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  • Band camp a high note

    By: Frank C. D’Amico    UPPER FREEHOLD – It’s sort of a boot camp for student musicians.    Last week, 80 Allentown High School students, including 24 freshman and 31 new students to the school district, attended the annual band camp for school’s marching and jazz bands.    Joe Nedick, a senior and president of the band, said…

  • Project helps teach importance of Jewish New Year traditions

    By: Michael Arges        Young persons of all ages will have a chance to prepare their own kosher shofar, a ram’s horn blown as a prayer to the Almighty to prepare for and celebrate the Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashanah).    The Chabad of the Windsors, an outreach to non-observant Jews based in East Windsor, is…

  • Would views on gays affect school policies?

    To the editior:    As Danielle Greco did last week, we would first like to express our relief that the vast majority of letters that have appeared in response to Laura Burshnic’s letter regarding homosexuality have supported tolerance as opposed to bigotry. Many thanks to those who have written so clearly and informatively.    We would however…

  • Town mourns teen’s death

    Peter Chiste was ‘civility at its best’ By: Frank C. D’Amico    UPPER FREEHOLD – Family members and friends remember Peter R. Chiste as a "terrific kid and a role model to many."    "He was the ideal child and I’m proud to say I’m his father," Raymond Chiste said.    The 17-year-old, who attended Allentown High School,…

  • Lawrence opens full of promise

    Boys soccer By: Nicholas Schaefer    Looking to build upon their 12-8 record and first-round victory in the state playoffs last year, the Lawrence High School boys soccer team put in an abundance of hard work in the off-season.    Head coach Keith Fithen said the team is anxious to begin playing games after enduring a tough…

  • Transcript error sparks concern

    Board aplogizes for mishap By:Jeff Mikalaitis        FLORENCE – When Shirley Hamilton was told her 18-year-old daughter, Laura, would have to take remedial courses her freshman year at Westchester University, she realized something was wrong.    Her daughter had earned straight A’s during both her junior and senior years at Florence High School. She had received…

  • Mighty Mites turn in fine effort

    By: Neil Hay    Players who compete at the Pop Warner Mighty Mites level are getting their first taste of organized football.    "This is an instructional year," said head coach Vic Veltre. "This is the players’ first year in pads with full contact."    Veltre and his assistants are working with an 18-player squad. Aged seven and…

  • 2000 summer weather a complete turn

    Farmer’s fortunes mixed this year By: T.J. Furman Tough to make hay A complete turnaround Rain, rain go away    Over the past year, the weather has made a 180-degree turn.    However, for some farmers in Lawrence Township, fortunes have been mixed in the wake of the turnaround.    Following one of the worst droughts in recent…

  • Firehouse Gallery to mark 30 years

    Since 1970, gallery has been gathering place for artists By:Vanessa S. Holt        BORDENTOWN CITY – Those who grew up in Bordentown in the past 30 years most likely cannot imagine an old firehouse that isn’t full of beautiful artwork.    Since 1970, the Firehouse Gallery at 8 Walnut St. has been a gathering place for…