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  • Cards show positive signs before dropping fourth straight

    Ice Hockey By: Jim Green    On paper, Monday’s match-up between the 1-4 Lawrence High School ice hockey team and Colonial Valley Conference power Hightstown appeared hopelessly lopsided. On the ice, it at least was competitive for a period.    The struggling Cardinals, who carried a three-game losing streak into the game, were within two goals of…

  • POLICE BLOTTER

       Carmen L. Ortiz, 53, of Bound Brook was charged at 7:17 p.m. on Dec. 21 with driving an unregistered vehicle and driving while her license was suspended.    She was processed and released pending a court appearance. ***     David Oliver, 43, of Jasinski Street was charged at 11:13 p.m. on Dec. 21 with simple assault…

  • Positive experiences color year as mayor

    Weisberg’s term comes to end midnight Dec. 31. By: Lea Kahn    Ask outgoing Mayor Doris Weisberg to describe this past year, and she answers the question in one word — extraordinary.    "It has been the most extraordinary year of my life," said Mayor Weisberg, whose one-year term as the titular head of Lawrence Township ends…

  • Bulldogs place fifth at Princeton Tournament

    Wrestling By: Mike Molaro    At first glance, the fact the Hopewell Valley Central High School wrestling squad placed fifth with 42 points in Saturday’s Princeton Tournament doesn’t rate very high on the excitement scale.    When you realize the Bulldogs entered only five wrestlers out of a possible full lineup of 14, the numbers start to…

  • Plumsted seeking to fill school board vacancy

    Three-term member Keith Buckalew announces resignation. By: Scott Morgan    PLUMSTED — Citing personal reasons, three-term Board of Education member Keith Buckalew last week announced his resignation from the board, effective immediately.    Mr. Buckalew made his announcement during the board’s regular meeting on Dec. 16. According to school board President Herb Marinari, Mr. Buckalew plans to…

  • Sweat equity

    Parents pitch in to build new playground By:Sally Goldenberg    Woodfern Elementary School’s students slid down a new slide, swung on monkey bars and spun on the new Supernova ride when the school’s new $40,000 playground opened recently after more than a year of work.    "We had an old playground here," said Woodfern Principal Matt Hoffman.…

  • Interview with the General

    Magnet Theatre Company presents ‘An Evening with George Washington’ on the anniversary of Trenton’s historic battle. By: Matt Smith TimeOFF/Frank Wojciechowski William Agress (left) as Col. Edward Hand and Robert Gerenser as Gen. George Washington bring history to the stage Dec. 27-28 at Mill Hill Playhouse in Trenton.    When Calvin Izzard moved into the oldest…

  • Officers honored for old-fashioned crime-solving

    James McGuire and Theodore Lewis honored for roles in seizure of marijuana plants By:John Patten    Good police work can result from many approaches, according to Hillsborough Chief Robert Gazaway. Sometimes, an officer’s immediate reaction and response saves a life or prevents a crime.    Sometimes, months of careful attention and methodical police work break a case.…

  • 3-M science show wows ABIS crowd

    By:Sally Goldenberg    The company known for providing "Post-it" notes sponsored a traveling science show, which stopped in Manville on its tour last week.    3M, an international technology and manufacturing company with a branch office in Flemington, paid for an interactive science performance by the Franklin Institute, which students at the Alexander Batcho Intermediate School viewed…