Category: archives
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Mayer ready to fight for job again
HHS grad looks to make Falcons roster By: Rudy Brandl Shawn Mayer has been through this before. He knows what it’s like to fight for your position in the National Football League. Mayer has experienced quite a roller-coaster ride since being signed as an undrafted rookie free agent by the New England Patriots in 2003.…
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Robbinsville’s Smedshammer going after another Hambo win Saturday
Robbinsville’s Trond Smedshammer will look to become the first trainer to win back-to-back Hambletonians since Per Eriksson in 1992 when he sends Strong Yankee behind the gate Saturday in the $1.5 million event at the Meadowlands Racetrack this Saturday. Brian Sears, North America’s leading money-winning driver this year, will drive Strong Yankee, who will start…
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Big names, big cause draw golfers to event
Celebrity guests take part in a charity golf outing at the Olde York Country Club in Columbus. By: Kyle Moylan About 100 people paid for the opportunity to golf with celebrities at the Olde York Country Club this past Monday afternoon. According to former NFL great Joe Theismann, that’s the reason he was there as…
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Shields will help Cards defend swimming titles
Incoming sophomore wins twice at PASDA finals By: Jim Green If the Lawrence High School boys swimming team is going to repeat its monumental success of this past season, it’s going to need a lot of progress from its younger athletes. Judging by the performance of Ryan Shields at the PASDA championships last week, the…
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Township has options for controlling deer
To the editor By: I want to thank Mr. Nowacki for his comments on my letter dated July 21st. The people that are long term residents of Hillsborough do know many of the people in town. However, there has never been a formal, unbiased survey done. Given that, how could anyone make a general statement…
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Florence 10’s win Section 3 softball championship
By: Sean Moylan "We showed up yesterday (Saturday) and the District administrator said to me ‘I thought West Windsor was going to be here.’ Then I said, ‘So did they, but we had other plans’," said Kevin Sweeney, the manager of the Florence 10-year-old Little League softball team. Late Tuesday evening Florence’s most recent "master…
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Nieves gets a natural high from being down under
Monmouth Junction youth played in Australia’s prestigious Youth Friendship Games By: Ken Weingartner For Steven Nieves, a trip Down Under will probably rank at the top of his memories when it comes to his youth basketball career. Nieves, an eighth-grader from Monmouth Junction, was among a select group of athletes chosen to participate in the…
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Summer school: New program helps foreign students
Lawrenceville School junior Elena Bridgers discovered the best kind of summer job is one that you create for yourself. By: Kate Herts Lawrenceville School junior Elena Bridgers discovered the best kind of summer job is one that you create for yourself. For many students, a summer job might entail scooping sundaes at the local ice-cream…
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John Rosocha
By: MANVILLE John "Yogi" Rosocha died Aug. 1 at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. He was 58. Born in New Brunswick, he had been a Manville resident all of his life. Mr. Rosocha was employed at The Somerset Raritan Valley Sewerage Authority, and had previously worked for Johns Manville Corp. in Manville and National…
