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  • Anne LaPlante

       BELLE MEAD — Anne M. LaPlante died Jan. 11 in Princeton Nursing Home, Princeton. She was 82.    Mrs. LaPlante was born in Central City, Pa., and grew up in Manville. She then lived in Maryland, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania before moving to Belle Mead in 1973.    She was a homemaker.    Her husband, John H. LaPlante, died…

  • Allentown Presbyterian Church to welcome noted writer

    Worship seminar to be held By: Scott Morgan    ALLENTOWN — Sometimes even faith needs a tune-up. Fortunately for the congregation of Allentown Presbyterian Church, the right mechanic is coming to visit.    On Feb. 1, the church plans to host a seminar by Tom Kreauter, a prolific ministerial author and public speaker, designed to provide spiritual…

  • New committee members appear clueless about township issues

    GUEST COLUMN    For the past 10 years, I’ve been a solid supporter of the Hillsborough Republicans because I believed it was in the best interest of Hillsborough Township.    On most occasions, I was the only one defending the Republicans from the false accusations wrought of politics and ego. It is therefore a disturbing and sad…

  • Late calls cost Lawrence girls team

    Girls basketball By: Jim Green    Lawrence High School girls basketball coach Gregg Zenerovitz could have swallowed his team’s second straight loss if he felt his players had decided the outcome.    But two questionable calls in the final minute Tuesday left the Cardinals with a 42-39 loss at Steinert. Lawrence was coming off a 62-60 defeat…

  • Lady Raiders let one slip away

    HHS drops first divisional game to B-R By: Rudy Brandl        Inexperience finally caught up with the Hillsborough High girls’ basketball team in last Friday night’s home game against rival Bridgewater-Raritan.    The Lady Raiders entered the game unbeaten in Delaware Division play, thanks mainly to their ability to take large leads early in games. Although…

  • ‘He loved what he did’

    Borough mourns the loss of prominent attorney. By: Scott Morgan    HIGHTSTOWN — Natalia Pane’s voice trembled. One of those joyous, sad tremblings soaked in reminiscence.    There were layers to her father, she said. Three layers, the third of which most people didn’t see.    On the surface, Ms. Pane went on to say, there was the…

  • Violent crimes drop;burglaries increase

    Police credit enforcement in helping reduce crime By:Sally Goldenberg    Total crimes in Manville dropped by 8 percent last year — from 326 crimes in 2001 to 300 in 2002.    Police attribute the decrease to a national trend in crime reduction and aggressive policing, despite the loss of three officers and two dispatchers in 2002 due…

  • Red-hot Raider swimmers enjoy big meet atmosphere

    Teams rolling through regular season, too By: John E. Powers        Todd Sudol, a former star high school swimmer at Bridgewater-Raritan High School, knows how special the Pirate Invitational is.    As a high school junior and senior, Sudol won two events. He knew that to be recognized as one of the state’s better swimmers or…

  • Dog center doesn’t belong near homes

    To the editor    I’m a resident at the Manors and, like many of my neighbors, am adamantly opposed to the proposed "Dog Day Care Center" on the adjacent property. The Zoning Board is presently considering a request for a variance that would permit the currently C-1 zoned property to be used for the dog center.…