• HILLSBOROUGH: Raiders end successful boys lax season

    By Justin Feil, The Packet Group    Mark Wilson felt like it could be a pretty good year for his Hillsborough High School boys lacrosse team.    ”I did anticipate us having a pretty good season because of our senior class,” said the Raiders head coach. “I thought it’d be strong from top to bottom. We had…

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY: Teens have place to call home

    By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    It has a big-screen TV, interactive video games, big comfortable sofas, a pingpong table, a snack bar area, a wall-to-ceiling blackboard, an art room where classes in drawing and painting are offered, a learning center with four iMac computers on desks at big windows that look out on an attractive…

  • WEST AMWELL: Residents welcome at June 21 solar session

    By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    WEST AMWELL — Township residents will have a chance in a few weeks to learn about the solar installation coming to municipal land and the local elementary school, and they will have the opportunity to ask questions of the experts.    Swan Creek Energy is the company that will bring solar…

  • VRSCCI hopes to save old Valley Road School

    Kip Cherry, Chuck Creesy, Claire Jacobus, Dick Woodbridge, Trustees, Valley Road School Community Center Inc. To the editor: Princeton Regional Schools will soon decide the fate of the old Valley Road School building on Witherspoon Street. Thousands of local residents were educated in its classrooms, which were the first to be integrated in Princeton. Our…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – DOT approval needed for traffic camera change

    By Mary Brienza, Staff Writer    The township’s participation in the state Department of Transportation’s Red Light Running Automated Enforcement pilot program is contingent on the agency approving the switch from Henderson Road and Route 1 to Route 522 and Route 1, including Promenade Boulevard, according to township spokesman Ron Schmalz.    Mr. Schmalz said the township…

  • LIBRARY CORNER: Week of June 2

       Events at the Bordentown Branch of the Burlington County Library System at 18 E. Union St., Bordentown City: FOR ADULTS    ”Wii for Seniors” is a video game experience for the senior crowd! Play games on the big screen in the comfort and company of your peers. It’s fun and easy when you do it at…

  • Bombers fall in memorable 17-inning GMC tourney game

    BYWARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent I t was a game that every player on the field will never forget, even though for the Sayreville Memorial High School baseball team, it marked the end of the season. On May 25 the Bombers took the field against Perth Amboy for a quarterfinal game in the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC)…

  • Old Bridge baseball team focused on GMC title game

    BYWARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent Old Bridge High School baseball coachMikeAnastasia thought twice before handing the ball to pitcher TaylorAmato for the Knights Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Tournament quarterfinal game against St. Joseph of Metuchen. The coach clearly made the right decision as his team was set to square-off against South Plainfield last night in the GMC…

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    Diane Fulham Blaszka of Flemington will be inducted into the Softball Hall of Fame on June 11 at Rider University, Lawrenceville, for the year 1989. Blaszka was the lead pitcher for the team, winning the East Coast Conference Championships four years in a row. She was also one of the star pitchers for South River…

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