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Kevin Campanale’s return to sports caps 30-month battle against cancer By Rudy Brandl Sports Editor    Kevin Campanale battles a lot more than tough opponents on the wrestling mat and football field in his daily life. The Hillsborough High senior also has proven he can defeat something much more powerful or threatening than any opposing athlete.…

By Eileen Oldfield Staff Writer    Learning that her artwork would be featured in Somerset County’s 2008 Anti-Drug Calendar, and won one of the eight second-place drawing awards was a complete surprise for Auten Road Intermediate School sixth-grader Aniela Perez.    ”My mouth literally dropped, and I made this wincing noise,” said Aniela. “I had no idea…

Hillsborough High senior 189-pounder Kevin Campanale gets his hand raised as the winner of a wrestling match in the Somerset County Tournament, where he won the championship in his weight class. Kevin has been fighting leukemia while becoming a standout two-sport athlete at HHS. Photo by Elane Coleman-fstop1.com

By Eileen Oldfield Staff Writer    Jeffrey Kampf’s high school Genocide and Holocaust class is taking a closer look at the subject — and local residents are invited to join them.    The class invites residents to help Darfurian refugees escape the region’s atrocities, without even leaving Hillsborough, with a program featuring a public showing of ex-Marine…

Filmmaker Brian Steidle and Sudanese refugee Theil Theil are expected to participate in the Hillsborough High School program raising money to aid Darfur refugees. Photo courtesy of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

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By Eileen Oldfield Staff Writer    A cast and crew of about 50 middle school students are all it takes to turn Hillsborough Middle School’s annex cafeteria into A.A. Milne’s “Hundred Acre Wood,” as students in the school’s drama club perform “Winnie the Pooh.”    The cast will perform three shows, at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday,…

By Audrey Levine Staff Writer    Every Dec. 31, as the giant ball slowly inches its way down in the middle of Times Square in New York City, people across the country begin the countdown to the new year.    But, for two of Hillsborough’s newest residents, this annual ritual will also signify the countdown to their…

Student Morgan Windish, as Kanga, cleans Roo (Kristen McKenna) in the Hillsbroough Middle School production of "Winne the Pooh." Staff photo by Eileen Oldfield