• Somerset Valley YMCA and Raritan Lions Club in Joint Fundraising Venture

    Somerset Valley YMCA and Raritan Lions Club in Joint Fundraising Venture

    By Donna Dass The Somerset Valley YMCA and The Raritan Lions Club came together for a fundraiser to benefit the Somerset County community. The winning ticket was drawn by Vanda Ferreira, a member of the Somerset Valley YMCA Board of Directors and Raritan Lions Club Fundraising Director, along with David Laggini, President, Raritan Lions Club.…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Hustle girls sizzle to Summer Slam title

    YOUTH SOFTBALL    As summer has heated up, so has the Hustle.    The Hillsborough Hustle 10U girls softball team took their second local tournament in a row winning the Union Summer Slam the weekend of July 18-19. This time the championship win came over the PONY League rival Milltown Mayhem.    The Hustle dominated from the first…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: 11-year-olds capture crown

       The Hillsborough All-Star 11-and-under Black team defeated East Brunswick 10-8 in the championship game of the East Brunswick Slugfest tournament.    Jay Lynch started off the game for Hillsborough by doubling and consecutive singles by Matthew Kim, Frank McCarter, and Sean Plaskon helped Hillsborough erupt for four runs in the top of the first inning. East…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Study halls will sub for absent teachers

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — As a cost-saving measure, the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District will implement a policy this fall to send high school students whose teacher is absent to a combined study hall.    Rather than hire substitute teachers for each classroom, students will be overseen by a small number of…

  • MANVILLE: Trophy ends two-year drought for girls

    by Alison Fischer    The Manville Girls U14 softball team took home a third place trophy at the Roselle Park End of Summer Tournament held July 30-Aug. 2 at the Roselle Park High School.    It ended up being a long battle for the some of the players that started in June of 2008. This group of…

  • Restaurant review showed disrespect for disabilities

    Hope Arvanitis of Lambertville     It was with great dismay that I read your publication’s restaurant review (Time Off, July 31) in which your writer referred to being greeted at Lambertville’s Cinqo de Mayo restaurant by a man with a black eye patch.    To so carelessly publish such an egregiously insensitive description to denote a…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: HHS cagers put in summer work

    Progin pleased with commitment by Rudy Brandl, Sports Editor    Hillsborough High boys’ basketball coach Ian Progin loved walking into the gym four days a week this summer. No matter how his team played in its most recent league game or camp session, Progin knew he’d be greeted by a large group of boys ready to…

  • Ways to save money on health care system

    Marcia DuHart of Monroe     Our health care system is clearly in need of reform and I am heartened that our policy makers are delving into the issues to bring this to fruition this year. As I examine the existing concerns with our health care system, it’s apparent that there could be ways to save…

  • Co-ops the best solution to health care

    Ray Kalainikas of Manalapan    You go to a doctor’s office with an illness, but you have no health insurance. The cost of health insurance is beyond your financial means. You decided not to go to the emergency room at a hospital where the government would pick up the tab. Instead, you came to this doctor…

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