Category: archives
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SB boys track team made solid progress
By: Carolyn M. Hartko There wasn’t much action on the local level for winter track teams in the Greater Middlesex Conference this past season. Severe winter weather forced the cancellation of most of the dual meets, so teams were left with indoor invitationals as their main source of competition. Those meets didn’t afford the best…
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Florence tennis set for great season
By: Sean Moylan No longer satisfied to win a match here or there, the 2004 Florence Township Memorial High School varsity tennis team will give all it has to compete for a Freedom Division title this season. "I really believe that this year we got more mature," said Ovi Dragos, the terrific second-year head coach…
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Allentown pharmacy turns 40
Walter’s Pharmacy & Gifts celebrates its 40th year of business on Main Street in Allentown. By: Lauren Burgoon ALLENTOWN Dick and Fran Walter have witnessed a lot of changes to Main Street in Allentown. The couple have seen shops come and go and were there as the local hospital converted into stores. During their…
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District proposes $4.2M budget
Springfield School District 2004-2005 budget will result in a tax rate increase of 4 cents. By: Scott Morgan SPRINGFIELD Under the school district’s proposed $4.2 million budget, the 2004-2005 school budget will rise 4 cents, Business Administrator Barbara Harris said last week. With the tax rate rising from $1.089 to $1.133 per $100 of…
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Man surrenders after threatening to shoot authority members
City police said the Wilson Street man was angry over the extremely foul odor that has resulted from a broken piece of sludge-holding equipment. By: Linda Seida LAMBERTVILLE A man accused of threatening to blast everyone at the Lambertville Sewerage Authority with a shotgun Tuesday turned himself in to police at their headquarters Thursday…
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Free Spirits, Paper Dolls and Dendrites
Artists’ works on paper make lasting impressions. By: Susan Van Dongen Susan Abrams’ nature photographs, printed on her own handmade paper, are on view in Lasting Impressions at Marsha Child Contemporary in Princeton. Mother Nature is an artist, and Susan Abrams’ photography showcases "Mom’s" talents magnificently. In "Weathered Maple," for example, you see the dendrite…
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Youngsters stepped up for Viking girls track team
By: Carolyn M. Hartko The one group of high school athletes who really displayed a sense of dedication with a capital "D" this past winter are the boys and girls who came out for winter track in the Greater Middlesex Conference. For the second year in a row, inclement weather trashed the dual meet season,…
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Manville relay invites teams to participate
To the editor I am personally appealing to everyone from this "never surrender" town of Manville to get involved in the Relay for Life this year at Manville High School on June 11 and 12th. I am appealing to everyone because right now my husband’s aunt is on a respirator fighting end stage lung cancer…
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LETTER: SBHS principal deserves tenure
To the editor: For the past three years I have heard nothing but praise for the job that Frank Ingargiola has done as principal of the high school. I naturally assumed that there would be no question about his reappointment. The letter to the editor, which appeared on March 4 in support of his…
