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  • ‘Black Hawk Down’

    Ridley Scott offers a revisionist send-up of an ill-fated military incident in Somalia.   [R] By: Kam Williams    You can’t tell a book by its movie, as evidenced by the disappointing Black Hawk Down. This cliché-ridden adaptation bears only a superficial resemblance to reporter Mark Bowden’s searing story of the 15-hour military mission in Mogadishu, Somalia, that…

  • Tougher laws needed

    To the editor    After tragic events shook the world on Sept. 11, hate and malevolence only increased throughout the United States. The ignorance of many American people due to the incompetence to handle the terrorism intelligently targeted many innocent and loyal citizens of the United States from Middle Eastern and Asian descent.    After Sept. 11,…

  • TOWNSHIP BRIEFS

    By:Alec Moore No name plate for committeeman    Township Committeeman Tony Gwiazdowski asked why he was without a name plate on the committee’s dais during Tuesday’s meeting.    "I was elected on Nov. 6. my votes were tabulated by Nov. 10, so I’m a little hurt that I don’t have a name plate," he said.    Township Clerk…

  • District rejects K-5 school plan

    Also, the school board has agreed on a course of action for a referendum. By: Lea Kahn    The school board decided Tuesday not to reconfigure township elementary schools from K-3 to a proposed K-5 plan. It did, however, take action on a laundry list of proposals aimed at eliminating overcrowding and updating and expanding facilities.…

  • Township tackles first real snowfall

       The first significant snowfall of the season dumped four inches of the white stuff on Lawrence Township Saturday.    The snow began falling around midday, said Municipal Manager William Guhl. Four trucks from the township Department of Public Works began salting and sanding the roads around 2 p.m.    After the snow began accumulating on the roads,…

  • Christ the King schoolsets Jan. 30 open house

       Christ the King School on Manville’s North 13th Avenue will hold an open house next week, for parents interested in learning more about the K-8 school.    Beginning at 7 p.m. Jan. 30, visitors can tour the facility and meet teachers and faculty members at the school.    "We will have teachers present, and the curricula and…

  • Area 18-year-olds charged with break-in, assault

    Lt. Bruce Carnall said Monday that charges have been filed against Ryan Fityere of Danielle Court, Lawrenceville, and Richard Normyle of Larchmont Court, Hopewell Township By: John Tredrea    Hopewell Township police have charged two 18-year-olds with breaking into a Brandon Road home, assaulting a 17-year-old boy who lives there, and stealing a computer game from…

  • Christ the King Schoolsets Jan. 30 open house

       Christ the King School on Manville’s North 13th Avenue will hold an opne house next week, for parents interested in learning more about the K-8 school.    Beginning at 7 p.m. Jan. 30, visitors can tour the facility and meet teachers and faculty members at the school.    "We will have teachers present, and the curricula and…

  • Raiders feed off home crowd

    Boys top B-R in emotional thriller By: Rudy Brandl    If there’s such a thing as the home crowd playing the role of a sixth man in a high school basketball game, it was evident in last Thursday’s thriller between two bitter rivals in Hillsborough.    Bolstered by a loud and rowdy home crowd, the Hillsborough High…