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  • Obituaries (05.03.07)

    Nancy Alexander Nancy Jean Alexander died on Friday.    Ms. Alexander lived in the Princeton-Lawrence area for 20 years and was known through her massage therapy, personal training and exercise classes.    She is survived by her husband, Cosmo Pagano, of Lawrence; daughter Lisa O’Driscoll, of San Francisco, Calif.; daughter Kathryn Seale; granddaughter Kylie Seal, of Delaware;…

  • Deadline is approaching

    BASEBALL By: John E. Powers    Time is running out on the Hopewell Valley High School baseball team.    With the cutoff date for the state tournament a week from Friday, and the Bulldogs at 3-7, there isn’t much room for losses.    The Bulldogs were scheduled to have seven games until the cutoff, including a first-round Mercer…

  • HVN seeks news of college grads

    The absolute deadline for all graduation copy and photos is Thursday, July 12, at 4 p.m.    Colleges and universities soon will send us news releases about 2007 graduates, who reside in the Hope well Valley area. As they arrive, we will put them in a folder and save them for our annual college/university graduate edition,…

  • Bomb notes left at SBHS

    Security sweeps done throughout high school in response to threat written on bathroom wall. By: Paul Koepp    School officials and township police responded late Tuesday night to the second bomb threat in a week at South Brunswick High School, district officials said Wednesday.    Principal Tim Matheney said Wednesday police were done checking the building by…

  • Manville girls rock Brearley on track, in field

    MHS boys beaten in sprints, throws By: Rudy Brandl    The Manville High girls nearly did something incredible in last Thursday’s home dual meet vs. David Brearley of Kenilworth.    They nearly shut out their opponents.    Manville improved to 4-2 with a 121-1 thrashing of Brearley, sweeping every event but one to post the most convincing victory…

  • Cultural diversity lauded at community culture day

    The second-annual Community and Cultural Day serves to bring the many cultures of Lawrence Township together. By: Lea Kahn    The multicultural threads that make up Lawrence Township came together Sunday afternoon to form a tapestry, as descendants of European immigrants mixed with newer arrivals from Asia, Africa and the Caribbean at the second annual Community…

  • Eckstein and Fasanella power RHS lacrosse past .500

    By: Sean Moylan    Five games into its inaugural season, the Robbinsville High School boys’ varsity lacrosse team has already developed its first great scoring tandem in John Eckstein and Tyler Fasanella.    "We’re scoring a lot on transition and fast breaks. And they (Eckstein and Fasanella) seem to find each other," said Robbinsville head boys’ varsity…

  • NBC duo wins triple jump at George Rowland Relays

    By: Sean Moylan    This past Saturday, Ariel Woodard-Stephens and Cheyenne Cort teamed up to win the Division 2 triple jump at the George Rowland Relays at Haddon Township.    Woodard-Stephens posted a 33′ ¾" mark in the triple jump, which is her best jump of this season. Cort triple jumped 29′ 4 ¾". However, the NBC…

  • EDITORIAL

    State should reclaim its role as leader in recycling.    One of the more welcome sights in New Jersey neighborhoods over the past couple of decades has been all those brightly colored buckets that crop up every couple of weeks, filled with glass, metal, plastic and paper ready to be recycled.    Sadly, among the more disheartening…