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  • AHS calls suspension data misleading

    Allentown High School principal says suspension numbers reported in Department of Education report cards are incorrect. By: Lauren Burgoon    UPPER FREEHOLD — When the Department of Education report cards on schools’ performance came out earlier this month, Upper Freehold administrators were shocked to see Allentown High School’s suspension rate. The number of students suspended last…

  • Another LHS relay record falls

    Lawrence swimming By: Jim Green    Most of the Lawrence High School boys swimming team’s Central Jersey Public A quarterfinal meet with Ocean Township was a ho-hum affair. That is, until the final event.    The top-seeded Cardinals closed their 123-47 blowout win over eighth-seeded Ocean on Tuesday at LHS with a record-breaking performance in the 400-meter…

  • Gurick proud of Red Raiders

    Pennington boys basketball By: Mike Molaro    It wasn’t a typical season for The Pennington School boys basketball squad.    The Red Raiders, who usually make some noise in the Prep B state tournament, went out in the first round with a 56-53 setback at eighth-seeded Lakewood Prep on Feb. 9.    Pennington (5-16) ended things with Monday’s…

  • LETTERS: Plenty of local issues to write about

    To the editor:     Hank Kalet is certainly entitled to criticize President George W. Bush’s proposed budget, but I’d respectfully suggest that many Post readers feel he would be a much more noteworthy critic if he were to focus instead on spending and over-development in South Brunswick.    I’m content to let the Wall Street Journal,…

  • HHS boys primed for sectional swim repeat

    Girls also looking to make splash By: John E. Powers        The Lawrence High School boys’ swimming team may have received the top seed in the Central Public A swimming tournament. But the Cardinals didn’t have what Hillsborough had – the title of defending champion and two recent big wins at the Somerset County and…

  • Survey says: Traffic, signs trouble local businesses most

    Economic and Business Development Commission poll draws 80 responses. By: Roger Alvarado    Traffic and signs are two common threads in the 80 survey responses local business owners have submitted to the township’s Economic and Business Development Commission, according to Vice Chairman Shawn Lipani.    Last month, the commission put together a short survey designed to elicit…

  • LHS team moves closer to crown

    Mock trial squad aims for regional title. By: Lea Kahn    The Lawrence High School mock trial team moved one step closer to achieving a goal that has been just beyond the team’s reach since the 1990s — a state title.    Tuesday afternoon, Lawrence High School’s would-be lawyers defeated their counterparts from Hunterdon Central High School…

  • POLICE BEAT

    BORDENTOWN CITY Police charged three area men with drug and alcohol offenses after responding to a residential complaint on Feb. 7.    According to police, officers responded to a call about a group of people who were drinking alcohol on the 100 block of Prince Street. When officers arrived, police said, they found 22-year-old Lamar Keese…

  • Manville boys enjoy rare easy day

    Team wins second straight over Sussex Tech By: Shawn Tyrrell        Very infrequently does the Manville high boys basketball team have what most would consider an "easy or gimmie game." With all of the obstacles and misfortune that the Mustangs have endured over the course of the 2004-05 season, there have only been a few…