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Mustangs give one away on holiday
Six turnovers lead to disappointing loss By: Shawn Tyrrell BOUND BROOK Talk about your early Christmas present. Just about anytime Bound Brook and Manville play one another in a high school football game almost anything can happen, and it usually does. When the two schools squared off last Wednesday night in their annual…
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SBHS girls rebuilding, boys could contend
By: James McKeever The 2003-04 season ended in highlight-film style for the South Brunswick High School girls bowling team. After the Vikings turned in a fourth-place finish in the Central Jersey sectionals to earn their first trip ever to the state finals, Lauren Sohmer capped the season by winning the NJSIAA Individual State Championship. This…
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For the Dec. 2 issue
Walter L. Kotchin Sr., Wayne F. Giberson, Franz Friedrich, Mary D. Alu. Walter L. Kotchin Sr. JACKSON Walter L. Kotchin Sr., 94, died Nov. 18 at Shore Meadows Rehabilitation Center, Toms River. Born in Summit Township, Pa., he was a resident of the Orchards at Bartley in Jackson for the past six months. He…
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Bulldog swimming team ready to emerge
Hopewell Valley boys swimming By: John E. Powers The Hopewell Valley Central High School boys swimming team might be on the brink of something special. The Bulldogs, 4-9-1 a year ago, have several strong swimmers back for coach Laurie Gordon, who, for the first time, had to make cuts. "We’re excited about the possibilities," said…
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Pipeline discussion slated for Monday
Bordentown Township officials are scheduled to meet with Williams/Transco representatives on Dec. 6 to discuss the proposed gas pipeline project. By: William Wichert BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP Township officials are expected to meet with Williams/Transco representatives on Monday at the municipal complex to discuss the gas pipeline project that has become the subject of a recent…
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Nature and Destiny
Daniel Sutin and friends present some of opera’s most melodious arias. By: Susan Van Dongen DANIEL SUTIN Like a particularly chilling episode of The Twilight Zone, the title role from Alban Berg’s opera Wozzeck seems to be following Daniel Sutin around. The baritone first sung the role with the Krefeld Opera in Germany, then with…
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Good as Gold
New cast members bring fresh spirit to ‘A Christmas Carol’ at McCarter Theatre. By: Aleen Crispino TIMEOFF/MARK CZAJKOWSKI David Cromwell gets inside the psyche of the miserly antihero om ‘A Christmas Carol" at McCarter Theatre. David Cromwell had to be convinced by director Michael Unger to take on the role of Ebenezer Scrooge in this…
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Sidewalk sales banned in New Hope
Merchants are not allowed to place merchandise, planters and decorative items on the sidewalks by their businesses. By: Linda Seida NEW HOPE A new law recently went into effect that prohibits the placement of merchandise, planters and decorative items on sidewalks, and some merchants and business owners are not happy about it. A former…
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Police Blotter-Dec. 2, 2004
Lambertville A Hamilton, N.J., man was taken to the Hunterdon County Jail in lieu of $50,000 cash bail following a motor vehicle stop Nov. 13. Police clocked Keith R. Zimmerly, 27, going 72 mph in a 45-mph area on Route 29 south near Weeden Street, police said. He was stopped in the lot of the…
