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  • Boys team suffers controversial loss

    Boys basketball By: Jim Green    Sometimes a team has to be lucky in order to be victorious. The Lawrence High School boys basketball squad was neither Friday.    The Cardinals suffered a 62-61 overtime loss at Ewing in the consolation bracket of the Mercer County Tournament on a controversial last-second shot by the Blue Devils’ Ryan…

  • EDITORIAL: Lauren Sohmer: state champion

    EDITORIAL: Congratulations to the queen of the lanes.    Lauren Sohmer is the queen of the lanes.    The South Brunswick High School senior achieved something earlier this month that few in Viking history have accomplished. She won an individual state championship.    Lauren had been one of 47 bowlers to qualify for the Feb. 13 championship tourney…

  • EDITOR’S NOTE: Trying to be good sports

    EDITOR’S NOTE By Hank Kalet: Residents asked for help with youth sports coverage. By: Hank Kalet    An important part of any community news organization is its sports coverage.    I still fondly remember my one and only mention in the sports pages of what was then the Central Post, a one-line mention about a South Brunswick…

  • Mustangs end hoop skid

    Liszczak leads way with double-double By: Shawn Tyrrell        Its been a long time coming (seven straight games to be exact), but the Manville High boys’ basketball team finally got back to the win column last week, beating Wardlaw-Hartridge easily 57-36.    Not only did the victory put a stop to the team’s season-high seven-game losing…

  • More blood drives set to aid teen

    MIKES for Manville continues efforts on behalf of Ryan McKee By:Roger Alvarado    MIKES for Manville has announced plans to stage a third blood drive to help out a young borough resident suffering from leukemia.    The event to benefit young Ryan McKee will be held from 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Sunday, March 7, at the VFW. The…

  • Proposed gas pipeline raises safety concerns

    Bordentown and Mansfield residents are concerned about the effect a proposed pipeline will have on the safety of their homes and property. By: Eve Collins    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP – Approximately 50 residents attended the informational open house on Monday about a proposed pipeline that will extend through Bordentown and Mansfield townships, some expressing concerns about safety…

  • Officials consider privatizing military base housing

    Bids for the privitization of housing at Fort Dix and McGuire Air Force Base are being considered by North Hanover Township officials. By: Eve Collins    NORTH HANOVER – Officials are set to begin considering bids for the job of privatizing housing on Fort Dix and McGuire Air Force Base.    Bill Leonard of the Housing Privatization…

  • NBC school opening postponed

    Northern Burlington County Regional District officials have decided to postpone opening of new middle school until September. By: Eve Collins    MANSFIELD — The opening of the new middle school has been delayed once again.    Northern Burlington County Regional District officials had hoped to open the new building and move teachers and students in after spring…

  • Hopewell Township residents can help with pothole problems

    Hotline, 737-4310, can be called any time, day or night. By John Tredrea    If you live in Hopewell Township and know of a bad pothole on a local road, you can call the township’s Pothole Hotline. It’s 737-4310 and it can be called any time, day or night.    By dialing that number, residents can help…