Category: archives
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Neshanic Church plans mission trip to help West Virginia residents
Dinner set to raise money to support missionaries trip to impoverished area By:Mary Kaempfen While speaking with Beth Vermette, a parishioner at the Neshanic Reformed Church who’s organizing a missionary project for this summer, Ms. Vermette recited a familiar and powerful Biblical quote. "’I was hungry and you fed me, thirsty and you gave me…
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Pennington, HoVal fall in first round of counties
Ice hockey By: Jim Green The Pennington School’s ice hockey team is beginning to learn what it’s like to be the hunted. The Red Raiders, coming off a 6-13-1 record last year, earned the top seed in the 2002-03 Mercer County Tournament with a 14-win campaign that included wins over quality squads such as Hightstown,…
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Man hurt in fire
Family of five forced to leave home By: Sharlee Joy DiMenichi A house fire at a single-family Norton Road home burned a township man and displaced he and his family Feb. 6, police said. Alan Mandel, 45, suffered second-degree burns on his hands while trying to extinguish a fire in a storage area behind his…
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LETTERS: Bad economy for municipal pool
I am sorry to learn that the YMCA is having financial problems. It is apparent to everyone that the economy is in bad shape. The stock market keeps going down, companies are going out of business and people are losing their jobs. This economic situation is producing less tax revenue for all levels of government.…
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SBHS does pretty much as expected at county wrestling tournament
By: Ken Weingartner The South Brunswick High wrestling team failed to crown a champion at the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament last weekend, but that doesn’t mean the event was a complete disappointment. Paul Strincoski, Mike Valentino and John Nortesano each had second-place finishes for the Vikings, who as a team placed seventh in the 20-squad…
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Vikings stun bowling world by winning boys GMC Tournament
Seeded 11th, SBHS tops Edison in championship round By: Tyler Dey Tyler DeySports Writer Already an unlikely finalist, the South Brunswick High School boys bowling team is now an unlikely champion. The Vikings capped a remarkable run and rolled their way to the Greater Middlesex Conference Team Tournament title Wednesday night. The tournament’s 11th seed…
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Allentown’s library to undergo restoration
Building to get two new front windows. By: Cynthia Koons ALLENTOWN The Allentown Library is returning to its roots, one window at a time. As part of a restoration and structural rebuilding project for its building, formerly a Baptist church, a $5,000 grant will finance two large front windows to replace the four that…
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Cards take final conference tilt
Ice hockey By: Jim Green The Lawrence High School ice hockey team has struggled mightily at times this season. But the Cardinals have proven one thing: They are clearly not one of the Colonial Valley Conference’s weakest programs. The Cardinals posted their third win in five games last Thursday, defeating lowly Nottingham 5-0 at Mercer…
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Lady Mustangs challenge Somerville in SCT second round
Snowed out game moved to Thursday By: Rudy Brandl The Manville High girls’ basketball team shouldn’t be fooled by Somerville’s losing record when the two schools square off in tonight’s Somerset County Tournament second round game. This tournament contest was postponed from Monday to tonight because of snow. Manville (10-6) probably learned its lesson…
