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  • Annual ‘Field Day’ features Jersey Shore-themed parade

       MANSFIELD — Anyone who won’t be going to the Jersey Shore this summer can at least get a taste of it at the 63rd annual Columbus Field Day Celebration.    This year’s theme will be "A Day at the Jersey Shore." By:David Koch    The event will be held Saturday, June 9, and will start at 1…

  • Cardinals’ tourney run ends in quarterfinals

    SoftballSoftball coach Keith Fithen can look at where the Lawrence High School program was three years ago and where it is today and see a marked improvement. By: Steve Feitl    Prior to the 1999 season, the program was not annual contender for the Colonial Valley Conference Colonial Division crown. Three years ago, the team wasn’t…

  • Pennington Memorial Day parade winners are listed

       Following is a list of winners of the various Pennington Memorial Day Parade categories.    Pennington’s event survived the holiday weekend rains, but Hopewell Valley American Legion Post 339’s parade, slated for Sunday, was called off because of inclement weather.    Senior marching Unit — 1st place, Hopewell Valley Veterans; 2nd place, Hopewell Valley American Legion Post…

  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, May 31, 2001

    Board shows leadership To the editor:     I applaud the Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education for taking on the task of providing much-needed athletic fields for our community youth and school teams.    I have not always been impressed with the board’s leadership and seeming indifference to, or inability to effectively deal with, blatant unruliness…

  • Crowding affects learning at LHS

    Letter to the editor    Imagine being asked to get through a hallway 10 feet wide and a couple hundred feet long in under 5 minutes with a couple hundred teenagers packed like sardines in a can in your way, and only being allowed to walk. This is what is demanded of me everyday in school,…

  • Park set to be restored by neighborhood panel

       BORDENTOWN CITY — Several generations of Bordentown children have grown up playing in Second Street Park, but deteriorating equipment and potential safety hazards have brought a number of city residents together to try to spruce up the park and make it a safe place for both kids and adults to play. By:Vanessa S. Holt    The…

  • Baseball rally falls just short in CJ 1 quarters

    Mustangs can’t come all the way back at Highland Park By: Rudy Brandl    HIGHLAND PARK — It won’t be easy for the Manville High baseball team to follow the rest of the Central Jersey Group 1 playoffs. The coaches and players probably shouldn’t even pay attention to the results.    Last Friday’s gut-wrenching elimination at Highland…

  • ‘George Washington’

    This impressionistic coming-of-age drama, featuring a stark Southern setting, is artfully shot and imaginatively executed but has nothing to do with the first president of the United States.   [Unrated] By: Kam Williams    George Washington, the directorial debut of 24-year-old David Gordon Green, might have the most misleading title in years. This artfully shot, imaginatively executed, super-realistic…

  • LIBRARY HAPPENINGS

       Follow this column concerning special events being planned at Hillsborough Public Library, located in the Municipal Complex, South Branch Road and Beekman Lane, 369-2200    Library hours are from 9:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday, and 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Book sale    The May 13 book sale was a huge success. By 10 a.m. book lovers…