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  • Obituaries for week of Feb. 13

    Stanley Koreyva    Stanley J. Koreyva, 77, of Lawrence Township, died Saturday at the St. Francis Medical Center, Trenton.    Born in Trenton, Mr. Koreyva was a lifelong Trenton and Lawrenceville resident. He owned the former Koreyva’s Market in East Trenton retiring in 1988. He was a former member of the Polish Falcons, Nest 59, and the…

  • OBITUARIES, Feb. 14, 2003

    Dorothy S. Baker, Charles J. Busanovich, Marianne Knorr, Mary M. Johnson, Beverly A. Zissman, Marjorie V. Mayhew, Lillian M. Smith. Dorothy S. Baker Longtime Princeton resident <<br>    HIGHTSTOWN — Dorothy Scott Baker died Monday at The Medical Center at Princeton. She was 92.    A longtime Princeton resident, she was a resident of Meadow Lakes in…

  • Blakely claims two county swim titles

    Swimming By: Matt Nalbone    The Hopewell Valley Central High School boys and girls swimming teams had similar results at the Mercer County Championships this past week.    The boys team finished in a tie for third with Nottingham, scoring 172 points to finish behind only first-place Princeton and West Winsdor-Plainsboro South. The girls team also came…

  • Raider teams set for SCT hoops

    Action begins with girl-boy doubleheader By: Rudy Brandl        Most of the top-ranked teams are the same but that doesn’t mean this year’s Somerset County basketball tournaments won’t be exciting.    The seeding meeting produced two very interesting brackets, which will follow the same format as last year with the boys and girls switching semifinal nights…

  • Boys beat Dayton on Senior Night

    MUSTANG ROUNDUP By: Rudy Brandl        The Manville High boys’ basketball team is loaded with upperclassmen, so it was only fitting that the Mustangs beat an old rival on Senior Night.    Manville continued its recent surge of solid play by posting its second home victory in as many nights. While most people expected the Mustangs…

  • Local open space preservation group announces land buys

    Vales and Albahary properties involved.    The Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space, Inc. (FoHVOS) have — with the help of others — made land purchases that will result in the preservation of the acreage involved as open space.    Hopewell Township and FoHVOS recently purchased 6 acres of woodlands on Route 31 from Joseph Vales for…

  • TANGENTS: Because war stinks, that’s why

    Tangents by John Saccenti: Considering the consequences of invading Iraq By: John Saccenti    War stinks. People die. Usually a lot of them. I know it seems obvious, and I’m guessing that’s why most people don’t like it.    On second thought, maybe it’s not as obvious as I think, considering that many people are having a…

  • Lawrence wrestlers hitting their stride

    Wrestling By: Mike Molaro    Now that is finished with the Mercer County Tournament, the Lawrence High School wrestling team will tackle its three remaining goals.    Those goals include winning the Colonial Valley Conference Colonial Division, doing well in the District 17 competition at the end of February and having numerous wrestlers advance to the Region…

  • Keep football at Hopewell Valley CHS in 2003, advisory group says

    A key fact in the recommendation to keep football is that 30 of the 46 freshman and sophomores on Hopewell Valley’s 2002 gridiron unit had never played an interscholastic sport before. By John Tredrea    Interscholastic football should continue at Hopewell Valley Central High School in 2003, an advisory committee has told the school board Monday.…