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Divers excel at state meet
Girls swimming By: John E. Powers The Hopewell Valley Central High School girls swimming team wrapped up a successful season last weekend at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s Meet of Champions at the Gloucester Institute of Technology in Sewell. And earlier in the week, senior Kristin Caiazzo placed third, and junior Karen Upperco…
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Three residents to be honored at LNSC event
A Tribute to Black History set for Sunday. By: Lea Kahn The late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, "the time is always right to do what is right." If that is true, then it’s the right time to honor three Lawrence Township residents who contributed to the Lawrence Neighborhood Service Center. State Sen.…
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March 11, 6:09 p.m.: Dispatches on Mel Gibson
A cultural chasm is exposed by "The Passion of the Christ." By: Hank Kalet Read this week’s Dispatches on "The Passion of the Christ."
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Board votes to keep candidate’s name on ballot
North Hanover Board of Education votes to keep candidate’s name on ballot after his residency was called into question by a neighbor/current board member. By: Eve Collins NORTH HANOVER The North Hanover Board of Education has voted to allow candidate Michael Crawford to be on the ballot for the April 20 election after his…
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Boho Days
David Saint revisits ‘Rent’ creator Jonathan Larson’s ‘tick, tick… BOOM!’ at George Street Playhouse. By: Matt Smith Staff photos by Frank Wojciechowski Sarah Litzsinger, Colin Hanlon and Stephen Bienskie star in Jonathan Larson’s tick, tick… BOOM! at George Street Playhouse. Artists dream of perfection, that one moment when talent and hard work are touched by…
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District students feeling the crunch
School report card shows South Brunswick class sizes are above the state average. By: Sharlee Joy DiMenichi Most classrooms in South Brunswick are more crowded than the state average, according to the state’s 2002-2003 School Report Cards. The state Department of Education issues the report cards annually to provide information on average class size, teacher…
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Cornelius Nathaniel Wyche
Cornelius Nathaniel Wyche Jr., 63, of South Brunswick, died at about 12:30 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 29. Mr. Wyche was born in New York City on March 2, 1940, to the late Cornelius Nathaniel Wyche Sr. and the late Florence Lee Wyche. He received his high school education at John Adams High School in Queens, N.Y.…
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DISPATCHES: ‘The Passion’ exposes cultural chasm
DISPATCHES By Hank Kalet: Gibson film should open Americans’ eyes to ant-Semitism. By: Hank Kalet The reactions to Mel Gibson’s latest film, "The Passion of the Christ," betray what I think is a dangerous divide in the American psyche. The general response to the film seems to fall into two camps: the believing Christians who…
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Anthony Ferrara appointed to committee post
Fills seat vacated by John Souren By:Roger Alvarado The Township Committee on Tuesday night unanimously appointed Anthony Ferrara, the son of a longtime Hillsborough police officer, to finish the unexpired term of former Republican Committeeman John Souren. Mr. Souren, who was first elected in November 2002, had just under two years remaining on his term…
