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  • Better effort doesn’t bring HoVal better result

    HOPEWELL VALLEY GIRLS BASKETBALL By: John E. Powers    The Hopewell Valley High School girls basketball team knew it had a daunting task in the first round of the Mercer County Tournament.    The 12th-seeded Bulldogs drew fifth-seeded Steinert, a team they had lost to 60-35 Dec. 20. This time around, coach Jeff Losch said, the effort…

  • Mansfield fills post to replace chief

    Kevin Rehmann to head township Police Department By: Scott Morgan    MANSFIELD — Less than a week after creating the position of public safety director, the Township Committee announced Tuesday a retired state trooper will take the job temporarily and helm the Police Department until at least the end of the year.    Kevin Rehmann, 56, a…

  • Numbers dwindling in Vikes wrestling program

    By: Ken Weingartner    Joe Dougherty isn’t the type of coach to make excuses. He also isn’t afraid to tell it like it is.    So when Dougherty points to the dwindling numbers of wrestlers at South Brunswick High, he isn’t trying to justify the Vikings’ struggles in dual meets this season. He is simply stating facts.…

  • Upper Freehold girls’ basketball team wins Tri-County Conference

    By: Kyle Moylan    Katie Bailey saw this season coming. Of course, that didn’t make it any less enjoyable when it arrived.    Bailey, the head coach of the Upper Freehold girls’ basketball team, guided her squad to a 10-0 record and the championship of the Tri-County Conference.    "We didn’t win the championship last season (Millstone did),…

  • School board needs more public servants

    LEDGER EDITORIAL, Feb. 16    Imagine reading this job description: civic-minded individuals sought to set policy for forward-thinking school district; thick skin for dealing with the public, a must.    Think there would be any takers for this job, a seat on the Lawrence Township Board of Education?    So far only incumbent Michael Brindle has put his…

  • Pennington council plans to pick mayor Feb. 27

    GOP has nominated three candidates for post By John Tredrea    Pennington Borough Council at a special meeting Feb. 27 plans to select a new mayor from the three candidates submitted by the Pennington Republican organization.    A proclamation honoring former Mayor Jim Loper and wishing him well in his new home was read aloud by council…

  • Spotlight turns to fire elections

    Washington Fire Department’s future could be impacted by Saturday’s vote. (Feb. 16) By: Lauren Burgoon    Annual fire budget elections are typically a quiet affair. Turnout out usually is extremely low and spending plans are not met with much controversy.    Washington, to put it mildly, is bucking the trend this year.    For months, the Fire Department,…

  • Anna Kokinka

       HILLSBOROUGH — Anna Kokinko died Feb. 7 at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. She was 85.    Born in Beaver Meadow, Pa., she had been a resident of Bridgewater since 1953 and recently moved to Avalon in Bridgewater.    Mrs. Kokinko was employed as supervisor for Tunsol of Weatherly, Pa.    She was a communicant of St. Mary’s…

  • Timely storm reminds us of wintry marvels

    EDITORIAL By Ruth Luse    Call it Lincoln’s Revenge. Or the pre-St. Valentine’s Day Massacre of 2006. Or the You’re In Turin Reality Show.    Whatever it was, the storm that dumped more than a foot of snow across Central Jersey over the weekend certainly shook up a region that had become all too accustomed, after the…