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  • Vikings open to mixed reviews

    By: James McKeever    One week into the season the South Brunswick High School bowling teams were feeling their way through the first three matches. There was good, bad and a whole lot in between.    Going into Wednesday’s match against J.P. Stevens, the boys team was off to a 1-2 start, the girls stood at 1-1-1.…

  • Edition of Dec. 9, 2004

    Mae Knosky Burd    Mae Knosky Burd, 86, died Monday at Capital Health System, Mercer Campus.    Born in Trenton, she lived in Pennington for over 50 years. She was a member of St. James Roman Catholic Church in Pennington.    Daughter of the late Frank B. Knosky and Anna C. Knosky, sister of the late Audry Bently,…

  • Mustangs endured another tough football season

    Youth, inexperience hurt team again By: Shawn Tyrrell        At the beginning of every season like any other football team, Manville High School’s players and coaches set realistic goals and hoped to reach most if not all of them by the end of the campaign. With each passing year for a variety of reasons, the…

  • OK of Robotti application postponed until Hopewell planners’ January meeting

    HOPEWELL BOROUGH PLANNING UPDATE By Francis Mahoney    Pared down plans for a new home on Hart Avenue may be humble enough for Hopewell Borough’s Planning/Zoning Board.    At the board’s Dec. 1 meeting, members heard a revised proposal from Louis and Kimberly Robotti, lifetime residents of the borough, for the home they hope to build at…

  • Township adds fifth farm to preservation roster

    North Hanover Township Committee voted unanimous preliminary approval for the preservation of the 157-acre Claw LLC Farm, formerly the Lustgarten Farm, on Stewart Road. By: William Wichert    NORTH HANOVER — With 22 preserved farms under their belt, township officials are looking to save more than 800 additional acres spread across five farms from the increasing…

  • Optimism abounds for winter track team

    Lawrence indoor track By: Jim Green    The expectations continue to grow for the rising Lawrence High School boys indoor track program.    The Cardinals, who were struggling just to field a team when Dave O’Neal took over as head coach in 2001, finally have reached the point where their participation and talent levels are high enough…

  • Ribbon sales raise $1,000

    Florence Township Middle School students sold magnetic ribbons to raise money for the Susan G. Komen Foundation and for the American Red Cross. By: Scott Morgan    FLORENCE — Those little magnetic ribbons festooning the trunks of cars support a lot of causes — pink for breast cancer awareness, yellow to support the troops, black to…

  • EB’s title reflected well on Vikes’ situation

    By: Ken Weingartner    When looking back at the recently completed football season, South Brunswick coach Mark Prelewicz says the Vikings’ game against East Brunswick is the one that stand out the most.    The reason goes behind the fact SBHS battled the Bears to the wire, losing 23-21 on a field goal in the closing seconds.…

  • For the Dec. 9 issue

    Geraldine Murphy Leachko. Geraldine Murphy Leachko    WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP — Geraldine Murphy Leachko, 70, died Nov. 30 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton.    Born in Buffington, Pa., she was a resident of Trenton for 50 years before moving to Robbinsville.    Mrs. Leachko retired in 2003 from the Mercer County Board of Social Services after…