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  • Raptors win tournament

       The Solebury Township boys under-9 travel basketball team, the Solebury Raptors, won the President’s Day Tournament held Feb. 26-27 at the Rebounds basketball facility in Neptune, N.J.    The team of young players are coached by Jeff Jarrett and R.C. Massimino.    The boys went undefeated during the weekend of games they played Saturday and Sunday. However,…

  • ‘Channel’ Surfing

    Hard-rocking Doylestown quintet Sinch is back on the scene. By: Matt Smith Sinch (from left: Mike Abramson, Jamie Stem, Jay Smith, Tony Lannutti and Dan McFarland) will celebrate the release of Clearing the Channel at Trac Records in Doylestown March 25 and the North Star Bar in Philadelphia March 26.    Sinch enjoyed a heady ride…

  • Police Blotter-March 24, 2005

    Lambertville    March 15 at about 7 p.m., John C. Hiltz, 52, of Egg Harbor, N.J., was arrested at the Burlington City Jail on a warrant out of Lambertville Court.    Mr. Hiltz was taken to Hunterdon County Jail on $500 bail.    March 14 at about 8:30 p.m., David Reddling, 20, of Trenton was charged with hindering…

  • Scandals put pressure on small businesses to reform

    LEGAL & ACCOUNTING By: Jennifer Potash    The scandals at WorldCom, Enron, Tyco and other public companies promoted new changes in the accounting industry and affected bookkeeping at big companies — but now that may be trickling down to small businesses.    New federal guidelines strengthen internal controls and require that an accounting firm vouch for the…

  • No place like home

    Coaches return to high school roots By: Bob Nuse    Most people who go into coaching will tell you that somewhere along the line, it was a former coach of their own who made them want to get into coaching in the first place.    Most teachers who return to their alma mater to teach will recall…

  • Hsaio’s PU swim career works out

    Tiger senior reaches third straight NCAAs By: Justin Feil    In the end, Stephanie Hsiao got the records she thought she would, got the acclaim and accomplishments that she relished as an incoming freshman to Princeton University, made it to the NCAA Championships three straight seasons.    But the Tiger senior got more, and the more was…

  • Deli owner facing possible jail for youth cigarette sales

    Failure to comply with court order gets Mariano Cruz in trouble following guilty pleas. By: Jennifer Potash    A Witherspoon Street deli owner could face jail time for failure to comply with a municipal court order to stop his employees from selling cigarettes to minors.    Mariano Cruz, owner of La Mexicana Deli, pleaded guilty Feb. 7…

  • Princeton Packet Wrestler of the Year

    Esipov’s hard work paid off in titles, record By: Bob Nuse    Misha Esipov knew that to be the best wrestler he could be, the level of commitment on his part had to improve.    "Last year, I missed a good chunk of the wrestling season over winter break when I went on vacation," the West Windsor-Plainsboro…

  • BUSINESS WRAP-UP

    Issue of March 22. By: Gwen McNamara Mathematica gets $6.2M contract    WEST WINDSOR — Mathematica Policy Research Inc. has been awarded a five-year, $6.2 million contract from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to help improve care for Medicare beneficiaries with chronic illnesses.    The contract involves monitoring the Chronic Care Improvement Program, a federal…