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  • BACK PORCH: Cruising to another world helps leave troubles behind

    By: Melissa Morgan    I lounged by the pool with the breeze off the Caribbean water in my hair. I sipped on a fruity drink with a nice big chuck of pineapple on the rim of the frosty glass and listened to the beats of a Calypso band. Oh, how I long for last week.    Usually,…

  • AHS football falls to 2-2

    Redbirds see foe score three touchdowns on defense. By: Kyle Moylan    Over the past few years, the Allentown High School football team has several games that it "could have won."    This past Saturday, however, Allentown lost a game it probably "should have won."    West Windsor North scored three touchdowns on defense and also managed a…

  • Ground attack propels Raiders

    Marshall, Bruno lead team to 422 rushing yards By: Rudy Brandl        It was only a matter of time before the Hillsborough High football team wore down Watchung Hills in Friday night’s home opener at Noonan Field.    The Raiders didn’t panic after spotting Watchung Hills the first touchdown on the opening kickoff. They didn’t get…

  • Filling up pie crusts – and church coffers

    Serves a fundraiser By: Sharlee Joy DiMenichi    A jumble of thumb-size cookie cutters shaped like letters sat in the center of a flour-coated table.    Volunteer bakers at Miller Memorial Presbyterian Church in Monmouth Junction used the cutters to mark the top crusts with the first letter of the pies’ fillings. A stack of boxes, each…

  • Sorry, guys — this health club’s just for women

    ‘Curves for Women’ opened recently on South Main Street By:Alec Moore    Thelma Bartus of Camplain Road didn’t waste any time when she heard a new health club was opening in Manville — according to Curves For Women co-owner Debbie Hallman, Ms. Bartus was the first person to join the club.    "I love it here, I…

  • HOPEWELL PLANNING UPDATE

    Oct. 2, 2002 meeting By Sandra Phelps    A hearing on a variance application to subdivide property at 3 Pierson Place has been continued to the Nov. 6 Hopewell Borough Planning Board meeting.    On Oct. 2, the board also adjourned a public hearing on Omnipoint/Voice stream Communications’ site plan/variance application for the Valley Oil area to…

  • Warriors earn Homecoming victory

    New Egypt delights fans with win over Palmyra. By: Scott Morgan    New Egypt Coach Tom Farrell was worried about the second half. Set to face the Palmyra High School Panthers last Friday night, the Warriors had to keep in mind the sobering fact that the Panthers are a powerful comeback team.    Against Riverside High School,…

  • Watchdog TIGER groupseeks contributions

    By:Alec Moore    A local group of "watchdogs" citizens are seeking financial support from the public to carry on its mission of promoting full disclosure from local government officials.    According to Sally Saharko, founder of the Manville-based group TIGER (Truth in Government Expected by Residents) the mission of the grassroots organization is aimed at keeping the…

  • Pennington officials unite against gas line

    Utility’s plan would bring pipe through town By John Tredrea    With three words Monday night — "this can’t happen" — Pennington Borough Councilwoman Liz Muoio summed up exactly how an aghast council felt about Elizabethtown Gas Co.’s proposal to run an 8-inch natural gas pipeline through town.    The gas in the line would be under…