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HILLSBOROUGH: Youth ballet to perform ‘Nutcracker’ here
At Hillsborough High School on Dec. 8 For the eighth year, the New Jersey Youth Ballet will perform “The Nutcracker” at theaters in central New Jersey. Performed by about 35 dancers aged 5 through 20, “The Nutcracker” is a traditional Christmas ballet in which dolls and sweets come to life, mice and toy soldiers do…
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On family and JFK
Memories of that fateful day By Sally Friedman, Special Writer It was 50 years ago, it was yesterday. Myrna, Marsa and I — newly minted college graduates, newly married, I a new mommy — were celebrating all of that at a mini-reunion at the little Cape Cod starter house my husband and I had bought…
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MONROE: Falcons fall in CJ 5 state opener
Controversial loss ends season By Ed Birch, Special Writer Sayreville High School pulled a rabbit out of the magician’s hat as they scored a very controversial 35-34 win over the Monroe Township football team in a great see-saw battle at the Falcons’ home field. The Falcons scored 21 second-half points to take a 34-28 lead…
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HILSBOROUGH: Bicyclist hit by SUV airlifted to hospital
Accident occurred near shopping plaza entrance A 64-year-old bicyclist was evacuated by helicopter to the hospital after he and a SUV collided on Amwell Road near Pineywoods Road at 1:51 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 20. Township police said a 2004 Toyota Highlander, driven by Leon Morrison, 75, of Hillsborough was making left turn into the parking…
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On family and JFK
A time of birth and death By Carolyn Foote Edelmann, Special Writer Nov. 22, 1963, remains the most pivotal day of my life. I had conceived two children into the world illumined by John F. Kennedy, his brother, his wife and his advisers. Actually, President Kennedy, except for Cuba, never seemed to need advice. This…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Five Raiders sign to compete in college
Parents Wendy and Ed Hornich flank Hillsborough High School baseball coach Norm Hewitt as they stand behind Matt Hornich as he signed his letter of intent to attend the University of Delaware.
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PRINCETON: Girls Tennis Player of the Year
Rosca cheered on through perfect season By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor There has never been a season like the one that Christina Rosca enjoyed with the Princeton High School girls tennis team. The Little Tigers sophomore had debuted the year before in promising fashion by reaching the Mercer County Tournament final at first singles…
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SOUTH COUNTY: Council, school board seats filled by write-ins
Write-in votes elected to people to vacancies for municipal office or school board. Donald Vandegrift of Wilson Drive was certified to take a three-year term on the Stockton Borough Council. On the Lambertville school board, Marcia O’Connell, of North Main Street, won a three-year term. She is completing her first three-year term. Because of the…
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HILLSBOROUGH: McFarland reaches Meet of Champions
By Justin Feil, The Packet Sports On Saturday, Nick McFarland will run in his final cross country Meet of Champions race to cap his high school career. The Hillsborough High School senior’s only wish is that he could have the rest of the Raiders there to run as well. ”It feels good, but it wasn’t…
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