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  • The Original Kings Of Comedy

    Spike Lee films a quartet of stand-up comics in his latest documentary venture.   [R] By: Kam Williams    Despite a title that doesn’t make any sense, Spike Lee has produced his funniest film to date in The Original Kings of Comedy — not that he had to do much more than film a concert.    The movie’s title…

  • Humes receives Cryan award

    Princeton resident enjoys tennis experiences By: Bob Nuse    Anne Humes has never approached the level of championship player, yet her contributions to the sport of tennis have been championship caliber.    Humes, a longtime Princeton resident, has been part of the tennis community for 25 years. What started as volunteer work eventually became a rewarding career,…

  • HHS boys’ basketball team’s new look is a winner

    ‘We beat three great teams. We have a very talented group of kids. I really like the work ethic they put out.’ Don Hess HHS boys basketball head coach By: Kyle Moylan        Success in high school sports often means failure the following year.    Judging by the way the Hightstown High School boys’ basketball team…

  • Olga Gorbatuk, 78

       MANVILLE — Olga (Klimowich) Gorbatuk, died Tuesday. August 15, 2000, at the Greenbrook Manor Nursing Home. She was 78.    Born in Manville, Mrs. Gorbatuk was a lifelong resident.    She worked as a trimmer for Snappi Knits for 12 years, retiring in 1983. Mrs. Gorbatuk was a member and a former Sunday School teacher at Ss.…

  • AROUND CRANBURY: Wedding bells ring for library director

    By:Lorraine Sedor    Congratulations are in order for Library Director Howard Zogott and his new bride, Tina, who were married on Sunday, July 30 at the Nassau Inn. Mr. Z and Tina, the former Christina Larsen Feick, celebrated the occasion with about 50 family and friends, including the Gambinos, Swanagans and Kanawyers of Cranbury.    Phyllis Marchand,…

  • President Clinton to make two area stops for Holt

    A Hopewell Township family will host 250 to 300 people who will pay $1,000 apiece. By: Jeff Milgram    President Clinton is scheduled to make a stop Wednesday in Hopewell Township to bolster the re-election campaign of Rep. Rush Holt (D-12), officials on the congressman’s re-election committee said this week.    Neil Upmeyer, director of Rep. Holt’s…

  • Reach out and touch the wheel — with both hands

    By:        This message is for the woman we saw driving straight down the middle of the highway unsteadily at 25 miles an hour taking up both lanes – hang up and drive!    This message goes out to the man we saw weaving erratically on the road using no turn signals and failing to keep…

  • Woman dies from crash injuries

    Burlington Township woman killed By:Jeff Mikalaitis    MANSFIELD – A Burlington Township woman died after being involved in a two-car collision on Route 130, police said.    At 7:30 a.m. Saturday, Susan McCune, 56, was traveling south on Route 130 near mile post 52 when she made a left turn into the Liberty Two Diner, police said.…

  • Navy Lieutenant Quattrone sails into Hall of Fame

    It’s full speed ahead for Diane Quattrone as she sails into the Hightstown High School Sports Hall of Fame By: Neil Hay        It’s full speed ahead for Diane Quattrone as she sails into the Hightstown High School Sports Hall of Fame.    Quattrone, Hightstown Class of 1992 and a graduate of the United States Naval…