Category: archives
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Hopewell gets back to winning ways
GIRLS BASKETBALL By: Mike Molaro It was gut-check time for the Hopewell Valley Central High School girl’s basketball team as the Lady Bulldogs looked to rebound from a three-of-four losing streak while trying to get back into state tournament contention. Knowing that it needs a .500 record by the February 3 cutoff to earn a…
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MHS girls salvage one victory in wild week
Team plays well vs. big Somerville squad By: John E. Powers Last week was a strange one for the Manville High School girls’ basketball team. It opened with a 62-18 loss to Belvidere, a game head coach Kyle Rehrig called his team’s worst of the season, followed by a fortunate 41-37 win at Princeton…
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No treats for fans at HHS wrestling tri-meet
McLaughlin still looking for a match By: Rudy Brandl Nobody wanted to wrestle Frankie McLaughlin. Watchung Hills and Warren Hills came to Hillsborough High for a tri-meet Saturday and neither school produced a wrestler to oppose McLaughlin at 160 pounds. Both opponents could have sent out very talented grapplers but elected to forfeit to McLaughlin,…
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Bordentown’s Kohler passes 1000 points
Winning streak carries Florence boys’ basketball into playoffs By: Sean Moylan No one was surprised that Jon Kohler scored his 1,000th point for the Bordentown Regional High boys’ varsity basketball team in last Wednesday’s (Jan. 17) 80-74 win over Medford Tech. From the time he was a freshman, Kohler, barring injury, was pegged to tally…
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Mangini set to continue dream at Rutgers
HHS mat standout wants state title first By: Rudy Brandl John Mangini has worked most of his life to reach many lofty goals associated with wrestling. The Hillsborough High senior recently fulfilled one of those lifelong dreams when he accepted a full athletic scholarship to Rutgers University. Mangini started wrestling competitively as a 9-year-old youngster.…
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OBITUARIES (01.25.07)
Helen McKeever Helen M. McKeever, of Lawrence, died Jan. 19 at the Compassionate Care Hospice in Trenton. She was 76. Born in Morrisville, Pa., she had resided in Lawrence Township since 1941. Mrs. McKeever was a former teller with the Trenton Trust Company and later worked for Ocean Spray Industries in Bordentown. She was a…
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Master Plan focuses on growth
By: Cara Latham WASHINGTON As the township is faced with the challenge of easing the burden of rising property taxes, a subcommittee has proposed changes to the township’s Master Plan that would focus on paving the way for economic growth along Route 130 and bringing ratables to the township. During a public hearing at…
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EDITORIAL
Rutgers reaping the benefits of gridiron glory. The enormous success enjoyed this fall by the Rutgers University football team is apparently having repercussions far beyond the gridiron. And that, in many ways, is good news for New Jersey. The stunning 11-2 record compiled by the Scarlet Knights a team that might, until very recently,…
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‘We must never forget’
Annual VFW ceremony honors those killed and missing in action in the Vietnam War. By: Mary Ellen Zangara Members of Manville’s Veterans of Foreign War Post 2290 remembered and honored those comrades who died or were taken prisoner in Vietnam including Andrew Horvath, Michael Martineau and John Dudash of Manville Saturday morning, with…
