Category: archives
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Vikings look good out of the blocks
By: Carolyn M. Hartko From invitationals to dual meets, it’s been a very good week for both South Brunswick High School track teams. On Tuesday of this week, the Lady Vikings (2-0) rolled over Perth Amboy 104-27 in an away meet, and the boys’ (3-0) picked up two wins in a double-dual meet at home.…
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Rider salvages third game against Siena
Rider baseball By: Jim Green This wasn’t the first tough spot Rider University freshman left-hander Will O’Connor has been in this year, but it might have been the most critical. O’Connor has been thrown right into fire in his rookie year with the Rider baseball team, including a starting roll March 31 against a strong…
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Raiders open with three crisp baseball wins
Fedroff, Campbell hold off Central By: John E. Powers Through its first three games of the season, the Hillsborough High School baseball team had scored just nine runs. But here’s what the most important numbers were for the Raiders: 3-0. Hillsborough, a Somerset County Tournament finalist last year and a co-champion in the Skyland…
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HHS girls remain confident after loss
Lacrosse ladies answer with first victory By: Rudy Brandl Rudy BrandlSports Editor The Hillsborough High girls’ lacrosse team certainly wasn’t satisfied after its 10-9 loss at Bridgewater-Raritan in last week’s season opener. However, the competitive nature of the game showed the Lady Raiders they could defeat a team that dominated them in both meetings…
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Car-cleaning teammates working to fight cancer
Saturday event to raise money for the American Cancer Society By:Donna Lukiw Two Manville High School students witnessed their family members’ struggle while fighting cancer and became involved in fund-raising events in Manville to help raise money for the American Cancer Society (ACS). Katie DaCruz and Andrew Schaefer, juniors at Manville High School, are organizing…
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Obituaries for week of April 14
By: Joseph T. Kulickowski TRENTON Joseph T. Kuliczkowski died Saturday at his residence. He was 52. Born in Trenton, Mr. Kuliczkowski lived most of his life in Trenton and resided in Lawrenceville for 10 years with his cousins Patricia and Ed Krupa and their son, Thaddeus. He enjoyed spring fishing on the Delaware River…
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MHS softballers storm back with winning week
Ortman fans 16 to stop Dayton By: Rudy Brandl The Manville High softball team surged into the victory column in a big way last week, winning two lopsided games by a combined margin of 23-2. While head coach Ed Knapp didn’t learn much about his team from its 15-0 shutout win at St. Mary’s…
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$14.9 million school budget faces voters
Polls open 2 p.m.-9 p.m. By:Donna Lukiw Manville residents will determine if the school district will be reinstituting libraries and hiring more teachers, as the proposed school budget outlines, in Tuesday’s school elections. The proposed $14.9 million budget, a 2 percent increase over last year’s $14.6 million budget, would increase the school portion of local…
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SCHOOLS: And the winner is…
Students give out mock award for book illustrations. By: Sarah Winkelman For many young children, the illustrations in books are what make reading so much fun. The bright colors, attention to details and larger-than-life pictures are all things that help draw children in and make them readers for life. That’s why Shari Repka, a librarian…
