Ruth Luse    No matter what course officials of our three local municipalities finally decide to take in order to deal with the defeated school budget dilemma, they must certify school budget general fund tax levies to the Mercer County Board of Taxation by May 19.    That is their obligation. If they don’t, the…

  • Letters to the editor

    From the week of May 4 Family remembers son, one year later To the editor:    It has been one year (May 10) since my son Tommy Jaichner passed away. The perpetual ache of losing Tommy is something I cannot describe in words.    We miss and love Tommy so much. He will be in our hearts…

  • South second at GMCT

    By: Rich Fisher    The Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament was bittersweet for the South Brunswick High tennis team.    Well, maybe bummersweet might be more applicable.    Although Rohan Patkar’s second-place finish was anything but bitter, it was kind of a bummer considering that Patkar entered the GMCT as the No. 1 seed.    But there was some sweet…

  • Stewart handles top spot

    By: Sean Richards    Although the South Brunswick High golf team has good depth this year and is getting contributions from many players, it’s the No. 1 guy in the lineup who is expected to lead the way.    On this front the Vikings are in very good shape with Rich Stewart, a talented junior who has…

  • Pennington fetes Arbor Day

    Tree is planted at Toll Gate By John Tredrea    Continuing a tradition begun in 1872 by Pennington resident J. Sterling Morton, officials, residents and school children gathered for a ceremonial tree planting on Arbor Day.    This year, a great western maple was planted on East Curlis Avenue near Toll Gate Grammar School, just off South…