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  • Cards’ swimmers sink in round two

    Swimming    The Lawrence High School boys and girls swim teams mirrored each other throughout the season. By: Steve Feitl    Both earned 11 wins. Both came in second in the Colonial Division of the Colonial Valley Conference.    Both had strong seasons to be proud of.    But last week, both of the Cardinals squads were also eliminated…

  • Rock solid

    Chris Rock comes clean on his checkered film career in a Time Off interview. The acid-tongued comic is best known for his wry social insights. "Down to Earth" is the first film tailored to his brand of irreverent humor. By: Kam Williams Chris Rock gets laughs as an unfunny comedian reborn as a millionaire in…

  • Township voters back fire budgets

    Fire department budgets for all three districts were approved by voters Saturday, keeping fire taxes stable throughout the township. By: Matthew Armstrong    In District 1, the $609,621 budget for the Kendall Park Fire Department was approved 31-3.    The tax rate will remain at 5.9 cents per $100 of assessed valuation.    Under this tax rate, the…

  • Bird bowls a perfect 300 game

           Ironically, Denver Bird’s journey to a 300 game and bowling immortality started with a tray of spilled drinks.    The Northern Burlington County Regional High School boys’ varsity bowling team had a good regular season going into last Thursday’s Burlington County Open at the Maple Bowl — but nothing that could have suggested what was…

  • Local classes getting mixed gradeson school report cards issued by state

    Local students prove proficient in math and language but lag others in science class By:Laura Toto    Though Hillsborough’s school report cards released by the Department of Education have been sent home to parents, Superintendent Robert Gulick remains discontented about the state requirement to test fourth-graders.    "It is a test, I think, (that) is at best…

  • Pfefferle chairs Harvest Fair again

    First organization meeting tonight    The first meeting to organize the 15th annual Hopewell Harvest Fair will be tonight, Feb. 22, at 7 p.m. at the PNC Bank on East Broad Street in Hopewell Borough.    Chris Pfefferle, chairman for the 2000 fair, has agreed to chair the 2001 fair, as well.    For that reason, organizers are…

  • Hopewell Valley bank fetes second anniversary

       As part of its second anniversary celebration, Hopewell Valley Community Bank, located at 4 Route 31 in Pennington, and 145 Route 31 in Pennytown, gave away $2 to depositors of new personal checking accounts opened Friday, Feb. 16.    The bank also served free pizza to all bank patrons between the hours of 11:30 a.m. and…

  • Feb. 22, 2001

    By: infoUSA/Donnelley Marketing of Ames, Iowa In some cases the listing represents the property’s mailing address rather than the municipal location. While the intention is to include all reported transactions, Packet Online does not guarantee its completeness or independently verify its contents. Avenel, Anthony Crisafulli, 15 Berkshire St, $77,000, 10/23/00 Avenel, Louis Diblosi, 78 Remsen…

  • Eleanor Henderson

    Communicant of Christ the King R.C. Church    MANVILLE — Eleanor B. (Tobias) Henderson died Feb. 16 at Somerset Medical Center, Somerville. She was 64.    Born in Somerville, she lived in Manville all her life.    Mrs. Henderson was working in Somerset Medical Center, Somerville, where she had been employed for the past 13 years.    She was…