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  • Cardinals feel weight of Irish

    Football By: Steve Feitl    Realistically, it was the way the game was supposed to end.    The undefeated Notre Dame football squad cruised to a 41-7 victory over the now 5-3 Lawrence Cardinals on Friday.    "They’re just a very strong football team," Lawrence head coach Rob Radice conceded after the game.    Yet on several different occasions…

  • Manville girls add icing to Sky Division title

    Lady Mustangs host Metuchen in CJ 1 playoffs By: Rudy Brandl        Nestor Cortina was eager to see how his Manville High girls’ soccer team would respond to a little adversity. With the state playoffs set to begin this afternoon, Cortina wanted to make sure his girls were sharp and primed to make a little…

  • DISPATCHES: School aid system needs to be reformed

    DISPATCHES by Hank Kalet: The state’s school children and taxpayers are in need of relief from the state.    Jamesburg parents were taught an unfortunate lesson about school funding in New Jersey last month.    Thanks to a budget shortfall caused by increased special education enrollment and rising insurance costs, the district was forced to lay off…

  • Lawrence resident recalls Vietnam experiences

    Guest column By: Nicholas R. Loveless    This Wednesday, Nov.13, will mark the 20th anniversary of the dedication of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Constitution Gardens in Washington, D.C.    "The Wall" bears the names of all the young Americans that lost their lives in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. The 58,209 names are inscribed in order…

  • Guitar World

    Guitarist Keller Williams brings his hyperactive one-man show to Conduit in Trenton. By: Matt Smith    In "One Hit Wonder" from his new album, Laugh, Keller Williams muses, tongue firmly planted in cheek, "Oh why can’t I latch onto your brain and be that one song that drives everyone insane."    After 10 years on the road…

  • Lawrence squads leave mark at counties

    Cross Country By: Mike Molaro    Neither Lawrence High School girls cross country head coach Gary Dura nor boys head coach Dave O’Neal had any thoughts that their respective squads would contend for the team championships during last Friday’s Mercer County championships at Veterans Park in Hamilton.    The Cardinal girls placed 13th with 300 points in…

  • Upgrades under way at schools

    Many of the projects are already finished By:Sally Goldenberg    Manville is starting to see the concrete results of the school district’s most recent referendum, which provided a $2.3 million boost to the budget to pay for a variety of construction improvements.    Voters passed the referendum on Jan. 22, and school repairs and improvements have been…

  • Community health fair slated Nov. 16 in Princeton

       Community Park School in Princeton will be "the" place to be on Saturday, Nov. 16, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The Medical Center at Princeton, the Latin American Task Force and the Hispanic American Medical Association will be presenting a major Health Fair, focusing on the Princeton-area community.    Some of the Health Fair’s free…

  • Democrats win

    Frank Gambatese will replace Debra Johnson as mayor. By: Sharlee Joy DiMenichi    Grinning with a cigar between his lips, Democratic mayoral candidate Frank Gambatese used a marker to tally district-by-district election results on a giant chart in the hall of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9111 on Henderson Road Tuesday night.    The huddle of…