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  • Lady Mustangs stay hot on hardwood

    Team learns from last year’s loss to rivals By: John E. Powers        From the beginning of the season, Manville High School girls’ head basketball coach Kyle Rehrig has reminded his team about the importance of a complete-game effort. He could have used last year’s 39-36 loss to Bound Brook as a prime example.    The…

  • Greater than the sum of its parts

    Hopewell Valley swimming By: Jim Green    Hopewell Valley Central High School boys swimming coach Laura Gordon knew she would have a handful of stars she could count on this season.    She knew seniors Will McNees and Scott Orr, juniors Ned Foster and Greg Stolowski and sophomore Billy Dunne would be guys she could count on…

  • READER’S VOICE: Question is, who benefits from station?

    READER’S VOICE By Frank J. Chrinko Does rail survey really ask the right questions?    The latest push is under way to create support for a commuter rail station in South Brunswick.    Once again, Mayor Frank Gambatese has begun a campaign to justify a rail station and deceive unsuspecting citizens in the township. Since the infamous…

  • Letters to the Editor, Jan. 27, 2005

    No more boulder To the editor:     Please let this serve as a letter of deep appreciation for the removal of the tire-cutting boulder from the eastbound side of Pennington-Rocky Hill Road. Special thanks go to Christine Smeltzer, Paul Pogorzelski and the Public Works Department, as well as Sgt. Michael Cseremsak.    Hopefully, you won’t be…

  • Obituaries for week of Jan. 27

    Helen Hammarstrom    Helen R. Leigh Hammarstrom, 89, died Jan. 17 in Waterville, Maine.    She was a lifelong resident of the Trenton area until her move to Maine in August 2003. She was employed for many years by the state and worked at the West Trenton State Police Headquarters at the time of her retirement in…

  • Storms blanket Lawrence Township

    Fifteen inches of snow disrupt traffic, school. By: Lea Kahn    Tyler Jaeger and Nick Bosted lay laughing in the snow Monday afternoon after wiping out on a hill behind Notre Dame High School.    They were just two of many children that took advantage of prime sledding conditions in the township, thanks to a pair of…

  • Committee likes grants group idea

    Seven-member panel could seek out grants for the township By:Roger Alvarado    Committeeman Paul Drake says Hillsborough would save a lot of money by creating a Grants and Shared Services Advisory Commission to secure federal, state and county grants for township projects.    During Tuesday’s committee meeting Mr. Drake, the committee’s finance chair, proposed the idea of…

  • Allentown goes on display in artist’s exhibit

    Allentown resident Lynn Sulpy will display some of her oil paintings at an Arts Council of Princeton exhibit. By: Marisa Maldonado    ALLENTOWN — Lynn Sulpy will paint wherever she can find a safe spot to sit outside, away from cars and, hopefully, the sun. She thinks her 8-by-12-inch paintings of houses and nature can bring…

  • South to explore community service for suspended students

    The district is one of 15 in the state that received a grant, $4,000, to participate in the program, which will investigate community service alternatives for students who are suspended. By: Linda Seida    WEST AMWELL — The South Hunterdon Regional School District is one of 15 school districts in the state selected to participate in…