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  • LHS faces rebuilding after seven starters depart

    Wrestling By: Mike Molaro    To say that the upcoming wrestling season will be an interesting one for Lawrence High School head coach Chris Lynne and his Cardinals is an understatement.    Losing nine wrestlers to graduation, including seven starters who played integral roles in last year’s 16-4 campaign, Lawrence retools with a lineup peppered with returning…

  • March referendum planned in Hopewell

    The school board voted unanimously Monday night to seek funding for the new fields, known as the Back Timberlane project, in a March 12 referendum By: John Tredrea    The school board will seek voter approval of funding for Back Timberlane on March 12.    Now that the Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education and Hopewell Township…

  • Town to close on Carson deal

    The township will officially acquire 183 acres of the 186-acre Carson Road Woods.    Lawrence Township will officially close on the purchase of Carson Road Woods at a special ceremony 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at town hall.    The township signed a contract with landowner G. Rieder & Sons in August authorizing the sale of 183 acres of…

  • New Anacker era set to begin

    Anacker brothers are spread out so much in age that they never got a chance to play on the same court at AHS. By: Kyle Moylan    The Anacker brothers are spread out so much in age that they never got a chance to play on the same court at Allentown High School.    Well, at least…

  • Bright spots shine through Lawrence losses

    Swimming By: Steve Feitl    The swimming season got off to a fast start for the Lawrence Cardinals on Friday, despite the fact that both squads were defeated.    The girls dropped a narrow 92-78 decision to Hunterdon Central, while the boys got beat, 100-70.    But in the losses, there were a lot of good performances, fast…

  • Wrestling format should benefit Allentown

    When people walk in late for a high school wrestling match this season, they might be surprised to see who will be on the mat. By: Kyle Moylan    When people walk in late for a high school wrestling match this season, they might be surprised to see who will be on the mat.    Heck, the…

  • Florence Petrone

    LITTLETON, Colo. — Florence A. "Fuzzy" Petrone passed away Wednesday, Dec. 5, at the Cherrelyn Health Care Center in Littleton, Colo. She was 85.    Born in Waterbury, Conn., she had been a resident of Manville all of her life before moving to Colorado a month ago.    Ms. Petrone had been a dressmaker with the former…

  • Manville’s Patrick Waitt near top

    Manville High School homecoming king adds national academic honor to impressive resume. By:Krzysztof Scibiorski    Patrick Waitt, a senior, was named a National Merit Scholarship Program Commended Student after placing in the top five percent nationally on the Preliminary SAT/National Scholarship Qualifying Test last spring.    "Patrick’s involved in so many of the programs at the school,…

  • Judge allows quarantined Lawrence ballots to be counted

    The ruling was issued Wednesday by Mercer County Superior Court Judge Linda Feinberg. By: Lea Kahn    Irradiated absentee ballots that arrive at the Mercer County Board of Elections office by Dec. 27 will be counted in the contested Nov. 6 Township Council election.    The ruling, issued Wednesday by Mercer County Superior Court Judge Linda Feinberg,…