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  • HHS track teams rule in NYC

    Boys, girls sweep MLK relays By: Rudy Brandl    Another long day of travel and competition resulted in a third consecutive boy-girl sweep for the Hillsborough High track and field teams at last week’s Martin Luther King Relays at The New Balance Armory in New York City.    Head coach Rich Refi boarded the bus with his…

  • Fuller tops Group III in relay

    Lawrence indoor track By: Jim Green    You can’t do much better than Lawrence High School senior Janelle Fuller did Sunday at the state Group III Relay Championships at Princeton University’s Jadwin Gym.    Fuller had the best individual throw in Group III with a distance of 40-0 ½ inches — a throw which also broke the…

  • Humble win allows NBC to boast about tourney title

    By: Sean Moylan    In the last bout of the day, Johnny "Let’s Get Ready to Rumble" Humble beat fellow heavyweight Kyle Fatzone to clinch a 33-30 win for the Northern Burlington County Regional High School varsity wrestling team over Collingswood at last Saturday’s Collingswood Duals. The victory also gave the Greyhounds the tournament team championship.…

  • District close to naming its chief

    Offer possible in a few days (Jan. 26) By: Lauren Burgoon    UPPER FREEHOLD — The Board of Education is narrowing down the search for a superintendent and a replacement could be named soon.    An undisclosed number of finalists are vying for the position. School board President Jeanette Bressi said Friday the board is proceeding with…

  • Robber pleads guilty

    Caleb Frosh pleaded guilty, Monday, in U.S. District Court to seven accounts of bank robbery. By: Joseph Harvie    A 22-year-old Columbus, Ohio, man pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to robbing seven banks in Central Jersey last year, including the May 21 robbery of the PNC in Dayton.    A spokesman for the U.S. attorney’s office…

  • Dorothy Visco

       Dorothy "Doren" Gaudy Visco, 78, died Monday, Jan. 23, at her home in Kendall Park.    Born in Queens, N.Y., she had lived in The Bronx, N.Y., before moving to Kendall Park 39 years ago. Ms. Visco was a communicant of St. Augustine of Canterbury R.C. Church in Kendall Park. She was a member of the…

  • Police Beat for the week of Jan. 26

    Washington    Michael Bianco, 23, of Spring Lakes Heights was charged with drug offenses at 2:35 a.m. Sunday. Sgt. Mark Lee stopped Mr. Bianco on I-195 for driving 75 mph in a 65-mph zone. Police said Mr. Bianco appeared tired but denied having drugs in the car.    Canine officer Valko uncovered prescription pills and suspected cocaine…

  • SBHS boys go to 7-2

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    As expected, West Windsor-Plainsboro South stopped the South Brunswick High School boys’ swim team’s winning streak at six, but the Vikings were far from finished. They resumed their winning ways by sinking Sayreville 122-48 in last week’s co-ed meet. Since the results of co-ed meets accrue to the boys’ record, they…

  • Kevin Migliore

       BRIDGEWATER — Kevin Migliore died Jan. 21 at St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston from injuries sustained from a tanker explosion in Hillsborough on Jan. 10. He was 37.    Born in New Brunswick, he had been a resident of the Bradley Gardens section of Bridgewater most of his life.    Mr. Migliore was a mechanic for…