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  • Mustangs suffer brutal CJ 1 loss

    Roselle Park takes advantage of errors By: Rudy Brandl        Manville High baseball coach Steve Venuto wouldn’t blame late mistakes and bad breaks for last Friday’s tough 4-3 loss to Roselle Park in the first round of the Central Jersey Group 1 playoffs. For Venuto, the sour script for the defeat began in the very…

  • BOROUGH BRIEFS

    By:John Patten Spending cap plan approved    The Borough Council approved an ordinance stating borough spending this year will exceed a state-set guideline, Tuesday.    The ordinance notes state law requires notification be made if municipalities expect spending to increase by more than an allowed index rate. The index set by the state for 2004 is 2.5…

  • Dawgs clinch share of CVC Patriot title

    Golf By: John E. Powers    The Hopewell Valley Central High School golf team went into Wednesday’s season-ending match with West Windsor-Plainsboro South knowing it had a share of the Colonial Valley Conference Patriot Division title no matter what it did.    South knocked off West Windsor-Plainsboro North 202-205 Tuesday afternoon, opening the door for the Bulldogs…

  • LETTER: Kettle drive successful

    To the editor:    On behalf of the Department of Recreation and Community Affairs, we would like to thank everyone who donated their time to our first Spring Salvation Army Kettle Drive. It was a huge success and we plan to do it again next year around the same time.    The Salvation Army Drive is always…

  • Florence baseball suffers heartbreaking playoff loss

    By: Sean Moylan    Two years and two heartbreaking Group I South Jersey playoff losses for the Florence Township Memorial High School boys’ varsity baseball team.    This year the final blow for the Flashes came at New Egypt last Friday where they lost a 4-3 decision on Andrew Weingart’s two-out RBI single in the bottom of…

  • Area singers heading to Florida festival

    Community Christian Children’s Choir will perform three concerts in Disney World this Memorial Day weekend. By: Lauren Burgoon    ALLENTOWN — A group of 35 area teenagers and kids will be doing typical Memorial Day activities this weekend — taking off from school, spending time with friends and enjoying the sunny weather. But there will be…

  • MHS softballers have some more fun

    Team wins third straight By: Rudy Brandl        Playing out the string is never easy for a high school softball team at this time of year. The weather’s getting warm, school trips are coming up and graduation isn’t far away for the seniors. Motivation can be a difficult thing for a team that’s no longer…

  • South has high hopes for county tournament

    By: Redd E. Patrick    South Brunswick High School golf coach Mark Kraft has said all along that 2004 would be a rebuilding season.    Yet, heading into the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament today (Thursday) at the Tamarack Golf Course, the Vikings have a shot at defending their crown. Or at least second place.    The Vikings will…

  • Florence softball in SJ Group I final today

    By: Sean Moylan    With a 1-0 home victory on Tuesday over Palmyra, the Florence Township Memorial High School softball team qualified for today’s (Thursday) NJSIAA Group I South Jersey Final at Lenape versus New Egypt.    It’s the second year in a row Florence has reached the championship game. Last season Florence lost to Gloucester in…