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  • DIRECTOR’S DESK: Football time

    PBA Local 168 ready to face New Egypt teachers. By: Peter L. Weinrich    On Nov. 8 at 7 p.m., the gloves are off and it’s pay back for the Plumsted officers. It’s flag football time.    Plumsted PBA Local 168 (and associated friends) will play a group of New Egypt teachers at New Egypt High School.…

  • NBC tennis team edged in S.J. final

    Haddonfield wins, 3-2 By:Sean Moylan    As usual, Caitlin (first singles) and Devin Crawbuck (second singles) demolished their respective Haddonfield opponents, but the Northern Burlington County Regional High School girls’ varsity tennis team could not find that elusive third win last Thursday at Mount Holly, which would have enabled it to win a NJSIAA Group II…

  • HHS runners, girls’ teams poised for major county action

    Big weekend for Raider athletes By: Rudy Brandl        Four Hillsborough High teams will compete in major Somerset County action over the next few days. One is seeking to repeat as the county champion, two are hoping to stay alive in their quest for a title and another is looking to find its way back…

  • Volunteer English tutors sought for university program

       The Friends of the International Center at Princeton University need volunteer tutors and host families to work with foreign graduate students, visiting scholars and their spouses on improving their conversational English and making a comfortable adjustment to life in the United States. Currently, there are 1,000 international graduate students and visiting scholars on campus.    The…

  • Route 206 Coalition marks anniversary

    Group is working to reduce truck traffic.    This month marks the first anniversary of the Route 206 Coalition. The group — comprising residents from Princeton, Lawrence and Hopewell — is working to reduce the truck traffic along Route 206 in order to increase safety and improve the quality of life of those who travel the…

  • ‘Punch-Drunk Love’

    Adam Sandler breaks type in an award-winning film from Paul Thomas Anderson.   [R] By: Bob Brown    Paul Thomas Anderson’s Boogie Nights (1997) arrived to great acclaim. His Magnolia (1999) was then anticipated with excitement, and it was well reviewed for its unusual storytelling. Here is another of Anderson’s distinctive films. With him again are Jon Brion,…

  • Pleasant Valley Vigilant Association to fete 130 years

    Event set Nov. 2 at Pennington Presbyterian Church By Nicholas Tuz, president     Back in 1872, the Pleasant Valley Vigilant Association was formed "for the protection of its members property and for the detection and pursuit, apprehension, arrest and prosecution of thieves, tramps, marauders and other deprecators on persons and property and for the recovery…

  • Allan, Weiss fulfill campaign slogan

    To the editor    Like their literature says, "Qualified – Experienced – Leaders." That’s what describes Senga Allan and Tom Weiss.    I’ve lived in Manville for a long time, and over the last 12 years I’ve seen our town change in ways I never dreamed of. People now come from all over to shop and stop…

  • Revived foundationaims to boost schools

    Group seeks to help local educators with classroom grants By:Sally Goldenberg    Community members seeking to raise supplemental funds for Manville’s public schools have recently resurrected the education foundation in hopes of providing more dollars for the district.    "The budgets aren’t passing," said founding member Theresa Schaefer, referring to the district’s annual proposed education budget, which…