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  • Lawrence slips past CVC rival Allentown

    Softball By: Jim Green    The Lawrence High School softball team just keeps rolling.    The Cardinals improved to 5-1 with back-to-back wins over Trenton and Allentown this past week. Senior right-hander Kelly Hanlon picked up the win in both games and drove in the go-ahead run with her bat against the Redbirds.    "I’m thrilled," Lawrence coach…

  • Mustangs drop track and field opener

    Dunellen squeaks out 62-60 win By: Rudy Brandl    Losing by a point or two will drive a coach crazy no matter what the sport. In a track and field meet, it’s even more agonizing because there are so many variables and possible scoring swings in different events.    Manville High head coach Tony Treonze double- and…

  • Obituaries

    From the April 22 edition Holmes Van Mater    Holmes Van Mater of Columbus, 88, died Saturday at The Evergreens, Moorestown. Born in Palmerton, Pa. and raised in Plainfield, he was a resident of Columbus for 58 years.    He was the owner of Crescent Farm, Columbus and was a retired laboratory technician for the state Department…

  • Car fire frightens but doesn’t injure Gemini Drive residents

    Blaze erupts just after parked By:Roger Alvarado    There was nothing Gemini Drive residents Jose and Debbie Blanco could do but watch in horror as their maroon 1999 Mercury Sable went up in flames Saturday afternoon, just minutes after being parked.    According to Mr. Blanco, his wife had just settled in at home after parking the…

  • LIFESTYLE: League of their own

    YMCA players share a love of shooting hoops. By: Matthew Kirdahy    Judging by the sopped jerseys worn by the players at Monday night’s YMCA basketball game, the league is bound to whip its players into shape.    "It’s run and gun," said Clinton Counts, the league coordinator.    And the players aren’t just in it to win.…

  • Karmen Sutphen

       MANVILLE — Karmen K. Sutphen died April 14 at home. She was 35.    She was a former long time resident of Hoboken before moving to Manville.    Mrs. Sutphen worked in back operations for Paine Weber in Weehawken from 1988-1996.    Her mother, Ljiljana Perkovic, is deceased.    Surviving are her husband, Eric Sutphen; two sons, Eric Joseph…

  • Jazz legend Maynard Ferguson to perform May 2

    Concert to take place at Florence Township Memorial High School By: Scott Morgan    FLORENCE — Mention the name Maynard Ferguson to anyone even dimly aware of jazz and the response is probably going to be an echo of his name with an audible exclamation point at the end. Seven decades in the driver’s seat of…

  • Hopewell proves it can hang with the big boys

    Boys lacrosse By: Mike Molaro    The Hopewell Valley Central High School boys lacrosse team discovered two important things about itself last week. And they are lessons Hopewell coach Rob Siris hopes his guys carry with them for the remainder of the season.    First, the Bulldogs (4-3) proved to themselves that they could raise their play…