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  • New Egypt players help Witches

    Squad posts 8-3 record at recent Pony National Championships. By: Sean Moylan    61-7-1.    519 runs scored and 119 runs allowed.    21 shutouts.    The statistics for the West Jersey Witches 12 and Under Travel Softball Team are enough to overwhelm and excite any fan of softball.    Moreover, the Witches posted an 8-3 record at the recent…

  • Joseph Zupko

       HILLSBOROUGH — Joseph G. Zupko died Friday, Aug. 16, in St. Barnabas Mdeical Center of complications of a burn injury. He was 67.    Born and raised in South Amboy, he lived in Hillsborough most of his life.    Mr. Zupko was retired from the New Jersey Department of Social Security Claims Division.    He served in the…

  • LHS student dies in car accident

    Steven A. Ferry, 17, of Lawrence High School killed in one-car incident on Whitehead Road. By: : Ken Weingartner    A Washington Township teen-ager was killed Wednesday night in a one-car accident in the vicinity on Whitehead Road, according to Lawrence Township police.    Steven A. Ferry, 17, of Spring Garden Road in Robbinsville died when the…

  • Township plans concert for Sept. 11

    The township will hold an event at Lawrence High School featuring musical groups from area churches. By: Lea Kahn Lawrence Township is planning a concert to commemorate the first anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The event will emphasize the ethnic diversity of the residents and the peaceful manner in which they all live,…

  • Intimate Circumstances

    Several dozen of Carmen Johnson’s acrylics are on view in a one-woman show at the Pemberton Library in Browns Mills through Oct. 11. By: Susan Van Dongen    When friends call Florence-based artist Carmen Johnson and ask her what’s going on, sometimes she’ll tell them she’s just been "slapping some paint on the canvas."    This must…

  • Coach charges soccer program getting short shrift from borough

    By:Alec Moore    After working through problems with the use of the borough’s soccer fields in the spring, some recreation soccer coaches now say they’ve been left out of the loop on the program’s fall registration.    Long-time coach Bill Forke says he has concerns regarding the recreation department’s soccer program, but recreation officials say his concerns…

  • Pop Warner ready to kick off season

    Most people know about the Allentown football program. For those who don’t, it’s not Dennis Todd’s fault. By: Kyle Moylan    Todd, the President of the league, decided to do whatever he could in the off-season to promote Allentown Pop Warner football. The league took out ads. Fliers were printed out and distributed. Todd went door…

  • BOOK NOTES: School tips for parents

    School begins soon, and parents as well as kids have a lot on their minds. By: Joan Ruddiman Back-to-school shopping can be the fun part, but there is a whole lot of apprehension as well. New teachers, new classmates, maybe a new school means a whole lot of adjustments for everyone.    Parents with all good…

  • Mary Onka

       EAST MILLSTONE — Mary L. (Wojcik) Onka died Saturday, Aug. 17, at St. Peters Medical Center in New Brunswick. She was 87.    Born in Sayreville, she was raised in South River and lived for a brief time in Manville before moving to East Millstone 55 years ago.    Ms. Onka was a homemaker.    She was a…