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  • A life with sounds

    Family hopes surgery allows girl born without ears to hear By:Melissa Edmond    When Hillsborough residents Lori, 39, and Manny Villalonga, 42, had their third child, Emily, she was supposed to be the "perfect child" with no complications.    Their first child, Brandon Tyler, was born prematurely at 24½ weeks on Sept. 8, 1996.    He weighed only…

  • NEHS softball reaches SJ I title game

    By: Kyle Moylan    Penns Grove’s strategy in Tuesday’s South Jersey Group I semifinal softball game at New Egypt was to run on catcher Sara Messinger as much as possible.    After Messinger threw out all four runners that ran on her in New Egypt’s 8-0 win, it’s now safe to say it wasn’t a very good…

  • Rail foes: Train survey flawed

    Concerned Citizens Against a Rail Station believe a recent survey showing support for the rail station was flawed. By: Joseph Harvie    A local group opposed to a rail station being built in South Brunswick says that a recent survey showing support for a station was flawed and should not be relied upon to gauge public…

  • Scared sober at LHS

    Seniors attend staged car accident. By:Lea Kahn Staff Writer Imagine the sound of metal crunching on metal filling the air. Imagine that it gets very quiet — until the first shrill sounds of genuine police car sirens slice through the air, getting louder and louder as they approach.    Eight victims — including six injured teenagers…

  • Florence baseball edged in semifinal clash

    By: Sean Moylan    "To sum up our season, we just didn’t have that killer instinct to jump on a team when they’re down and do for the jugular," said Ryan Pandolfini, after his top-seed Florence Township Memorial High school varsity baseball team dropped a 6-5 Central Jersey Group I semifinal game to New Providence at…

  • The Play’s the Thing

    Washington Crossing Park will host another season at its Open Air Theatre. By: Stuart Duncan Playful Theatre’s The Secret Garden, starring Julia James (left) and Vicki Czarnik, was a highlight from Open Air Theatre’s 2004 summer season.    In days of yore, the elders of the local theater tribes would bring their followers to the outdoor…

  • Four Cardinal football stars get one last chance to shine

    Lawrence football By: John E. Powers    Adam Oliszewski, one of four Lawrence High School football players set to play in the annual Sunshine Football Classic on June 30, can’t wait to get on the field at The College of New Jersey’s Lions Stadium.    "I can’t wait to hit somebody," said the 5-foot-10, 235-pound fullback, who’ll…

  • Roebling celebrates with sidewalk sale

    The Roebling Centennial Committee will sponsor a sidewalk sale on Friday, June 3 and Saturday, June, 4.    ROEBLING — Walk past Donna’s Deli this weekend and you will see red. Gold will be there too, of course, but the red’s the main thing. Red’s the major color on the banners and flags that commemorate the…

  • Senior Menus-June 2, 2005

       All meals are served at noon at Hibernia Apartments in Lambertville.    The value of each meal is $4.45. Any amount donated over this is a tax-deductible contribution. All menus are subject to change and include milk and margarine.    The sodium-controlled menu is the same unless otherwise noted.    Thursday, June 2 — Chicken soup, Hungarian goulash,…