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  • Santa visits Kiwanis breakfast

    Pancakes were highlight Hopewell Valley Pennington Kiwanis members pose with Santa Claus (seated at center) at the pancake breakfast Dec. 9 at the Pennington United Methodist Church. Shown are (from left, clockwise):Vice President Chris Pfefferle, President Mort Grossman, Jack Zaifman, Treasurer Bill Seas, and Secretary Tom Smith.

  • Older Cardinals expecting more

    Bigger and better things are anticipated this season.    All the ability in the in the world does not matter if a team is lacking experience. Young players tend to make more mistakes and commit more unforced turnovers than players who have a season or two under their belts. By: Nick Schaefer    After the Lawrence High…

  • Council kills sewer hookup plan

    Ordinance would have required residents to pay for hookups to water and sewer services By: Matthew Armstrong    After a slew of complaints from residents at its last meeting of the year Tuesday, the Township Council unanimously rejected ordinances requiring residents to hook up to city water and sewer lines that were extended last year.    "This…

  • Reid Taylor’s full-circle odyssey

    From artist to house painter to both By:John Tredrea    For 19 years, Reid Taylor, who as a young man studied painting at Boston University’s School of Fine Arts for a year in the midst of earning of a degree in art history from Columbia University, didn’t paint a single picture. Instead, he painted houses and…

  • Life Center girls’ hoop hoping to top .500 mark

           Despite an eventual 42-29 loss, the Life Center Academy’s girls’ basketball team showed incredible tenacity in its home opener versus top-ranked Girard on Dec. 5.    After falling behind 15-3, the Warriors refused to die and came back with a 17-3 run to cut their deficit to 22-20 at the half. By:Sean Moylan        Despite…

  • State champs taking on a new look on the court

           The entire starting lineup from last year’s NJSIAA Group I State championship Forence Township Memorial High School boys’ varsity basketball team is now gone (4 graduates and 1 transfer). By:Sean Moylan        The entire starting lineup from last year’s NJSIAA Group I State championship Forence Township Memorial High School boys’ varsity basketball team is…

  • Man faces DWI, other charges

       A North Plainfield man was released on $5,000 bail after resisting arrest with such zeal that after he was arrested medical personnel had to give him several sedatives to calm him, police said. By:Laura Toto    Louis F. Rosa Jr., 21, of 185 Maple Ave., North Plainfield, was charged at 5:03 a.m. Nov. 28 with driving…

  • OBITUARIES, Dec. 15, 2000

    Marius B. Jansen, Alfred F. Perone Sr., William O’Donnell, Edward F. Kisco Sr., Leon J. Heuser. Marius B. Jansen Princeton professor    Marius Berthus Jansen of Princeton died Sunday at home    Born in the Netherlands, he grew up in Massachusetts and moved to Princeton in 1959.    He was a world-renowned scholar and emeritus professor of Japanese…

  • Lady Raiders must play defense to reach lofty goals

    Jim Reese’s team won’t catch anyone by surprise this winter By: Rudy Brandl        Hillsborough High girls’ head basketball coach Jim Reese understands that his team won’t be able to sneak up on anybody.    Facing a stiff challenge from the opposition on a regular basis comes with the territory. Successful programs like Hillsborough can always…