Category: archives

  • DiBernardo returns to coach AHS softball

    Impressive resume includes state championship with Ramsey in 1991. By: Kyle Moylan    When Mary Ellen Clemencich resigned as coach of the Allentown High School softball team this off-season, she took a lot of wins and success with her.    Fortunately for Allentown, Bob DiBernardo was looking for an opportunity to get back into coaching.    In DiBernardo,…

  • District OKs $2.2 million in school repairs

    School officials say they will apply to the state for monetary aid. If the state approves, a referendum may be held in the fall. By: John Patten    Manville will apply for state aid for necessary improvements to local schools, after the Board of Education approved a list of projects totaling $2.2 million, Tuesday.    Under the…

  • Township still has no budget on the books

    Committee candidate John Hart took the Hopewell Township governing body to task because it has yet to introduce its 2001 spending plan. By: John Tredrea    The way things are going, the 2001 fiscal year will be a little more than one-third over before Hopewell Township has a budget on the books.    The Hopewell Township Committee…

  • ‘Enemy at the Gates’

    Masterful performances by Jude Law and Ed Harris, and a palpable tension that grabs you by the belly make this a rare film absolutely not to be missed on the big screen. By: Kam Williams    In these politically correct times, it seems that Russians have become the default, generic movie villains of choice. For instance,…

  • District adds questions to budget ballot

    Superintendent says certain budget items were not deemed necessary by the state and had to be placed separately in order to be included in Washington. By: Frank C. D’Amico    WASHINGTON – In addition to the annual school budget, voters will be asked to approve two funding questions on the April 17 ballot. Related stories: •…

  • Shedding light on an unlikely hero

    BOOK NOTES by Joan Ruddiman: Sacajawea, Bird Woman, lived a cruel life. Like many women, she was merely property to steal, barter or discard. By:    We have stamps, and now a coin, imprinted with the image of a young Native American woman. She played a significant, fleeting role on the world’s stage, and then disappeared…

  • Letters to the editor

    For the week of March 22 By: Thank you to teachers for taking extra time To the editor:    I would like to thank the following Upper Freehold Regional Middle School teachers and administrator for orchestrating and chaperoning the dance held on March 16 for the sixth-, seventh-, and eighth-grade students.    I am pleased that we…

  • J.V. girls learn valuable basketball skills

    First-year coach Suzanne Baker accomplishes goals for season. By: Sean Moylan    This past season, an Allentown High School girls’ junior varsity basketball squad made up of athletes who excelled in other sports, transformed itself into a fundamentally sound basketball team.    Forget the Redbirds’ 3-13 record. Because in junior varsity basketball, team wins are often even…

  • Hillsborough High Winter Sports Awards

    National distance medley title capped great season By: Rudy Brandl    Hillsborough High’s talented athletes produced championships on many different levels during another spectacular winter athletic campaign.    While Raider wrestlers won county, district and region titles and swimmers raced to county and conference crowns, the HHS track athletes captured several championships, including the highest possible honor…