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  • Editorial

    ‘Pay to play’ better than the alternative By: Scott Morgan    The great irony of sports today is that while professionals are paid enormous sums to play in million-dollar arenas financed by billion-dollar corporations, student athletes increasingly face the prospect of socking away their lunch money to buy a spot on the baseball team.    It is…

  • Mustangs enjoy 7-on-7 experience

    Team begins official preseason Aug. 13 By: Rudy Brandl        The little fish in a pond filled with sharks and sea monsters proved it could swim.    That’s how the Manville High football players felt in their four trips to the 7-on-7 mini-camp sessions at Montgomery High in July. Competing against the likes of Group 4…

  • On Point

    School daze By: Linda McCarthy    I have a strong belief in education and I encourage my children to absorb all the knowledge they possibly can. Having said this, let me continue by adding this ardent declaration falls firmly on deaf ears. I don’t understand it. I have spawned three of the most intelligent men I…

  • Pension costs continue growing

    Municipal and school officials say they have planned for the added expenses in next year’s budget. By: Paul Koepp    Over the last three years, towns and school boards across the state, including South Brunswick, have been facing steep increases in state-mandated payments into the pension plans of their employees, and next year will be no…

  • Helen Bohonowsky

       MANVILLE — Helen (Sobey) Bohonowsky Day died July 28 at home. She was 87.    Born in Vandergrift, Pa., she lived in Scarsdale, N.Y., and Newark, prior to making her home in Manville.    Mrs. Bohonowsky was a communicant of Christ the King Roman Catholic Church in Manville.    She was a member of the Union of Polish…

  • Obituaries

    August 9, 2007 Helen Catana    TRENTON — Helen A. Barber Catana, 95, died July 30 at the Water’s Edge Rehabilitation Center.    Born in Trenton, Ms. Catana was a lifelong Trenton and Deutzville resident. She was a member and the president, for over 10 years, with the Deutzville Senior Citizens.    Daughter of the late David R.…

  • Student arraigned in fatal hazing

    House master pleads not guilty By: Lea Kahn    In a brief procedural step that lasted a couple of minutes, Rider University student Adriano DiDonato, of Princeton Township, was arraigned on charges of aggravated hazing in state Superior Court in Trenton on Wednesday morning.    Attorney Paul Norris, who represents Mr. DiDonato, said Wednesday afternoon his client…

  • Junction Pond drowning ruled an accident

    A 6-year-old boy from Linden who was visiting a friend was found dead in an in-ground swimming pool. By: Paul Koepp    A party turned tragic Sunday afternoon when a boy celebrating his 6th birthday drowned in the swimming pool of a Monmouth Junction residence.    The death of Dominic Gullo, of Linden, was ruled an accident,…

  • Rocking for the River

    A benefit at Havana in New Hope will support the Riverkeeper’s efforts to protect the Delaware. By: Susan Van Dongen TEN FOOT TALL    Defending and advocating for the health of the Delaware River has been the purpose of the non-profit Delaware Riverkeeper Network for more than 20 years. Led by Maya K. van Rossum, the…