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  • Still unbeaten

    SOFTBALL By: Steve Feitl    There’s a fine line between winning and losing and the Lawrence High School softball team has been tip-toeing that line with incredible precision this year.    The Cardinals sport and undefeated 9-0 record, and have found a way to win extra-inning contests and come back to win two other contests in the…

  • Mark Szczecina among officersrecognized by county sheriff

       SOMERVILLE — Mark Szczecina of Manville was among seven Somerset County Sheriff officers recognized by Sheriff Frank J. Provenzano Sr. Tuesday for their help following the terrorist attack on Sept. 11.    Sheriff Provenzano presented Exceptional Duty Commendations to the officers who provided assistance at the World Trade Center site following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.…

  • Dennis Sullivan

       HILLSBOROUGH — Dennis J. Sullivan died Friday, April 12, in Somerset Medical Center, Somerville.    Born in Newark, he lived in West Orange before moving to Hillsborough in 1991.    Mr. Sullivan served in the U.S. Air Force from 1969 to 1989. He received the Meritorious Service Medal with one Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster, Air Force Commendation…

  • Redbirds performing well on links

    Matches show AHS players they only can control what they do on the course. By: Kyle Moylan    Doug Hunt has said it before and he will probably say it again:    "Golf isn’t like football or some of the other sports," the Allentown High School long-time golf coach noted in the past. "You don’t play defense."…

  • Lebanon woman chargedwith assaulting officer

    By: John Tredrea    If she had kept her cool a few seconds longer, she probably wouldn’t be cooling her heels in the county lockup now.    Deborah Donahue, 40, of Deer Hill Road, Lebanon, had been arrested early Friday morning by township Patrolman Lincoln Karnoff, charged with violating a restraining order and several motor vehicle violations.…

  • Letters to the editor, April 18, 2002

    Increased OHRV use a concern To the editor:    The increased use of ATVs and other off highway recreational vehicles (OHRV) in the Hopewell Valley greatly concerns me and it should you, too. OHRVs generate excessive noise and air pollution, waste precious fuel, disturb the wildlife (and not so wild), and destroy the land. Many times…

  • An important tale continues to lose its tellers to time

    DISPATCHES: Hank Kalet    Soil of annihilation, soil of hate, No word will purify it ever. No such poet will be born. For even if one had been called, he walked Beside us to the last gate, for only A child of the ghetto could utter the words. — Czeslaw Milosz, "Treatise on Poetry    Suse Rosenstock…

  • Roosevelt School to the rescue

    By:Mary Ellen Zangara    Each Tuesday, students at Roosevelt School are holding bake sale was an on going sale each Tuesday to raise funds for the Manville Rescue Squad.    The students at Roosevelt School have designated Tuesdays as Cupcake Day at the school. From March 26 to April 30, two classes will sell cupcakes, cookies, brownies…

  • Expand truck restrictions on Route 206

    GUEST COLUMN: The Route 206 Coalition    The Route 206 Coalition is a committee of citizens in Lawrence and Princeton who are concerned that heavy truck traffic on Route 206 is a threat to the economic viability of our communities and the safety and health of our residents.    Since our first meeting in September — hosted…