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  • AHS golf competes in state’s biggest match

    By: Kyle Moylan    The Allentown High golf team didn’t have its best day this past Monday.    The mere fact it was playing against the very best teams in the state, however, made it a very good day.    Playing in the NJSIAA Tournament of Champions at Burlington County Country Club, Allentown placed 22nd out of 24…

  • New Central High School teaching staff is approved

    They will cover social studies, auto shop and marketing By John Tredrea    New Central High School faculty positions — approved unanimously by the full school board Monday night — include a social studies teacher, half-time auto shop teacher and part-time marketing teachers.    The plan is to hire the teachers in time for the next school…

  • Margaret Robinson

       MANVILLE — Margaret Robinson died May 20 at home. She was 96.    Born in Dunmore, Pa., she was a longtime resident of Manville.    Mrs. Robinson was employed as a LPN in the Maternity Ward of Somerset Medical Center in Somerville for 15 years, retiring in 1975.    She was a communicant of Christ the King Roman…

  • Book Notes

    Remembering Memorial Day By: Joan Ruddiman    Here’s an interesting question: on Memorial Day, are we remembering or are we forgetting?    Think about this. We take pride in remembering veterans of war. We remember their names, where they fought and where they died. Towns all over America hold parades. Many, like the parade in my little…

  • Historically Speaking

    Allentown: Its rise and progress, part 39    From the NJ Historical Society’s C. R. Hutchinson collection, the following short history of the Presbyterian Church. Although our region was predominately Quaker, Hutchinson claimed that the Presbyterians preceded them in Allentown proper.     The Presbyterian Church, which was the earliest religious organization at Allentown, was first located…

  • Adopt a flag in Pennington

    Information is available on Pennington Borough’s Web site: www.penningtonboro.org/Adopt_a_Flag.pdf. Or call Kit Chandler at 737-0019 The flags of Pennington Borough have returned. Over 75 American flags adorn North and South Main streets and East and West Delaware avenues in downtown Pennington. They are installed and maintained by the Pennington Parks and Recreation Commission and are…

  • Mustangs suffer more diamond distractions

    Team set for final three games By: Rudy Brandl    It’s been one thing after another for the Manville High baseball team this spring. At least this year, the senior prom didn’t affect the Mustangs.    Veteran head coach Steve Venuto has endured his fair share of problems that have nothing to do with the game in…

  • Beware of magic bullets

    New Jersey’s finance troubles By: Hank Kalet    New Jersey’s finances are a mess.    There really is no other way to put it. The state is buried under massive debt, faces a huge shortfall in its pension obligations and it faces a precipitous increase in worker health-care costs over the next few years.    And while the…

  • Healthy foods are focus at new Pennington-area market

    ON THE JOB IN HOPEWELL VALLEY By John Tredrea    Editor’s note: This is the latest in a series of portraits of people at work in Hopewell Valley.    At the back of the well-stocked market is the juice bar, and the easy-going bartender is on the money. He makes your beverage to order — makes it…