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  • Cards top Steinert in regular-season finale

    Boys basketball By: Mike Molaro    Last Saturday’s 36-28 triumph was bittersweet for the Lawrence High School wrestling team.    The Cardinals’ victory at Steinert in their regular-season finale clinched second place in the Colonial Division of the Colonial Valley Conference. But it also left the Cardinals (9-9 overall, 9-3 in the CVC) pondering what might have…

  • Four file to run for board seats

    Three seats open for April 15 election By:Sally Goldenberg    Four candidates will vie for three open seats on the township Board of Education on April 15.    Incumbents Chris Pulsifer and Lou Possemato and residents Sean Chen and Jeff Weinstein are each seeking one of the three, three-year seats.    Board member Loren Lemelle will not run…

  • Don’t rush to redevelop downtown look

    EDITORIAL: Manville’s distinctive buildingsmay well be best asset downtown    Driving down Main Street after last week’s storm covered Manville with a down-filled comforter of snow (that is, a much thicker blanket) was a sight to behold.    The empty thoroughfare was brightly lit by the decorative streetlights reminiscent of a turn-of-the-century postcard from Iowa or upstate…

  • Fellowship church hosts pastoral candidate

       Sunday’s services at Fellowship Bible Church on New Amwell Road will be lead by Terry LaTourneau of Sterling, Mass., a candidate to become the church’s first, full-time pastor.    Pastor LaTourneau was invited by the church’s Pulpit Search Committee, which has been commissioned with finding a full-time pastor for the church. The committee has worked at…

  • The Ghost Writer

    Foster Winans is cultivating a community of wordsmiths in Doylestown. The former Wall Street Journal columnist will talk about the literary and artistic heritage of Bucks County, Pa., in New Hope. By: Amy Brummer TimeOFF/Frank Wojciechowski The Writers Room founder Foster Winans will talk about the literary and artistic heritage of Bucks County, Pa., in…

  • Blizzard can’t stop dedicated crews

    To the editor    On the night of Feb. 18 during the recent record "blizzard," at approximately 4 a.m. when two feet of snow was already to have fallen on the Jersey shore, I had a personal breathing crisis which necessitated an emergency call to 911.    The response was immediate. Within minutes there was a Hillsborough…

  • Spreading the Word

    The Writers Room cultivates a community of wordsmiths in Doylestown, Pa. By: Amy Brummer    Some say you can never go home again. Times change, people move on, and the realities of today rarely live up to the nostalgia of youth.    For Doylestown, Pa., native Foster Winans, returning home not only lived up to his expectations,…

  • Ringoes principal to head Hopewell Valley’s Bear Tavern School

    Bruce Arcurio will take over when Dick Scheetz retires on July 1. By John Tredrea    Bruce Arcurio will take over as principal of Bear Tavern Elementary School on July 1, when Dick Scheetz will retire after a long career in education, most of it in the Hopewell Valley Regional School District.    The full Hopewell Valley…

  • New Allentown councilman a familiar face

    Jerry Rovner rejoins Borough Council after 24 years. By: Cynthia Koons    ALLENTOWN — Former Democratic Councilman Jerry Rovner is putting on his old political hat, this time with a conservative plume.    Recently appointed to the Allentown Borough Council, Mr. Rovner will fill the unexpired term left vacant by former council President Peter Pantages who resigned…