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Wrestlers improve skills on Open Mats
Markowitch runs summer program By: Rudy Brandl More and more athletic programs are taking a year-round approach these days. Working in the off-season is the only way to keep up with everyone else. Manville High wrestling coach Brett Stibitz realized that five years ago when he took over a program that was struggling. Stibitz…
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Bordentown Patriots end regular season at 16-2
By: Sean Moylan "Tim Tyler hit a home run in the first inning. That set the stage for the game," said Bruce Kafer, whose Bordentown Patriots baseball team won a 4-3 decision to complete a doubleheader sweep over the Cinnaminson Indians at Gilder Field on Sunday. Bordentown finished its regular season with a 16-2 record…
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Steven Relay
By: MANVILLE Steven E. Relay died Aug. 1 at home. He was 49. He was born in the Bronx, N.Y., and lived in Piscataway and Hillsborough before moving to Manville three years ago. Mr. Relay was employed as a department supervisor for Expo Design Center in Bridgewater since 1995. Prior to that, he was…
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Planning Board to consider housing plans
Developers are seeking to add houses on Lewisville Road and Lawrence Road. By:Lea Kahn Staff Writer The Planning Board expects to continue its public hearing on an application to create two new building lots on Lewisville Road on Monday. Lewisville Ventures, which is based on Hamilton Township, is seeking minor subdivision approval to create two…
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Lyndall Gordon sorts out the pieces on Gilbert Imlay
BOOK NOTES by Dr. Joan Ruddiman Allentown, like many little towns, is rather provincial. We are very proud of a 300-year-old history at the center of the state. Within this provincial pride we embrace all notables, even those who may have a more nefarious history. Thus our fascination with a local who made his name…
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Thinly veiled: The rich and infamous
A SLICE OF WRY by Anna Breslaw When you do a Google search on Allegra Versace Beck, the first few results you get all have one thing in common anorexia. Doctors’ analyses, self-help groups, even diet pill Web sites. It isn’t hard to see why. She definitely has that Mary-Kate Olsen thing going on,…
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More deer hunting won’t solve problems
To the editor By: Why is it assumed that Hillsborough needs another deer hunt, let alone an expanded deer hunt.? Has anyone counted? I also lived in the southeastern corner of the township and I have not seen as many deer as last summer in my yard or anywhere else. I also have not had…
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Obituaries for the week of Aug. 11
Walter Kuzianik Sr. Walter Kuzianik Sr. of Lawrence, died Friday at Royal Health Gate Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Trenton. He was 87. Born in Trenton, he was an area resident his whole life. Mr. Kuzianik retired from the State of New Jersey as a highway negotiator in 1993. He volunteered at St. Lawrence…
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Florence softball 10’s win opener in state Final 4
By: Sean Moylan They say you need table-setters to win softball championships. Well, table-setters don’t come much better than Gina Bruno and Devin Vogel, the leadoff and second-place hitter in the Florence 10-year-old Little League All-Star team’s potent lineup. In fact, both Bruno and Vogel had each scored three runs before the completion of the…
