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Hopewell 13’s win SNJ championship
BABE RUTH 13-YEAR-OLDS By: Tim Falls The Hopewell Valley 13-year-old Babe Ruth All Star team has won the state tournament before. That may be why they reacted to winning the Southern New Jersey Final with the same quiet composure the team has displayed throughout the tournament and in the previous tournaments Hopewell played in earlier…
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MYAL encouraged by early football numbers
Pop Warner practice begins By: Rudy Brandl The Manville Youth Athletic League remains upbeat and positive about the upcoming Pop Warner football season despite some early obstacles and setbacks. Struggling with numbers in recent years, the MYAL decided to hold its first Punt, Pass & Kick competition to jump-start the season. Unfortunately, inclement weather forced…
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George Gorish
George Gorish, 87, of Pennington died Tuesday at home. Born in Spangler, Pa., he had resided in Pennington for many years. He was a retired self-employed house painter and a member of St. James Roman Catholic Church in Pennington. He is survived by his wife, Rachel Wilson Gorish; a daughter and son-in-law, Helen and Jim…
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Grass certainly seems greener in the ‘north country’
EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK By Ruth Luse Last week’s account about the beauty and solitude of Baldpate Mountain known now as The Ted Stiles Preserve at Baldpate Mountain took on a whole new meaning for me while I was traveling through New Hampshire’s White Mountains last week. This is a trip I hope to take…
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District updates rules for drug-related offenses
By: Cara Latham ALLENTOWN As the Upper Freehold Regional school board continues to evaluate its policies and programs dealing with drug and alcohol use by students, officials here say more parent involvement is a key factor for success. Allentown High School Principal Christopher Nagy said in an interview last week that the high school…
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Township can mediate rent dispute, but not much else
By: Cara Latham WASHINGTON While township officials say they are doing their best to try to resolve a growing number of disputes between residents living in Mercer Mobile Homes and the park’s owner, there may not be much else they can do besides act as mediators. The biggest complaint from residents who live in…
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Police Beat
From the Aug. 2 edition BORDENTOWN CITY On July 29 at 12:32 a.m., Leonard Barber, 48, of Pemberton was charged with driving while intoxicated. While on patrol, police said they came to a red light and stopped behind Mr. Barber’s vehicle on Routes 130 and 206 south at Crosswicks Street. When the light turned green,…
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Toll Gate principal gets entangled in mystery
Umstead was part of the "Be a Summer Sleuth" program By John Tredrea Reading a whodunit can be really good. But being in one is even better. That’s how it was at the Pennington Public Library the afternoon of July 25. That was the last day of this year’s incarnation of the library’s long-extant summer…
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Book Notes
Harry Potter and the perfect wrap-up By: Joan Ruddiman Harry arrived as long anticipated but I was not home to receive him. Though "Harry Potter And the Deathly Hallows" (Scholastic, 2007) was ordered months in advance, a trip to see son Jake and daughter-in-love Kate in New England preempted the planned day-to-read-it-all. With the hype…
