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  • Balanced attack keeps boys undefeated

    MUSTANG ROUNDUP By: Rudy Brandl        The Manville High boys’ basketball team started 2003 the way it finished 2002 – with a victory.    Manville improved to 4-0 with a 55-40 home triumph over Newark Tech. The Mustangs were scheduled to face familiar Mountain Valley Conference foes Bound Brook, Roselle Park and David Brearley this week…

  • Golden Years

    Tom Aldredge and Elizabeth Wilson star in ‘Double Play,’ an evening of mature theater at George Street Playhouse. By: Matt Smith Elizabeth Wilson won a Tony Award for David Rabe’s Sticks and Bones.    As actors of a certain age, Elizabeth Wilson and Tom Aldredge are accustomed to parts that call for a few wrinkles, and…

  • SBHS boys hoop team seeks consistency

    By: Redd E. Patrick    Since head coach Dave Turco took over the reigns of the South Brunswick High School boys basketball program in the fall, it’s been a one-step forward, two-steps back process.    After all, Turco was hired late and missed out on the summer season, then inherited a team which had just one starter…

  • Leigh, Morehouse join Hopewell Council

    David Nettles is elected council president during Monday’s reorganization session. By Sandra Phelps    Republicans Janice "Jolly" Leigh and C. Schuyler Morehouse took oaths of office Monday night as new members of Hopewell Borough Council, replacing Thomas Dallessio and Henry Wittman III, who did not seek re-election in November.    Council members picked Democrat David Nettles as…

  • Plush pals populate police patrols

    Patrolman collects stuffed animals from area schools. By: Lea Kahn    It started with a few stuffed animals. But when the Lawrence Intermediate School completed its mission, there were more than plush dolls awaiting Patrolman David Burns of the Lawrence Township Police Department.    The stuffed animals, which were turned over to Patrolman Burns by the students…

  • Sharing the Joy

    The David Leonhardt Jazz Group performs an afternoon of Gershwin in Yardley, Pa., along with a Jazz for Kids program with broad audience appeal. By: Daniel Shearer David Leonhardt deep in the groove.    Though they may not stop to ponder it, many youngsters experience jazz for the first time through television.    Sesame Street, Mister Rogers’…

  • LMS loses Nolan for principal position

    Assistant principal leaves for Red Bank on Jan. 17. By: Lea Kahn    Richard Nolan has always wanted to be a school principal. In two weeks, he will achieve that goal — but it won’t be in the Lawrence Township public schools.    Mr. Nolan, who has served as the assistant principal at the Lawrence Middle School…

  • Plumsted stays with Dancer

    Township committeeman to serve as mayor for 14th consecutive year. By: Scott Morgan    PLUMSTED — Shortly after being sworn into his fifth Township Committee term, Ronald S. Dancer was selected to his 14th consecutive term as mayor.    At the committee’s Jan. 6 reorganization meeting, Mayor Dancer reclaimed his position, with Committeeman Joe Przywara chosen as…

  • Giacopelli stars at big swim meet

    RAIDER ROUNDUP By: Rudy Brandl        Hillsborough High senior Nick Giacopelli expects to be a state place-winner this season. He certainly showed he’s capable of making some noise with a solid performance in the prestigious Pirate Invitational last Saturday at The Bubble in West Windsor.    Giacopelli, one of the area’s premier freestylers, finished second to…