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  • Galasso emerged as reliable force

    Big man makes smooth transition from hoops to mat By: Rudy Brandl    Manville High wrestling coach Brett Stibitz felt it was extremely ironic that Kile Galasso turned out to be his last wrestler competing this season.    It wasn’t that Stibitz didn’t believe in Galasso or that he didn’t feel his senior heavyweight was capable of…

  • South Brunswick girls basketball team had its moments

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    It wasn’t the best of times, nor was the 2002-03 season a the worst of times for the South Brunswick High School girls’ basketball team.    The Vikings went 7-15 overall in a rebuilding year, and they were 3-11 in the Greater Middlesex Conference’s Red Division.    "I know our wins aren’t where…

  • Louise Hixson

       MANVILLE — Louise I. Hixson died Monday in Somerset Medical Center, Somerville. She was 78.    Born in Altoona, Pa., she had been a resident of Manville for many years.    Mrs. Hixson was a registered civilian nurse with the U.S. Army Nurses Corps during World War II. She later worked for over 20 years at Somerset…

  • Polished Gold

    Known as "the man with the golden flute," Sir James Galway performs at the State Theatre in New Brunswick March 26. By: Susan Van Dongen "I tend to alternate from day to day…but lately I’ve been playing one of my 18-karat gold flutes," says Sir James Galway. "Gold is a harder metal than silver when…

  • Woods Road students add it up for children’s hospital

       Woods Road Elementary School students raised $5,631.91 for the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, thanks to their math skills.    More than 110 students participated in the 2003 Math-a-thon Challenge, which gave students the opportunity to work on their math skills while also helping to raise money that will benefit St. Jude’s and the children it…

  • Grade-school science fairs are in season across the Valley

    GUEST COLUMN By Clifton Draper    March madness means it is time for young would-be scientists to haul their posters and projects to school for the annual Saturday Science Fair ritual.    Hopewell Elementary was first to take the court this past Saturday with over 100 kindergarten-through-fifth-graders displaying their science and engineering talents. Students stood by their…

  • Snafu leads to overbilling of Washington firms for fire inspections

    About 70 township businesses affected. By: Scott Morgan    "I got it and was like, ‘Are they crazy?’"    The man, a township medical supplies dealer, waved his $225 bill over his desk and defiantly added that he was so shocked at the amount, he just wasn’t going to pay the thing. He was going to wait…

  • Margaret Bommino

       HILLSBOROUGH — Margaret M. Bommino died March 10 while visiting relatives in Fredon. She was 86.    Born and raised in Newark, she lived in East Orange, Hillsborough and Manchester, before moving back to Hillsborough three years ago.    Mrs. Bommino was an office manager for the Home Insurance Co. for more than 20 years, retiring in…

  • Board candidates will debate issues

    School election event is 8 p.m. March 27. By: Lea Kahn    The four candidates for the three available Lawrence Township Board of Education seats will face township residents at a special candidates night forum next week.    The school board candidates night, which has been set for Thursday, March 27 at 8 p.m. at the Lawrence…