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Junior Hosszu-Barrett in the middle of it all for Scotties’ soccer by JuStin FEiL Everett Hosszu-Barrett is used to being in the middle of the action on the soccer field. He’s done it in club for all of his career and now in high school. The junior midfielder will be tasked with being a main cog for the Bordentown Regional High School boys soccer team this fall. They open the season Sept. 4 against Northern Burlington. “Offensively, I think I kind of coordinate the press and tell guys when to go, and I like having that responsibility on me and having the trust of my teammates and coaches,” said Hosszu-Barrett. “It’s a big role, but I think I’m capable of doing it and I’m going to be able to help lead the team to the successful season.” Hosszu-Barrett has been a significant contributor through his first two years of high school soccer with nine goals and 10 assists combined. Last year, the Scotties went 13-6-1 and were 4-3-1 in the Patriot Division of the Burlington County Scholastic League. Their season ended with a hard
fought 3-2 loss to Manasquan in the Central Jersey Group 2 quarterfinals. “We have a good plan of success to come up,” HosszuBarrett said. “We’re going to work on getting the first division title in I want to say six years, and then hopefully make it far enough in state because we haven’t made it out the second round in eight years now. So I think with the team that we have, the coaching and the staff that we have amongst us at Bordentown, I think that we can 100 percent make a good run.” The Scotties have a new head coach but it’s a familiar face in Mike Brennan. Brennan takes over for Jason Zablow, who is now the school’s new athletic director. Zablow played for Brennan during his first tenure with the Bordentown boys soccer team that lasted from 2005 to 2016 and has maintained contact with the program while raising his children. With his children now in high school, Brennan could return to a more demanding role. He’ll take over a team that lost some strong players to graduation, but has a great See SOCCER, Page 16
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Committeewoman Kelly Lozito, Patrolman Michael Giorgianni, Patrolman Adam Cook, Mayor Eric Holliday, Special Officer Danny Fernandez, Deputy Mayor Eugene Fuzy, and Committeeman Bill Grayson at the Aug. 18 Township Committee meeting following the swearing-in ceremony for new township police officers Giorgianni, Cook and Fernandez. Story, page 5.
Township makes deal to keep Bradford Pointe affordable Bordentown Township reached an agreement with the property owner of Bradford Pointe in June to preserve longterm affordability for 168 housing units. Bradford Pointe is an affordable housing community located at the intersection of Burlington Bordentown Road and U.S. Route 130 South. Originally
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developed to fulfill affordable housing requirements from the Prior Round (1987–1999) of affordable housing requirements, the property generated surplus affordable housing credits that were carried into the Third Round (1999–2025). But without action, the protections keeping those homes affordable were set to expire in
a few years. Without intervention, the property owner would have had the option to phase out affordability protections during the upcoming Fourth Round (2025–2035). The township and the property owner have struck a deal to extend those protections, allowing the township to count the See nEWS, Page 4
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