Category: archives
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Mehrer, FHS rebound after first loss
By: Sean Moylan Melissa Mehrer doesn’t like to lose. Fortunately, the Florence High School softball team’s junior hurler has done very little losing since her distinguished career began nearly a decade ago in Little League. So when she suffered her first loss of the season versus New Egypt a couple of weeks ago, one knew…
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MHS girls split track meets
Depth prevails vs. Dayton By: Rudy Brandl The Manville High girls competed in two team track and field meets last week and came away with a split. Tuesday afternoon in Manville, the MHS girls rocked Dayton by a 79-45 score. Seven different Manville athletes posted victories in individual events. Angelika Lazur opened the meet…
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LETTERS
From the issue of April 27, 2006. Push brooms needed for streets To the editor: Your headline, "Celebrating cleaner streets" caught my attention. I thought, "Great! South Brunswick is finally going to sweep the streets. We can finally be proud of the conditions of our streets." The older streets of South Brunswick usually have tree…
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Community Calendar
From the week of April 27 Ladies Night Out Friday, April 28 St. Mary’s School invites the public to the 2nd annual "Ladies Night Out: A Chocolate Lovers’ Delight" event from 7 to 9 p.m. at the school on Elizabeth Street, Bordentown. The event is a PTA fundraiser. Admission costs $5 and includes door…
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State history fair in area park on May 6
Free event runs from 11 a.m.-5 p.m., rain or shine, Journey back in time and experience four centuries of New Jersey history all in one place at the "SPIRIT of the JERSEYS," a historical festival set for May 6 at Washington Crossing State Park in Titusville. This free event, which runs from 11 a.m.-5 p.m.,…
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Courtyard Shakespeare
English honors classes perform ‘Macbeth’ to gain better understanding. By: Donna Lukiw The courtyard at Hillsborough High School bears little resemblance to the Scottish Highlands in William Shakespeare’s "Macbeth." But the school’s junior English honors classes made the best of it and, outfitted in red velvet robes, crowns, and swords, performed several scenes from "Macbeth"…
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Kris Korsun
PISCATAWAY Kris M. Korsun died April 20 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. He was 61. Born in Newark, he lived in Raritan and Manville before moving to Piscataway 29 years ago. Mr. Korsun was a police officer for Hillsborough Township for 26 years, retiring as corporal in 1996. After his…
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Raiders return to form with three wins
Bottom of order leads way past Montgomery By: Rudy Brandl The Hillsborough High baseball team regained some of its swagger with three impressive victories last week. Consecutive losses to Hunterdon Central and Watchung Hills in the prior week sent the defending Group 4 champs below .500 for the first time. There was a little…
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Hopewell Valley Central High principal resigns
Joseph Mangiaracina announced his impending departure to the high school faculty Monday By John Tredrea Hopewell Valley Central High School Principal Joseph Mangiaracina has submitted his resignation. The principal will leave at the end of the school year to pursue "new and exciting career opportunities," he said. "I’m going back to my professional roots. I…
