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  • Court fines resident for home business

    Family plans to appeal decision By: Mark Moffa    WASHINGTON – Before a courtroom overflowing with people waiting to be heard on traffic offenses, Joanne Pannone was found guilty Tuesday evening of violating the township’s zoning ordinances.    Washington Township sued Ms. Pannone for illegally operating a business out of her Meadowbrook Road home. Her son, Ken…

  • Man raises money in loving memory of his sisters

    Columbus resident lost sisters to leukemia and lymphoma By:Michael Maugeri    When Dave Skorny participates this weekend in the second annual "Light the Night Walk" to raise money for leukemia and lymphoma research, he will carry with him the memory of his two sisters who passed away from the diseases.    The Columbus resident lost his sister,…

  • ‘Famine Diary’ recounts Irish potato blight

    BOOK BEAT by Marge Dwyer    One hundred fifty-five years ago this September the potato blight attacked Ireland and brought countless numbers of the starving Irish to the shores of America for a new start.    Most of those who survived the long trip across the ocean – in ships that supplied them with little food, water…

  • HoVal opens tennis season

    Girls off to 3-1 start By:Matt Nalbone    The girls tennis team from Hopewell Valley might have just played their toughest week of tennis this season.    They came out of their two matches in good shape, winning one and losing one, making their record 3-1.    Last Tuesday saw the girls travel to Montgomery only to be…

  • Hillsborough gymnasts capture Pioneer Invitational title

    Yates, Van Cleef, Miller lead balanced assault By: Rudy Brandl        Hillsborough High’s talented gymnasts sent a little message to the rest of the state in Saturday’s Pioneer Invitational at Somerville High.    The Raiders, who finished seventh at the NJSIAA Championships as a first-year program last fall, are determined to improve in their second season…

  • Bears’ reprieve wrong message on animal control

    MANVILLE NEWS EDITORIAL By:The Packet Group    Now that the state Fish and Game Council has caved in (you’ll pardon the expression) to Gov. Christie Whitman’s qualms about next week’s scheduled black bear hunt, one has to wonder whether regional efforts to control the local deer population could suffer a similar fate.    The circumstances surrounding the…

  • Fun in the fields

    By: Ken Weingartner    MILLSTONE – The Infantes make their living growing spinach, but every September they get lost in corn.    For the past three years, the Infantes have created a corn maze on their 62-acre property off Olde Noah Hunt Road. The maze opens this weekend and will be open every Saturday and Sunday until…

  • Stingy Lawrence searches for offense

    Girls soccer By: Mike Molaro    When the Lawrence High School girls soccer squad gets its offense in gear, the Colonial Valley Conference better watch out.    The Cardinals (2-3) have surrendered just nine goals this season but can’t seem to find the back of opposing nets with any consistency.    Lawrence on Sept. 13 dropped a 1-0…

  • John Tierney, 65

       BELLE MEAD — John F. Tierney died Monday, Sept. 18, 2000, at home. He was 65.    Born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., he lived in Farmingdale, N.Y., and in Perth Amboy before moving to Belle Mead 30 years ago.    He worked as a union carpenter with Local 455 in Somerville for 30 years, retiring in…