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  • Do you believe in miracles?

    Football Vikes stage incredible comeback against J.P. Stevens By: Ken Weingartner    Steve Ferrara picked a great time to remember what the South Brunswick High football coaches had discussed during the week leading up to the Vikings’ game against J.P. Stevens.    With South Brunswick trailing 21-6 midway through the fourth quarter, Ferrara intercepted a short pass…

  • Route 206 accident claims local woman’s life

       MONTGOMERY – A Lawrence Township woman was killed Oct. 26 in a two-car head-on crash on Route 206 between Bridgepoint Road North and Platz Drive.    Magdalena Souhrada, 36, was northbound on Route 206 when her 1989 four-door Honda Accord was struck by a southbound 2000 four-door Volvo V70 driven by Thomas E. Hartnett, 42, of…

  • Cardinals take thriller form Pirates

    Lawrence eyes winning record Saturday in AllentownThe Lawrence Cardinal football squad itself a chance at a winning record Saturday, by spoiling West Windsor-Plainsboro South’s Homecoming. By: Steve Feitl    The 17-14 win over the Pirates was the first Lawrence win over WW-P in over a decade and brought the Cardinals’ record back to 4-4.    "We’re happy…

  • Artist’s jacket craft wins over celebrity

    Local woman makes two appearancses on ‘The Rosie O’Donnell Show’    Ruth Hawthorne can now brag that she has something in common with Tom Cruise and Barbra Streisand. By: Kristy Klaus    She, like those superstars, has been on "The Rosie O’Donnell Show."    Mrs. Hawthorne appeared as the show’s guest announcer Sept. 14.    "She called me girlfriend,"…

  • Hopewell Elementary auction Saturday

    It’s just $3 to get in    This year Hopewell Elementary School’s 17th annual Benefit Auction will be held Saturday, Nov. 4, and will feature a number of classroom masterpieces created by the children in the school. In addition to the class pieces, there will be a live auction, silent auction, gift emporium and refreshments.    Doors…

  • Wider Route 1 still at least five years off

    Council endorses move from two lanes to three By: Matthew Armstrong    The widening of Route 1 from two to three lanes is moving ahead, but it likely will be at least five years before the work begins, said Department of Transportation spokesman John Dourgarian.    "We completed the traffic study, which showed that the project was…

  • Assault suspect nabbed in Pennsylvania

    Search for Jawara Nelson ends in Bucks County    Jawara "J.B." Nelson of Trenton, the man wanted by township police after he allegedly attacked a Princeton Pike woman acquaintance in her home last week, was apprehended by the Falls Township, Pa., Police Department Tuesday.    The Lawrence police were tipped off Tuesday that Mr. Nelson was staying…

  • ‘Dracula’ preview for senior citizens

    Date is Nov. 12    Theater fans over age 55 are invited to a free preview matinee of Hopewell Valley Central High’s fall production of Dracula on Sunday, Nov. 12, at 2 p.m.    The famous tale of horror and romance is based on Bram Stoker’s novel, with a script by John Mattera. The action begins in…

  • Pintos set for playoffs after RVC clincher

    By: John E. Powers        They started their championship ride with practice on a hot and humid day in early August, experienced the only blotch on their record in early September on a day filled with the threat of thunderstorms, and finished the season on a darkening and gusty, bone-chilling cold afternoon three days short…