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  • Lawrence residents file for county offices

    Lawrence residents are running for Mercer County freeholder and county surrogate. By:Lea Kahn Staff Writer    Four Lawrence residents are among the eight candidates who had filed to run for three seats on the Mercer County Board of Chosen Freeholders and for Mercer County Surrogate by the Monday afternoon filing deadline.    No one filed to run…

  • Reigning county champs off and running

    HOPEWELL VALLEY TRACK By: John E. Powers    The Hopewell Valley High School girls track team has opened its outdoor season showing just how balanced it is.    The reigning Mercer County champions opened the season April 4 with a triangular meet sweep of West Windsor-Plainsboro North (88-52) and Hightstown (87.5-52.5), performed well in the rain at…

  • Retired chief, incumbent eye Hopewell Township Committee seat

    In Pennington, Republican James Benton and Democrat Tony Persichilli will go for mayor’s post in November By John Tredrea    Recently retired Hopewell Township Police Chief Michael Chipowsky, a Republican, and Democratic incumbent David Sandahl are heading toward a Nov. 7 showdown for the open Township Committee seat. Each will run unopposed in his party’s primary…

  • Rare air

    Vikings ranked in state’s Top 10 for the first time in program history By: Ken Weingartner    Just six matches into the season, the South Brunswick High boys volleyball team has already equaled its win total of a year ago.    More impressively, the Vikings have found themselves in a place never before reached – the state’s…

  • McGranaghan looks forward to tough matches at first singles

    BOYS TENNIS By: Tim Falls    It’s a good thing Matt McGranaghan likes competition.    He’ll see enough of it at first singles for the Hopewell Valley Central High School boys tennis team.    McGranaghan has already faced one of the best players in the Colonial Valley Conference, Steinert’s John Yu. Yu recorded the Spartan’s only win in…

  • Bordentown’s Trogdon, Allen toss no-hitters

    By: Sean Moylan    The Bordentown High School softball team has had many fast starts over the years. Yet never before have the Scotties put together such a perfect blend of pitching, hitting and fielding to start a young season at 5-0.    The Scotties’ latest heroics came last Friday when senior Reannon Trogdon hurled a masterful…

  • Maria Angiuli

       HILLSBOROUGH — Maria R. Angiuli died April 3. She was 56.    She was a native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and moved to Hillsborough in 1975.    Mrs. Angiuli worked for 10 years at AT&T in New York and Basking Ridge. She also held several other management positions in the cable and lawn-care industries.    She was an active…

  • Brothers’ brawl brings trouble for restaurant denied license

    ABC violation charges expected against the Mi Casita Bar and Restaurant management. By: Donna Lukiw    Police say they expect to file charges of violations of ABC (Alcohol Beverage Control) laws against the Mi Casita Bar and Restaurant management after a March 9 fight behind the bar that resulted in two brothers being charged with assaulting…

  • Accident victim dies

    Thomas Scurato of Old Beekman Road died Friday as a result of injuries sustained March 27 when he was hit by a car while crossing Sand Hill Road. By: Joseph Harvie    An 80-year-old Kendall Park man died Friday from injuries sustained March 27, when he was hit by a car while crossing Sand Hill Road.…