Category: archives
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Knitowski jumps back to Group 1 meet
Brozyna, Teresak, Brisebois earn first trip By: Rudy Brandl Mike Knitowski made a remarkable recovery within less than 24 hours to place in two events at last weekend’s Central Jersey Group 1 Track and Field Championships. The Manville High senior, last year’s sectional champion in the long jump and high jump, did not make the…
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Area readies for June 5 primaries
By: Rebecca Wltmann Rebecca WeltmannStaff Writer Democratic and Republican primary elections for local, county and state offices will be held Tuesday, including contested GOP primaries for the Allentown Borough Council and the Upper Freehold Township Committee. Polls will open at 6 a.m. and remain open until 8 p.m. In Allentown, there is an uncontested Republican…
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Mustangs win baseball thriller
Wood’s slam leads rally in Venuto finale By: Rudy Brandl The Manville High baseball team gave veteran head coach Steve Venuto the best going away present he could have hoped for in Saturday’s regular season finale at White Oak Park in Somerville. Facing one of Somerset County’s top teams in a meaningless game in blistering…
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Decked out
Hopewell parade finery Looking very patriotic Sunday at Hopewell’s Memorial Day parade are Ann Kintzel (left), of Titusville, and Edna Sipler, of Flemington, who are well-dressed for the occasion.
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New Jersey becomes 17th state to gain organic accreditation
Charles Kuperus: "There is a growing demand for organic produce, milk and meat in New Jersey and it makes sense that the Department of Agriculture provide oversight for the quality and integrity of these products like we do for Jersey Fresh" New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Charles M. Kuperus announced last week that New Jersey…
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Hopewell Valley school janitors, board ink pact
Contract, retroactive to last year, will give the union’s 43 members 4 percent wage hikes for the 2005-06 and 2006-07 school years and 4.5 percent for the following three years. The average custodian salary will rise from $38,147 to $46,313 by 2009 By John Tredrea The Hopewell Valley school board has approved a five-year contract…
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Veterans fueling Vikes’ success but future still bright
By: Ken Weingartner If the results posted this season in boys volleyball at South Brunswick High are any indication, this is a program with a bright future. The Vikings signaled a move toward elite status earlier this season with a win over defending state champion St. Joseph in addition to victories over several other ranked…
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Veterans Memorial
Saturday ceremonies Shown on Saturday at the new Hopewell Valley Memorial Park are(from left), Hopewell Township Mayor Vanessa Sandom, Tom Blair, Mel Myers, Hopewell Mayor David Nettles, Pennington Mayor Anthony Persichilli, and Bill Meytrott, Pennington police director. They pose with wreaths they placed on the memorial after the ribbon-cutting ceremony. The park is just west…
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Guiliano’s catch clinches playoff victory
By: Sean Moylan Allentown center fielder Robert Guiliano did not test fate in last Friday’s Central Jersey playoff game at Northern Burlington. He changed it. Down 6-5 with runners on first and second and two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning, NBC’s Keith Miccio hit a sinking low liner to the mid right-center…
