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  • NBC softball team wins Group II state title

    Greyhounds win, 1-0 By:Sean Moylan    TOMS RIVER-If not for an exciting bottom of the 7th, the Northern Burlington County Regional High School softball team’s 1-0 win over Pompton Lakes in Saturday’s Group II State final at Toms River North would have seemed too easy.    Starting from a brilliant 5-4-3 double play in the bottom of…

  • Mary Mint

       MANVILLE — Mary Amendolair Mint died June 10 at Somerset Medical Center, Somerville. She was 83.    Born in Freeland, Pa., to the late Peter and Jenny Amendolair, she had resided in Manville most of her life.    A homemaker, Ms. Mint was a communicant of Christ the King Roman Catholic Church of Manville and a member…

  • Media ignoredOlympic stories

    To the editor    Freak stories that only appeared in tabloids were once treated as entertainment and petty gossip. Has anyone noticed the daily news now taking interest in these peculiar and uncanny reports?    Humorous stories, thought to be gossip, slowly crept into news reports regarded as truthful; a simple national story that should be over…

  • Volunteers help create new bookworms

    Reception at Senior Center recognizes people of all ages who have helped foster a love of reading in elementary school students. By: Melissa Morgan    Senior citizens, high school students, parents, teachers and administrators gathered together Monday afternoon to celebrate a common interest— reading.    A reception at the South Brunswick Senior Center recognized 10 years of…

  • Zoning board again denies childcare plan

    Case expected to go back to court. By: Brian Shappell    The Zoning Board of Adjustment denied an application for a Kingston Lane day-care center last week despite a judge’s order to re-hear it because the center was an "inherently beneficial use."    The day-care center’s attorney said the township will end up back in court as…

  • Let families fundvarsity hockey team

    To the editor    Money is important. Everyone needs it, everyone wants it, and everyone has his or her own opinion on how to spend it.    I haven’t been in Hillsborough much for the past three years, so I’ll admit to knowing very little about many of the recent school budget cuts. But one program that…

  • ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’

    The costumes and settings are a banquet, and the excellence of the acting gives Oscar Wilde’s classic new life — and action   [PG] By: Bob Brown    In Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest ("A Trivial Comedy for Serious People"), Algernon Moncrieff is a confirmed bachelor whose disdain of marriage makes up much of the repartee…

  • MHS softball team sees bright future

    Varsity loses only one senior to graduation By: Rudy Brandl    The Manville High softball team can’t help but feel that the best is yet to come.    With only one senior graduating from this year’s 10-9 squad, the Manville girls are looking to 2003 as a potential breakout year. Rookie head coach Ed Knapp entered his…

  • Post 148 wins opener

    Hopes to return to playoffs after missing postseason last year. By: Kyle Moylan    As an American Legion team which has drawn from two struggling high school programs the last half a decade, Hightstown Post 148 has relied a great deal on chemistry for its success.    Get a good mix. Play as a team. Care about…