Category: archives
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Vikings’ run excites one of basketball team’s all-time greats
By: David Gurney PISCATAWAYIt was a place he was all too familiar with. The Rutgers Athletic Center, a place Donnell Lumpkin called home for four years in college, during which he scored 946 points, placed himself in the record books in several offensive categories, and even helped bring an NCAA Tournament bid to Rutgers during…
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Book Notes
Alabama native weaves childhood memories into documented history By: Joan Ruddiman Sena Jeter Naslund wrestles with demons from her youth in her emotionally evocative "Four Spirits" (HarperCollins, 2003). She says her "fictive account" is deeply rooted in actual events, as well as people both known to history and known intimately by the author. The work…
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Schreck, Blair are scholastic all-stars
The Allentown Redbirds Pop Warner Organization is proud to announce that Kelly Blair and Andrew Schreck have been chosen as members of the Pop Warner Eastern Region Scholastic Team for 2007. This honor is given to the top 35 football players and the top 25 spirit leaders in each grade level (5-8) from the regions…
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HHS girls’ swim team looks to future
Key swimmers eligible to return By: John E. Powers One look at the roster of the Hillsborough High School girls’ swimming team reflects just how optimistic Raider head coach Todd Sudol should be. The Raiders, who finished with an 8-4 record, will return most their team next year with the exception of Somerset County…
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Greyhound wrestlers still among the elite
By: Sean Moylan It wrestled one of the toughest schedules in all of New Jersey. It made the state playoffs as a team and it even won a team playoff match. It placed second as a team in the District 25 Wrestling Tournament behind Rancocas Valley. And two of its wrestlers, Geoff Bauma and Phil…
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Manville High wrestlers showed great progress
Manderski won 20 bouts, took second in district By: Rudy Brandl Wins and losses don’t always tell the whole story. On paper, the Manville High wrestling team didn’t look that impressive. The Mustangs posted a 3-12 record in dual meets but all the victories came in the final two weeks of the regular season. That’s…
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For the cause
Barn Dance benefits St. Michael’s preservation project Amander Flanders, 2, Jessica Llewelyn,4, Eliza McCleery, 5, Emma McCLeery,7, and Jackie Llewellyn, 8, follow instructions on how to do a dance at the St. Michael’s preservation benefit Barn Dance at Hopewell Elementary School on Friday night. The event raised $10,000 for the cause!
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Board selects district chief
By: Cara Latham BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP The Bordentown Regional Board of Education has hired Albert Monillas from a list of six finalists as the district’s new superintendent. Mr. Monillas, who is currently the assistant commissioner of the state Department of Education, will replace current Superintendent John Polomano, who plans to retire June 30. Mr. Polomano…
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HHS boys were productive but inconsistent
Progin still puzzled by final record By: Rudy Brandl There are many ways to look at the 2006-07 Hillsborough High basketball season. Fourth-year head coach Ian Progin is still having trouble digesting everything that happened this winter. The Raiders finished 11-12, which many would consider a bad season considering they had seven seniors back in…
