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  • Lady Bulldogs step up, open with clutch win

    Hopewell Valley swimming By: Jim Green    Leading up to the Hopewell Valley Central High School girls swimming team’s season-opening meet against Pennington, Lady Bulldog coach Bill DeHaven constantly was shuffling his lineup.    The reason was simple. In order to defeat the defending Prep B state champion Red Raiders — who went 13-0 last season —…

  • Pennington First Aid Squad gets 20 new members

    All-volunteer squad still is seeking more members By John Tredrea    Pennington First Aid Squad (PFAS) President Dan Boone announced Monday the squad has 20 new members, all of whom have recently passed a rigorous Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) course.    "We began the course with 39 people," Mr. Boone told members of Pennington Borough Council on…

  • Shaking up the Streets

    Passage Theatre Company’s newest play offers perspectives on solving gang violence. By:Jillian Kalonick    When he first began interviewing young people for a play he was writing about gang violence, David L. White began to think maybe gangs weren’t such a bad thing.    Mr. White, associate artistic director of Passage Theatre Company in Trenton, mentioned to…

  • Lucy Kowal

       MANVILLE — Lucy Emily Kowal died in Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. She was 89.    She was a long time resident of Manville.    Mrs. Kowal was sworn in as the first school crossing guard at Roosevelt School and was employed at the Manville High School Cafeteria.    She was a long time supporter of the Manville…

  • Girls swim team young but talented

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    The girls swim team at South Brunswick High School has a lot in common with the boys’ squad. For one thing, it is very young, top-heavy with sophomores and freshmen. But like their male counter-parts, the Lady Vikings are looking to that youth for an infusion of energy and new talent.…

  • Wal-Mart to revise plans for Spruce Street store

    The discount retailer pulled plans for a store off Spruce Street. Also, an anti-Wal-Mart group held a protest outside the Municipal Building Dec. 1. By:Lea Kahn Staff Writer Wal-Mart, which proposes to build a store on the site of two car dealerships at 1060 and 1100 Spruce St., pulled its application before the Planning Board…

  • Township on target to satisfy COAH

    North Hanover Township approves Housing Element and Fair Share Plan By: William Wichert    NORTH HANOVER — The township has good news: There are more than enough low- and moderate-income houses to satisfy the state’s affordable housing requirements for the next nine years.    That is one of the certainties to come out of the municipality’s Housing…

  • DISPATCHES

    Democrats offer leadership vacuum on war. By: Hank Kalet    The debate over America’s involvement in Iraq seems to be moving forward without the help of the nation’s minority party.    The Democrats, despite some high-profile comments by U.S. Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania, remain on the fence about the war. Purported presidential contenders like Sens. Joe…

  • EDITORIAL

    Scouts ring the bell for kettle drive.    Boy Scout Troop 888 has put the "help wanted" sign out.    It is looking for volunteers to ring bells and man kettles during the annual Salvation Army kettle drive. Volunteers would be asked to spend an hour outside local businesses soliciting pocket change from patrons on Dec. 16…