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  • Lady Bulldogs’ season ends with loss in sectional semis

    Girls basketball By: John E. Powers    The Hopewell Valley Central High School girls basketball team didn’t have much preparation time for their Central Jersey Group II semifinal with top-seeded Voorhees last week. Lady Bulldogs coach John McGinley knew that was going to present a problem.    "To prepare for a team like that – I’d love…

  • Mustangs advance to CJ 1 finals

    Gryzeski, Maychrich lead charge By: Shawn Tyrrell        Sometimes hard work and commitment do pay off.    In the team’s biggest win since back in 1979, the Manville High boys did what most thought impossible and defeated visiting Perth Amboy Tech 67-57 in the semifinals of the Central Jersey Group 1 state basketball tournament. It was…

  • Manville catches basketball fever

    RUDE AWAKENING By: Rudy Brandl    PISCATAWAY – Basketball has officially arrived in Manville    If you don’t believe it, check out this past week’s high school sports news. While there weren’t any Manville High wrestlers competing in the Region 5 Tournament at Hunterdon Central for the first time in recent memory, the Mustangs were making a…

  • Ernest Kowalski

       HILLSBOROUGH — Ernest A. Kowalski died Sunday, Feb. 23, in Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. He was 78.    Born in Somerset Medical Center in Somerville, he was raised in Elizabeth before moving to Hillsborough 60 years ago.    Mr. Kowalski worked for General Services Administration in South Somerville.    He served in the U.S. Army Air Force…

  • Sourland area garage fire destroys two antique cars

    The 30-foot by 30-foot all-metal garage was on property owned by Gerald Consoli of Mountain Church Road. By John Tredrea:    A garage and everything in it, including two antique cars, were destroyed by a fire on Mountain Church Road early Saturday morning.    Capt. George Meyer of the Hopewell Township Police Department said the alarm was…

  • No guarantees at elite state level

    REGION 5 WRESTLING NOTEBOOK By: Rudy Brandl    FLEMINGTON — Ask any wrestler or coach and they’ll confirm that there are no guarantees at the state level. The only thing last year’s performance will get you is a better seed.    While that’s often an important factor in navigating through a loaded tournament bracket, there won’t be…

  • George Saloom, Jr.

       George Saloom Jr., 45, died Wednesday, March 5, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick.    Born in New Brunswick, he had lived in North Brunswick before moving to South Brunswick three years ago. He was a major crime investigator in the detective bureau of the North Brunswick Police Department where he had worked…

  • George Light

       MANVILLE — George Light died Wednesday, March 5, at Arbor Glen Care Center in Bridgewater. He was 82.    Born in Tamaqua, Pa., he lived in Manville for the past 30 years.    Mr. Light worked in the production department for the Delco-Remy Corporation in New Brunswick for 28 years before retiring in 1983.    He was a…

  • Savino captures Region 5 title

    Wrestling By: Mike Molaro    Lawrence High School wrestler Mark Savino heard the whispers since the first day of practice.    As the season progressed, the Cardinals junior couldn’t escape the ultimate compliment: He was Mercer County’s best shot at bringing home a state championship.    Savino, though, wasn’t buying any of that. He knew that words don’t…