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  • Patrick Waitt goes to Washington

       Manville High School junior Patrick Waitt will travel to Washington, D.C., today, Thursday, to attend Saturday’s inauguration as part of the Presidential Classroom program. By:Eric Schwarz    Patrick, 15, doesn’t agree with many of President-elect George W. Bush’s stances on issues, but he looks forward to attending the inaugural ball and meeting the man he calls…

  • Red Raiders shrug off rebuilding year

    Pennington Girls BasketballThis was supposed to be the year that the Pennington School girls basketball squad faced a rebuilding challenge and the growing pains associated with a young team trying to find its place. By: Mike Molaro    Somebody, though, forgot to tell the Red Raiders.    Playing perhaps its best game of the season, Pennington did…

  • Historically Speaking

    For Jan. 18 By: Information provided by Allentown resident Ann Garrison, Allentown-Upper Freehold Historical Society President John Fabiano and society member Alice Wikoff from their draft abstract, "Allen’s Town, New Jersey: A Crossroads of the American Revolution, 1775-1783." Washington directs grain magazine at Allentown    From a letter from George Washington to Nathanael Greene, dated March…

  • School board election information

       The deadline for filing a petition to run for the Lawrence Township Board of Education is Feb. 26. The annual school board election has been set for April 17.    School board candidates must file a nominating petition, signed by 10 registered voters. Petitions may be picked up at the school board office at 2565 Princeton…

  • Margaret McCarthy

       Margaret Theresa Creagh McCarthy, 92, of Hamilton Township died Monday, Jan. 15, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton.    Born in County Cork, Ireland, Mrs. McCarthy resided in Queens, N.Y., and Hamilton Township before moving to Lawrenceville in 1998 and then to the Hamilton Continuing Care Center in 1999.    She was employed as Resident…

  • New drivers face labyrinth to be licensed

    EDITORIAL    The New Jersey Legislature probably had all the best intentions when it passed a law changing the age and eligibility requirements for getting a driver’s license in the Garden State, effective Jan. 1, 2001.    The new law establishes a hierarchy of licensure — starting with a special learner’s permit, followed by a provisional license…

  • ‘Quills’

    This film exceeds the limits of revisionist history. Leave it to Hollywood to clean up the Marquis de Sade’s act, transforming an odious, arrogant, misogynistic murderer into a misunderstood martyr.   [R] By: Kam Williams    The Marquis de Sade, the most notorious pornographer in French history, lends his name to "sadism," the category of fetish that his…

  • Hillsborough girls finish third at Group 4 relays

    Meyer anchors three scoring relay units By: Rudy Brandl        Once Trenton Central started piling up the first places, it became apparent that the Hillsborough High girls were battling for second at Sunday’s NJSIAA State Group 4 Relay Championships in Princeton.    Hillsborough, led by three fine anchor performances by senior star Kristen Meyer, didn’t quite…

  • Franklin Washington

       MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Franklin L. Washington, 51, died Monday, Jan. 15, at Martinsburg Veterans Hospital.    He was born in Patterson, Ga.    Mr. Washington was an Army veteran of the Vietnam War.    He was a member of Macedonia Baptist Church, Patterson.    Son of the late John and Mildred Washington and brother of the late Alfred, he…