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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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…