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  • Manville drops county baseball opener

    Weekend celebration spoiled after big win By: Rudy Brandl        The Manville High baseball team had to put its state playoff clinching celebration on hold, at least temporarily, after Saturday’s loss to North Plainfield in the first round of the Somerset County Tournament.    Manville was coming off an exciting 7-5 home victory against Oratory Prep…

  • Searching for truth on the Internet

    BOOK NOTES by Joan Ruddiman    Reid Goldsborough writes regularly for International Reading Association’s "Reading Today" on computer literacy. His recent column on seeking the truth on the Internet is critically important.    We all worry about how kids use the Internet. Teachers particularly are concerned about how students "research" on the Internet. Though it is the…

  • Haggerty continues on Bonds-like tear

    Baseball By: Jim Green    Lawrence High School senior John Haggerty has improved to the point where he possibly is the best hitter in Mercer County.    "Right now, I haven’t seen anybody hitting the ball better than him," Lawrence coach Brian Carter said. "There’ve been a couple of guys who’ve hit the ball well, but not…

  • Spring break suffers from construction project

    School board hopes to have students out earlier in 2005. By: Lea Kahn    Township parents who hope to make an annual trek to Walt Disney World for spring break should make different plans, because spring break is being shortened to just two days in the 2004-05 school district calendar introduced by the Lawrence Township Board…

  • For the May 6 issue

    Kathleen Teresa Champion, Henry J. French Jr., Triestino T. Rossi, Barbara Ann Fassl, Raymond C. Homan, Dennis L. Williams, Marion VanOrkey, Beulah K. Davison. Kathleen Teresa Champion    SPOTSWOOD — Kathleen Teresa Champion, 77, died April 25 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick.    Born in Pittsburgh, Pa., she lived in Spotswood since 1958.    Prior…

  • Shah defeated in county final

    TENNIS By:Matthew Kirdahy    On what the coach described as a windy day for tennis, Shangril Shah, the top singles player at South Brunswick High School, fell to Vivek Subramanian of East Brunswick in the Greater Middlesex Conference tennis tournament finals Saturday.    Viking’s coach Nancy McDonald said this match was the second time the two top…

  • Lawrence Middle School efforts benefit kids

    Students raise funds for Operation Dreamlift. By: Lea Kahn    For children suffering from chronic or terminal illnesses, Operation Dreamlift is a dream come true — a chance to spend the day having fun at Walt Disney World in Florida.    Seven children spent the day at Walt Disney World on Tuesday — thanks to the fund-raising…

  • School van collision injures driver, aide

    By Tuesday afternoon, according to Capt. George Meyer of the Hopewell Township police, all involved in the mishap had been treated and released. By John Tredrea    A school van driver and her aide were injured and three shaken-up young children were sent to a hospital to be checked out after the school vehicle collided with…

  • Planting a tree

    Hopewell observes Arbor Day Emilio Carrillo, 9, of Hopewell shovels dirt into a hole in which a sugar maple was to be placed by those who attended the first Arbor Day celebration in Hopewell Borough on Saturday. The event was held on the Hopewell Railroad Station property. Hopewell held the event, in part, to help…