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  • Students from France tour downtown Pennington

    Former borough mayor, Mike Winkler, escorted them through town By John Tredrea    About a dozen high school students from Orange, France were escorted through sunny downtown Pennington Borough one morning last week by former borough mayor, Mike Winkler.    Mr. Winkler is also a longtime history teacher at The Pennington School, where the students are staying.…

  • Obituaries for the week of April 20

    Mary C. Coffee     Mary C. Coffee died at her residence Friday, surrounded by her family. She was 83.    She had been a resident of Lawrence all of her life.    Mr. Coffee was the violations court clerk in Lawrence for 30 years before her retirement in 1984.    In the 1930s, she was active in the…

  • HHS netmen come through in clutch

    Doubles teams fuel three straight comebacks By: Rudy Brandl        This year’s Hillsborough High boys’ tennis team sure has a flair for the dramatic.    Last week’s string of three consecutive 3-2 victories over state-ranked opponents also proves the Raiders are a legitimate contender, a much better squad than the one that opened the season with…

  • Voters OK budget but reject second question

    On an 18 percent turnout, the school district’s spending plan passed, 1,879 to 1,773. By: Donna Lukiw    Superintendent Karen Lake and school administrators breathed a sigh of relief Tuesday night when Hillsborough voters approved the proposed $97.1 million school budget.    "I am absolutely thrilled and elated that Hillsborough voters approved the base budget," Dr. Lake…

  • Club’s players make good use of their knights

    The Somerset County Chess Club holds a theme night at Pheasant’s Landing. By: Charlie Olsen    An 8-year-old girl with a long ponytail and dressed in a pink dress sits calmly in front of a hulking 12-year-old boy.    The girl’s mother came running up to the tournament director, red-faced and furious that her "sweet little girl"…

  • Zoners put cell tower plan on hold

    Cellco Partnership’s application for a 140-foot cell tower, slated to be heard by the zoning board Monday, was cancelled. A new date has not been set. By:Lea Kahn Staff Writer    The Cellco Partnership’s application for a use variance to build a 140-foot-tall cell tower on the Peterson’s Nursery property on Route 206 has been put…

  • HoVal knows it needed to be better

    Princeton golfers shoot par in Bulldogs’ loss. By: Tim Falls    Shaky and inconsistent play won’t win a match against the Princeton High School golf team.    Hopewell Valley Central High School senior Ben Bershad wanted to be at his best, but instead, said he played inconsistent as the Bulldogs’ golf team hosted Princeton at Hopewell Valley…

  • Target eyes fall opening

    The store will be the first phase of a four-building shopping center on a 79.76-acre site just north of Route 522. By: Joseph Harvie    The township could have a Target department store by late fall if construction on a Route 1 shopping center goes as planned.    The 128,059-square-foot Target is the first phase of a…

  • Fiddling with the birds at the pole farm

    REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK By John Tredrea    Our cat hates the fiddle. The minute he sees me pick it up, he hops down from the sofa and heads for the door and won’t stop meowing, very loudly, until I let him out. "I was up all night and need to sleep, which I guess I’ll have to…