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  • Hopkins, Sancilio win Sectional javelin titles

    By: Kyle Moylan    In large part in order to keep in shape for football, Lee Hopkins has wrestled at New Egypt High.    This year he went out for the track team as well and was handed a javelin.    "We thought with his explosive speed and raw strength, that would be the event for him," New…

  • Dick and Fran Walter ready to hit the trail

    Owners of Walter’s Pharmacy & Gifts in Allentown will turn over business to another family-run, independent pharmacy. By: Lauren Burgoon    ALLENTOWN — It’s the end of an era for a landmark store on Main Street.    After more than 40 years in the pharmacy business, Dick and Fran Walter are saying goodbye to Allentown on Friday…

  • Millstone budget approved

    Millstone Township Committee approves $6 million budget which carries a 3.5-cent tax rate increase. By: Lauren Burgoon    MILLSTONE — Residents will see a higher municipal tax bill this year, thanks to the $6 million budget approved by the Township Committee last week.    In a 4-1 vote, the committee passed a spending plan that features a…

  • Committee ignores public comments

    To the editor By:    I recently viewed on television the Township Committee’s special meeting regarding the ordinance which would place on the ballot a question concerning the creation of a commission to study our form of government.    A citizen came to the microphone and read the legal requirements as to the proper advertisement of this…

  • A monument long overdue

    Vets pleased with recognition By:Matthew Kirdahy    Some local veterans say they couldn’t get their hands on soldout tickets for this weekend’s World War II Memorial dedication in Washington, D.C.    Some veterans say they will visit the memorial eventually, but all agree that "it’s about time" the government has memorialized the 16 million soldiers who fought…

  • Thanks for support for annual event

    To the editor By:    The Rosary Society would like to take this opportunity to extend a warm "Thank You" to all businesses and local merchants who donated to our April 30th annual Spring Fling Basket Auction.    As in previous years, you have again played a major toll in supporting our auction and church fund-raisers.    Thanks…

  • ‘Gloomy Sunday’

    An old-fashioned wartime romance makes a poignant plea for secular humanism in a world growing less tolerant by the day. By: Elise Nakhnikian    Softening the trauma of life during wartime by filtering it through a scrim of romance is one of the oldest tricks in the screenwriting book. Done well, swoony love scenes between a…

  • Lawrence board finalizes school calendar

    Students could get out as early as June 9, 2005. By: Lea Kahn    School will begin two days after Labor Day, but it will end several days earlier than usual in June, based on the 2004-05 school calendar adopted by the Lawrence Township Board of Education last week.    To accommodate the construction project at Lawrence…

  • Carney wins section title in 2-mile run

    Spring track By: Jim Green    Hopewell Valley Central High School junior Annie Carney may not have been blessed with great natural speed, but that hasn’t stopped her from becoming one of the best track athletes in the state.    Carney used her superior endurance to place first in the 3,200-meter run Saturday at the Central Jersey…