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  • WW-PS girls 9th at Meet of Champs

    Kwag ends season on high note By: Justin Feil    HOLMDEL — Koren Kwag’s first season of high school cross country didn’t begin on the most promising of notes, but it got better with every meet.    Kwag, who ran cross country in seventh grade, wasn’t sure where she’d stand on the team after taking off eighth…

  • Ennis, Herrmann raise bar for future MOC success

    South junior, MHS frosh run bests By: Justin Feil    HOLMDEL — Joe Ennis and Amanda Herrmann, the area’s two individual qualifiers for the Meet of Champions, both ended their season on a high note Saturday at Holmdel Park and set themselves up for quite an encore next year.    Ennis, who had the 55th best time…

  • Princeton rescue squad eyes new funding source

    May shift to fee-for-service system. By: Jennifer Potash    The Princeton First Aid & Rescue Squad is strongly considering moving from a free service to a fee-for-service organization.    Growing operating costs and declining support in donated funds led the squad to consider the change.    "We are trying to be financially responsible while addressing the needs of…

  • Salandra takes second in state

    Hillsborough power lifter is all-natural By: Rudy Brandl    Mark Salandra had quite an impressive showing at this year’s N.J. State Powerlifting Championships.    The 42-year-old Hillsborough resident finished second in the 181-pound class for Life Time Natural (never taking steroids) and also placed third in the 181-pound Open Division.    This competition is the State Championships that…

  • Soccer mom’s invention has nutritional ring to it

    By: Rich Fisher    You can buy the sharpest car on the lot, polish it, get it detailed and put the slickest tires you can find underneath it. But if you don’t put in the right gas, change the oil and check the fluids, it won’t get you very far.    It’s the same with the human…

  • Duck Sauce

    Whether you select strictly Chinese food or dishes with a Eurasian twist, this Newtown spot offers wonderful food at down-to-earth prices. By: Dawn Nikithser Duck Sauce 127 S. State St. Newtown, Pa. (215) 860-8873 Fax: (215) 860-8895 Food: Excellent Service: Very good Prices: Inexpensive to moderate, some specials can get as high as $20 Cuisine:…

  • La Principessa

    For a cozy dining experience, this Italian spot in Kingston proves itself a favorite time and again. By: Faith Bahadurian La Principessa Kingston Mall 4437 Route 27 Kingston (609) 921-3043 www.restaurant.com/laprincipessa Food: Good Service: Very good Prices: Moderate Cuisine: Italian Ambience: Casual Hours: Lunch: Tues.-Fri. 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.; Dinner: Tues.-Sat. 4:30-9 p.m., Sun. 5-9 p.m.;…

  • ‘Communities of Light 2004’ to fight domestic violence

    Project to benefit Womanspace.    "Communities of Light 2004" is under way in Mercer, Middlesex and Somerset counties. The project will again benefit Womanspace, Inc., based in Trenton, a nonprofit organization providing crisis intervention and support services for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.    Residents and businesses will light luminary candles along driveways and sidewalks…

  • Raiders knocked out in overtime

    East Brunswick wins CJ 4 thriller By: Rudy Brandl    The Hillsborough High football fans were chanting "overtime is our time" when Friday night’s Central Jersey Group 4 semifinal game was tied at the end of regulation.    The Raiders, who had won two overtime games and others with late heroics early in the season, couldn’t recapture…