Category: archives

  • LCA boys’ basketball opens year with 4 losses

    By: Sean Moylan    This year’s Life Center Academy boys’ varsity basketball team will not be the juggernaut it was last year.    How could it be?    Last year LCA posted a 30-7 record while playing one of the toughest schedules in all of New Jersey. And last spring, LCA graduated five players who are currently playing…

  • For the Nov. 27 issue

    Wanda B. Bivona, Bessie Cutter Perlman, James Alvin Lister, Donald B. Gropp. Wanda B. Bivona    PLUMSTED — Wanda B. Bivona, 46, of New Egypt, died Nov. 19 at her home.    Born in Mt. Holly, she lived in Browns Mills before moving to New Egypt 16 years ago.    A sales associate AAFES at McGuire Air Force…

  • Tree lightings, concerts kick off holiday festivities

    Area towns have several activities planned to kick off the holiday season. By: Eve Collins    Several local municipalities have scheduled holiday celebrations that will include the lighting of Christmas trees, caroling and other festivities. Following is a list of those events. Bordentown City    Bordentown City’s tree-lighting ceremony will take place on Saturday, Nov. 29 at…

  • Referendum hearing draws crowd of 150

    Florence Township School Board meeting provides forum for dicussion of $45 million school reconstruction referendum. By: Scott Morgan    FLORENCE — It was four minutes and 22 seconds the students and faculty hope will change their world.    Before a group of nearly 150 parents, students and onlookers Monday night, the township Board of Education aired the…

  • Counterfeit bust yields indictments

    Two men were indicted for allegedly transporting counterfeit cigarettes following truck inspection by Mansfield Township police. By: Eve Collins    MANSFIELD – A grand jury has returned a 13-count indictment against two men for allegedly transporting $2 million in counterfeit cigarettes in a box truck that was stopped on Route 206 last month by township police.…

  • Barin helps NBC run down a lot of success

    By: Sean Moylan    MANSFIELD – They say good things come in small packages. Northern Burlington county Regional High School girls’ varsity cross country star Tawny Barin is a living testament supporting that statement.    This year, Barin, a senior, led the Greyhounds’ team to their first trip to the State Group finals since 1995.    In the…

  • Nov. 26, 5:10 p.m.: My favorite tunes

    Here’s a long list of my favorite songs. By: Hank Kalet    Somehow, given our early deadlines, I missed yesterday’s Top Ten. (I also incorrectly dated my Web log entries, but have since fixed that error).    So today, I offer a very expanded list — my favorite songs of all time. I’ve done my best to…

  • Dow Jones, union reach agreement

       Dow Jones officials and members of the union representing company employees agreed to a tentative contract last week. By: Sharlee Joy DiMenichi    Dow Jones officials and members of the union representing company employees agreed to a tentative contract last week.    The deal, which must be ratified by members of the Independent Association of Publishers Employees…

  • Ceremony of Carols

    The Hopewell Valley Chorus annual holiday concert will take place Dec. 5 at the Unitarian Universalist Church at Washington Crossing in Titusville. By: Dana Flatekval Director Marjorie Herman salutes the Hopewell Valley Chorus.    With pencils in hand ready to make changes in their music and bodies sitting erect, Hopewell Valley Chorus members are practicing rigorously…