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  • Calvo vaults into the record books

    Spring track By: Jim Green    The Lawrence High School boys spring track team has a hard enough time winning dual meets when it is at full strength. If star sprinter Orlando Kane is not around, victories are almost impossible to come by.    Kane, who has been suffering from tendonitis in his shins, was given time…

  • Boys lax squad drops four

    Boys lacrosse By: John E. Powers    After starting the season with three straight wins, the Hopewell Valley Central High School boys lacrosse team has hit a rough patch.    After beating Old Bridge, Pennington and Montgomery, the Bulldogs have lost four straight. The Bulldogs lost to Princeton Day, Princeton, Manasquan and West Windsor-Plainsboro South in the…

  • Kauders brothers enjoy healthy golf rivalry

    By: Redd E. Patrick    Phil Kauders will do anything to win a golf match, even beat his own brother if he had to.    As a matter of fact, he has.    Averaging an even-par 36 over his last three matches, the sophomore has been one of six different players who have shared the spotlight for the…

  • No tax rate increase in Pennington budget for 2003

    If budget is adopted, owner of a property assessed at $229,000 (the borough average) would continue to pay $1,328.20 for municipal purposes in 2003. By John Tredrea    Pennington’s municipal tax rate for 2003 would be 58 cents per $100 of assessed property value, the same as last year, if the Borough Council adopts a proposed…

  • Council plans for busy evening of ordinances

    Regular meeting will be held at 8 p.m. Tuesday. By: Lea Kahn    Township Council plans to hold public hearings and take final action on nearly a dozen ordinances, including one that sets a $50 fee for nonresidents to rent a garden plot in the community garden, when it meets Tuesday night.    Township Council will meet…

  • Blawenburg Band concert Saturday

    113th gala event to be held in Skillman    On May 3 at 8 p.m., the Blawenburg Band’s free gala 113th anniversary concert will be held in Montgomery High School auditorium. The school is located on Burnt Hill Road in Skillman.    When the band first began in 1890, it was just a small group playing mostly…

  • School board swears in returning members

    Subcommittees may be shuffled for coming year. By: Lea Kahn    Newly re-elected school board members Michael Brindle, Michael Wilson and Michael Winka were sworn into office Monday night at the Lawrence Township Board of Education’s annual reorganization meeting.    The school board members also re-elected Mary DiMartino and Laurel Goodell as the board president and vice…

  • HoVal falls to cross-town rival

    Baseball By: Mike Molaro    For the first 10 games of the season, the Hopewell Valley Central High School baseball team made fans forget about the down times of the past couple of years with solid performances that pulled them into a first-place tie with Ewing in the Valley Division of the Colonial Valley Conference.    After…

  • Developer sues after plan ruled ‘invalid’

    Centex LLC has sued Mansfield Township after the Township Committee said the developer’s plan had changed too much and was invalid. By:Eve Collins    MANSFIELD — A developer filed a lawsuit against the township last week, challenging a Township Committee decision that invalidated the company’s plan to build 414 houses on almost 500 acres on Petticoat…