Day: March 8, 2001

WRESTLING: Coach Mike Andrusiewicz has brought the Vikings from the GMC cellar to the middle of the pack. By: Redd E. Patrick    When teams set goals before the season, sometimes it’s a division championship they will strive for, perhaps a county championship and if confidence is running high, nothing less than a state title will…

Kindergarten through fifth-grade students from Noor-Ul-Iman school participated in a mock pilgrimage last week to celebrate annual ritual of hajj. By: Amanda Bok    Students from Noor-Ul-Iman School in Monmouth Junction recently took a trip in observance of hajj — the pilgrimage to Mecca every Muslim is required to make once in a lifetime.    It’s Zul-hijjah,…

From Bedminster, Bordentown, East Windsor, Flemington, Lambertville, Lawrenceville and Pennington BEDMINSTER    Two sales associates at the Bedminster office of Weichert, Realtors have been honored for their recent accomplishments, announced Ed Hahn, branch manager.    Bruce Gartner led the office in sales to earn December top producer honors. A licensed real estate professional, Mr. Gartner has been…

Fresh and original, this film simultaneously serves up eye-popping excitement along with thought-provoking social satire concerning the sensational content of television.   [R] By: Kam Williams Edward Burns, left, and Robert DeNiro star in the action thriller 15 Minutes.    Sixties pop icon Andy Warhol proclaimed "In the future, everyone will be famous for 15 minutes." That prediction…

Two employees of a massage parlor on Route 1 were arrested last week following weeks of surveillance and undercover police work. By: Matthew Armstrong    Weeks of surveillance and undercover police work resulted in the arrest of two employees of a massage parlor on Route 1 Friday and the closure of the business because of alleged…

   Just this week, another school shooting occurred, this time in Santee, California.    A youth who reportedly smiled as he fired a long-barreled handgun took the lives of two students and injured 13 others. By:    It is not so much that negative news about young people is all you ever hear these days. It’s just that…

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Students from the Upper Elementary School spent an hour reading to kindergartners from the Dayton-Deans School last week as part of Read Across American, an annual celebration of Dr. Suess’ birthday. By: Amanda Bok    Dayton-Deans kindergartner Elizabeth Ajose was enthralled.    She leaned her head on sixth-grader Josh Cohen’s shoulder. She was cheerful but quiet, engrossed…

Olive G. Richmond    Olive G. Richmond, 83, died March 1 at Meadow Lakes, Hightstown.    Born and raised in Indianapolis, she moved to Princeton in 1946.    She attended Westminster Choir College. She was a member of Nassau Presbyterian Church and was active in the Princeton chapter of the American Red Cross.    Wife of the late James…