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  • Borowsky still unhappy with team’s commitment

    Lawrence ice hockey By: Jim Green    Even for the long-struggling Lawrence High School ice hockey team, there is such a thing as a disappointing win.    The Cardinals experienced one Monday night, when they defeated winless Hamilton 6-0 at Ice Land in Hamilton with just nine of their 18 players in uniform. Eight of the nine…

  • Hopewell firemen taking part in Inauguration Day parade

    Steve Webb and Jason Read were picked for the honor of participating. By Ruth Luse    Two firefighters from Hopewell have been selected to participate in today’s Inauguration Day parade for President George W. Bush.    The parade is set to begin at 2:30 p.m. in Washington, D.C.    Steve Webb and Jason Read — volunteers with the…

  • MHS boys remain winless

    Hahn plays well in two losses By: Shawn Tyrrell        Prior to the start of the 2004-05 boys’ basketball season, the Manville High Mustangs knew it would be somewhat of a challenge to have a .500 record or better.    Seven games in and MHS boys have struggled to play four quarters of solid basketball in…

  • DISPATCHES: You dance with corporation that brung you

    DISPATCHES By Hank Kalet Inauguration overload.    President George W. Bush is throwing himself a truly magnificent party to celebrate the beginning of his second term in the White House.    Today’s (Thursday) inaugural festivities — the traditional procession, nine inaugural balls, fireworks and a host of other bashes — are estimated to cost between $40 million…

  • State dedication of preserved land

    Ceremony dedicates Princeton Nurseries site at preserved open space. By: Elaine Worden    After five years of planning, the 185.4-acre Princeton Nurseries site was dedicated to South Brunswick and Plainsboro on Wednesday as preserved open space.    Of that land, South Brunswick received 161 acres located within the Princeton Nurseries Historic District, bordering Kingston and the Delaware…

  • Cagers lose two more to continue skid

    RAIDER ROUNDUP By: Rudy Brandl        The Hillsborough High boys’ basketball team entered this week with a tough task – breaking a four-game losing streak against undefeated Bridgewater-Raritan.    Hillsborough (4-6) lost its fourth in a row Friday night at Montgomery, which broke open a tight game in the second half and posted a 59-40 triumph.…

  • Lawrence students lend Asia a ‘helping hand’

    Some collect change; others participate in fund-raisers. By: Lea Kahn    When Casey Gladwell and Jack Hargraves-Dix saw the news coverage of the devastation left by the tsunami in Southeast Asia last month, the two Eldridge Park School third-graders felt sympathy for the victims.    When the two 8-year-old students returned to school after the winter break,…

  • Popular music is out of line

    To the editor By:    "Have a seat … watch the awards with me, Mom," I asked.    "Are you sure it isn’t another garbage program?" my mother responded.    "Positive!" I answered, hoping to convince her.    Not even five minutes into the Music Video Awards, Britney Spears and Madonna kissed. This was when I realized the music…

  • Agnes Figel

    By:    MANVILLE — Agnes Mary (Liszczak) Figel died Jan. 14 at Bridgeway Care Center in Bridgewater. She was 90.    Born in Portage, Pa., she moved to Manville at the age of three where she had been a resident of Manville for the past 87 years.    Mrs. Figel was a homemaker.    She was a communicant of…