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  • Delicious, nutritious, certainly ambitious

    By: Rebecca Weltmann    WASHINGTON — When Patricia Delozier moved to Foxmoor 16 years ago, she decided she and her husband, Ted, needed to find out what was available in their neighborhood to get them out of the house.    She originally started going to the Senior Center in Washington Township to paint, since moving to Foxmoor…

  • SBHS will stick with what it knows in districts

    By: Ken Weingartner    South Brunswick High wrestling coach Joe Dougherty will learn in a week whether less is more.    The Vikings have scaled back practices as they prepare for their final three dual matches of the season this weekend at Toms River North and the upcoming District 20 Tournament, which is Feb. 16-17 at South…

  • EMT marks 50 years with service award

    By: Cara Latham    MANSFIELD — Twenty-five years ago, Burlington County residents who called for an ambulance could have expected to wait 15 to 30 minutes before help arrived.    Today, that response time has dwindled to roughly seven or eight minutes, perhaps in part because of the efforts of lifelong Columbus resident Richard Archer.    Mr. Archer,…

  • Bulldogs claim Patiot

    GIRLS BASKETBALL By: Mike Molaro    After a couple of emotional games, Hopewell Valley Central High School girls basketball coach Jeff Losch was concerned his Lady Bulldogs wouldn’t be in top form when they visited Lawrence Tuesday.    HoVal quickly extinguished any fears as it opened a 28-10 halftime lead en route to a dominating 49-25 triumph…

  • Noyes tallies for a rare achievement

    Senior scores 1,000th point. By: Mike Molaro    Reaching 1,000 points is one of the most difficult and exciting milestones a scholastic athlete can attain.    But when the character and class of that athlete supersede the numbers, that achievement takes on even greater meaning.    When Hopewell Valley Central High School ‘s Suzie Noyes became just the…

  • LHS nears postseason

    WRESTLING By: John E. Powers    The end of wrestling’s dual meet season comes Saturday, and it appears the Lawrence High School wrestling team is in good position as the postseason looms.    The Cardinals scored a 35-21 win over Cherry Hill West last week; finished a quarter point out of third place at last weekend’s Mercer…

  • POLICE BLOTTER

    By:    At 12:45 a.m. Feb. 2, Donald W. Church Jr., 42, of Lawrence Harbor, was charged with driving while intoxicated.    Police said they stopped Mr. Church in his black Chevrolet SUV after he swerved in and out of his lane at the intersection of Amwell and Royce Brook roads. Police said Mr. Church had difficulty…

  • Reflecting to the beat of a drum

    Local seniors gather to express themselves through stories and drum beats By: Joseph Harvie    There is a place for township seniors to go to meet new people, release stress and make a little music.    On the first and fourth Thursday of each month, Pat Kay, of Monmouth Junction, runs a drum circle at the Senior…

  • Hillsborough boys come up short in Skyland meet

    4×400 relay team wins gold By: Rudy Brandl        BEHTLEHEM, Pa. — The Hillsborough High boys didn’t stop fighting until the end of last Friday night’s Skyland Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships.    Even when the meet had been decided, the 4×400 relay team went all-out to produce Hillsborough’s only gold medal of the evening…