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  • School board OKs maintenance work

    Woods Road roof, HHS heating and other projects will be completed despite voters’ rejection of referendum. By: Donna Lukiw    Woods Road Elementary School will get a new roof before the next school year begins, even though voters rejected the September referendum that included the roof work and other school maintenance projects.    In addition to the…

  • Anne Bodor

       MANVILLE — Anne (Petrone) Bodor died Jan. 17 at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. She was 77.    Born in New Brunswick, she was a lifelong resident of Manville.    Mr. Bodor was a homemaker.    She was a communicant of Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church in Manville.    Survivors include her husband, Ernest Bodor; a son, Dennis Sidorski…

  • Wrestlers post second team victory

    RAIDER ROUNDUP By: Rudy Brandl        It was a busy, exciting and very competitive week for the Hillsborough High wrestling team.    The Raiders battled four opponents in four days, capped by Saturday’s tri-meet against a pair of teams ranked in the state’s top 20. Hillsborough posted its second team victory of the season in Thursday’s…

  • Township OKs animal pact for Hopewell Borough

    Hopewell Council expected to act on agreement Feb. 6 By John Tredrea    An interlocal agreement under which Hopewell Township will provide animal control services to Hopewell Borough for the next five years was approved Monday.    The pact, OK’d by the Hopewell Township Committee, says the township will provide the services for $7,000 this year. The…

  • This Week

    Thursday    Atlantic City bus trip: The Lawrence Senior Center Club #1 will sponsor a trip to an Atlantic City casino.    To attend or for more information, call Livia Borkowski at (609) 896-1443. Friday    Free financial hotline: It’s time that people began to pay attention to their investments again. So Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine is partnering…

  • Florence, NBC win away from playoffs

    Blanton, Jacobsen pace win in local girls’ basketball showdown By: Sean Moylan    Although his club was over .500, Vince Cipriano wanted his Florence Township Memorial High School girls’ varsity basketball squad to beat a good team.    The Flashes did just that when they outlasted Bordentown 50-46 in a great basketball played at Florence last Thursday.…

  • Branson rolls a 727 series

    By: Sean Moylan    As long as Ryan Branson continues his quest for an 800 series, the Bordentown Regional High School boys’ varsity bowling team will be happy. Because though Branson has yet to reach 800, the Scotties have been more than pleased to take the 700 plus series he has been producing as of late.…

  • Jost retiring at year’s end

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    Brian Jost, long time track and cross country coach at South Brunswick High School, has decided to retire coaching, as well as his middle school teaching career in the district, effective at the end of this school year. While some educators ease into retirement by dropping their coaching duties first, Jost…

  • Tough foes make it rough on South Brunswick icemen

    By: Ken Weingartner    The South Brunswick High ice hockey team is in the midst of a tough stretch of games against some of the best squads in the state.    Last week, the Vikings lost to No. 12 Montgomery and No. 17 Toms River North. Yesterday, South Brunswick was scheduled to skate against Steinert, which is…