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  • Morton earns way into state wrestling championships

    By: Kyle Moylan     With its second senior class now making its way through the high school, New Egypt’s sports program is no longer in the position of accomplishing a new first every time someone puts on a pair of sneakers or steps out on a field.    In order to accomplish a first at New…

  • Hopewell Township mayor reappoints traffic group membership

    New liaison from Township Committee is Arlene Kemp. By John Tredrea    The Mayors’ Task Force on Traffic and Trucking, which has been limbo since the beginning of the year, was officially brought back to life during Monday night’s Hopewell Township Committee meeting.    At the urging of several task force members and Committeeman Jon Edwards, Mayor…

  • Writing the book

    Library trustees hope to publish a complete history of Manville within two years By:Roger Alvarado    Manville’s first 75 years will be commemorated in a history book set for publication sometime in 2005, according to John Shutack of the Manville Public Library’s board of trustees.    Mr. Shutack and fellow board of trustee members Sandy Filippini and…

  • Manville jayvees learned on court

    Final record of 5-9 misleading By: Shawn Tyrrell        The future of the Manville High boys’ basketball team will depend on many of its young players and how they develop and improve.    This season, the junior varsity program finished the 2003-04 campaign with a 5-9 record. While that’s nothing to get excited about on the…

  • Brandon Farms sewer rates climb

    Hopewell Township Committee also voted to introduce an ordinance authorizing a sewer rate increase in the 122-house Princeton Farms development. By John Tredrea    A sewer service rate increase that Hopewell Township Mayor Vanessa Sandom said will cost a typical Brandon Farms homeowner about $80 annually was unanimously approved by the full Hopewell Township Committee Monday…

  • Savino defends regional championship

    Wrestling By: John E. Powers    If you’re going to be the first state champion in Mercer County history, you figure to have some obstacles along the way.    Lawrence High School’s star 130-pound senior Mark Savino, who will open his quest to win a state title Friday at the Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall, survived a wild…

  • Viking hockey team falls in state quarterfinals

    Second-seeded Morris Knolls too tough for South Brunswick. By: Ken Weingartner    The end came sooner than anyone on the South Brunswick High ice hockey team would have liked, but the Vikings’ public school state playoff run was nonetheless memorable.    South Brunswick, the seventh seed, bowed from the tourney with a 6-4 loss Wednesday night against…

  • Letters to the Editor

    For the March 11 issue. River Line will benefit residents To the editor:    The River Line light rail service begins on March 14. With 20 stations along the 34-mile corridor between Trenton and Camden (including the Park Street Station in Bordentown City) and stops every 30 minutes, the River Line will benefit area residents in…

  • This time, Millstone OKs school referendum

    Millstone Township voters support new school construction and renovations. By: Sarah Winkelman    MILLSTONE — Township residents overwhelmingly approved a $34.5 million building referendum Tuesday that will allow the district to construct a new middle school and make renovations to the existing elementary and middle schools.    After the defeat of the first building referendum in September,…