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  • Colts finish with solid victory

    MYAL FOOTBALL By: John E. Powers        For a program whose season was in doubt this past summer, the Manville Colts Pop Warner football team did pretty well.    The Colts finished their season with a 2-6 record, but Saturday night they ended their season with a rousing 33-0 win over Roselle Park in Roselle Park.…

  • Can’t Complain

    With sharp songwriting and creative arrangements, the Bacon Brothers have overcome early criticisms and built a strong following. By: Jim Boyle The Bacon Brothers (Kevin, left, and Michael, right) have been writing and performing together for about 10 years.    Keanu Reeves and Dogstar. Russell Crowe and 30 Odd Foot of Grunts. The Billy Bob Thornton…

  • Election inspires huge voter turnout

    Tuesday’s elections brought a 74 percent turnout to the polls in Burlington County. By: Scott Morgan and William Wichert    Immense voter turnout defined Tuesday’s elections around Burlington County and the country. In the county, where 264,532 people were registered to vote, a full 74 percent turned out to make their decisions.    In some local towns,…

  • The search for Octavius Catto comes to Central New Jersey

    BOOK NOTES by Dr. Joan Ruddiman    Rule No. 1 for public speakers is "hook the audience." Typically the presentation begins with a joke or a story. Dan Biddle and Murray Dubin, longtime Philadelphia Inquirer reporters — Biddle now serves as an editor — use a series of questions.    What year was baseball integrated?    When was…

  • New Dunkin’ Donuts may set up in Lawrence

    Whitehead Road corner may house mixed-use site. By: Lea Kahn    An abandoned gasoline service station on the corner of Brunswick Pike and Whitehead Road may be torn down in favor of a mixed-use development.    The Planning Board Screening Committee last week got its first look at developer GSA of White Horse Inc.’s plans for the…

  • Lady Raiders fall short in county finals

    Thrilling SCT run ends with 1-0 loss to Pingry By: Rudy Brandl        BERNARDS — The Hillsborough High girls’ soccer team’s exciting Somerset County Tournament run ended in Sunday night’s championship game at Ridge High. Facing the state’s top team and heavily favored Pingry, the Lady Raiders certainly didn’t back down.    Pingry (19-1) carried most…

  • EDITORIAL: School district limits violent acts

    Violence and Vandalism Report shows progress.    We hope that the encouraging results of the school district’s 2003-2004 Violence and Vandalism Report were not lost in the election coverage of the last two weeks. As we reported in last week, violent acts fell districtwide from 102 in 2002-2003 to 100 this past year, and weapons offenses…

  • LCA girls’ soccer team advances to Penn-Jersey final

    By: Sean Moylan    Technically, it was a Penn-Jersey semi-final playoff game. However, Life Center Academy’s 9-0 victory over Philadelphia International on Tuesday afternoon was basically a mismatch.    It was so lopsided that LCA goalie Kaitlyn Antolic actually scored five of her team’s goals. Kate Steffen and Samantha Weer also scored goals in the contest.    LCA…

  • More about Howe Commons plan expected at Nov. 10 session

    Pennington Planning Board postponed vote on proposed additions to Howe Commons until Nov. 10 meeting. By Marianne Hooker    At its Oct. 13 meeting, the Pennington Planning Board continued hearing testimony on the proposed additions to the Howe Commons office complex. A vote on this application was postponed until the Nov. 10 meeting.    The board also…