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  • Ethnic diversity, scholarships among Duffy’s goals

    New Lawrenceville School headmaster officially installed. By: Lea Kahn    Under cloudy skies on a warm autumn afternoon, Elizabeth A. Duffy was installed as The Lawrenceville School’s 12th headmaster — the first woman to hold that position at the 193-year-old private school.    More than 1,500 students, faculty, staff and visitors — many of them sporting red-and-black…

  • CHS girls focus on CVC title

    Girls tennis By: John E. Powers    Now that a Central Jersey Group III sectional title is no longer possible for it, the Hopewell Valley Central High School girls tennis team has its sights set on a Colonial Valley Conference Patriot Division title.    The Lady Bulldogs were eliminated from the state tournament by Manasquan 3 1/2-1…

  • Redbird field hockey team keeps on rolling

    By: Kyle Moylan    With a 16-4 record in 2002 and a good nucleus back for this season, Allentown High School field hockey Coach Maryellen McCarthy knew she would have a good team.    Following three more wins this past week, Allentown is 9-0 and one can safely call them great.    "We played in an indoors league…

  • Oct. 16, 5:44 p.m.: Reading the presidency

    Give that man a newspaper. By: Hank Kalet    Here is another great story on President George W. Bush’s reading habits — or lack thereof.

  • Fire chief requests study

    Mansfield Fire Department officials ask Township Committee to fund assessment study for new headquarters. By: Eve Collins    MANSFIELD — Fire Department officials last week appealed to the Township Committee to fund for the first part of a plan for a new headquarters needed in the community, but officials have yet to announce where the building…

  • AHS football falls back to 2-3 on year

    By: Kyle Moylan    Allentown had a great start, but it had no answer for Hightstown’s finishing kick.    The Hightstown High football team used the speed of Sylvester Somerselle and a couple of well-timed passes to defeat Allentown last Friday, 38-21.    "We just couldn’t match their speed at all," noted Allentown Coach Greg LaCava.    Allentown was…

  • Producing a community newspaper, then and now.

    Newspapers today compete with network television, 24-hour cable news stations, glossy news magazines and the Internet. Yet there’s something permanent about holding a newspaper in your hands. They are archived for permanent public records and researched in microfiche form for decades.After all, what other medium is considered the first draft of history? By: Erica Hammond…

  • Runners honor memory of environmental activist

    The 10th annual Tomm May 5K Run/Fun Walk took place in Washington Township on Saturday, Oct. 11. By: Rose McGlew    WASHINGTON — Tomm May would have been a happy man last Saturday.    His family and friends were together, laughing and having a good time. The weather was great and the running conditions were perfect. Even…

  • Cardinal boys face difficult stretch

    Boys soccer By: Jim Green    If the Lawrence High School boys soccer team is going to make strong runs in both the Mercer County and state tournaments, it will have to overcome a grueling schedule during the next two weeks.    The stretch begins today, when the Cardinals play host to Nottingham in the first of…