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  • NBC’s good cross country teams hope to get better

    By: Sean Moylan Sports Writer With a brilliant time of 16:37.68 (5:21.2 average mile), Mike Bowden placed third at last year’s Group III Central Jersey Cross Country Sectionals.     But ever since he was a freshman at Northern Burlington County Regional High, Bowden has been winning races and improving his times from week to week.…

  • School’s open; drive very carefully

    Police offer tips to motorists By John Tredrea    Today is the first day of school in the Hopewell Valley Regional School District.    Due to cutbacks in school busing, more children are expected to be walking to school than before.    Police have asked motorists to be careful.    "Drivers need to exercise caution around school zones, crosswalks,…

  • Matlack feels ‘this is the year’ for Vikes

    By: David Gurney    Life hasn’t been easy for the South Brunswick High School field hockey team and head coach Danielle Matlack in the previous five years of existence.    But it is getting better.    It’s been a steady incline of improvement for Matlack and company heading into the program’s sixth season, which starts Friday against Old…

  • Helen Dec

       MANVILLE — Helen (Farion) Dec died Aug. 28 at Arbor Glen Care Center in Bridgewater. She was 85.    Born in Manville, she had been a lifelong resident of Manville.    Mrs. Dec worked in a Manville sewing factory for many years.    She was a communicant of Christ the King Roman Catholic Church in Manville.    Her husband,…

  • Resistance training aids seniors

    A regular exercise regimen that includes strength training is the best thing to slow the loss of both muscle power and muscle mass. By: Jim McCracken, LPT    It’s an unfortunate fact of life. As we get older, we lose muscle strength. Muscle mass peaks and then plateaus in the years from the ages of 20…

  • Cardinal runners are ready to race

    CROSS COUNTRY By: Tim Falls    The Lawrence High School boys cross country team is looking to improve from last year and the girls’ team is excited about being able to score.    The girls have been running as an unofficial team the past few seasons since they did not have enough runners to score in their…

  • LETTER

    Kudos to officials for good work To the editor:   With the most recent news of yet another “spa” being shut down by the South Brunswick Police Department, residents of South Brunswick are reassured that Chief Ray Hayducka is doing a lot to keep up the quality of life in our township.    In his short…

  • Go directly to jail, but do collect $200 (or close to it)

    By: Stephanie Prokop    BORDENTOWN CITY — It was an evening of curbside laughs, complete with old-fashioned powdered wigs and two prominent citizens behind bars.    Many residents walked by and donated money, others honked their car horns and exclaimed, "Free the mayor!" as they cruised by the first Bordentown City Kangaroo Court.    The purpose of the…

  • Equipment exposition set Sept. 14-16

    Days of the Past event at Washington Crossing State Park    Washington Crossing State Park will be the location for the annual Days of the Past exposition put on by the Delaware Valley Old Time Power & Equipment Association, a statewide club of early farm tractor and power equipment enthusiasts.    They will be joined by the…