Category: archives
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Lawrence is a perfect 10
SWIMMING By: Tim Falls The Lawrence High School boys varsity swim team stayed unbeaten. Not an easy task given their last two meets. The Cardinals edged Notre Dame and defeated West Windsor-Plainsboro South to improve to 10-0 overall this season and 8-0 in the Colonial Valley Conference. The Lawrence girls lost both meets to drop…
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Puzzles, Documentaries and the Beach
The New Jersey Film Festival’s 25th season offers something for every taste. By: Anthony Stoeckert Let’s say you’re a dedicated movie lover. You read the reviews, watch Ebert & Roeper, and try to be discerning when deciding which films are worth spending 10 bucks on. So you probably wanted to see such widely praised fare…
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AHS girls’ basketball 6-3 after tough week
By: Kyle Moylan The Allentown High School girls’ basketball team scratched and clawed to get a close to perfect 6-1 record to start the season. Allentown used that record to help itself emerge from a not-so-perfect weekend with a 6-3 record. "We need to keep our heads up," Coach Linda Weise said after Allentown lost…
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Manville boys still seeking first win
Mustangs show good signs vs. tough Del Val team By: Shawn Tyrrell Last Friday night, the Manville High boys’ basketball team went up against a solid opponent when the Mustangs played host to a Delaware Valley squad that was 6-1 on the season. The one constant thus far in the campaign for the Mustangs…
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Michael Snedeker
Michael Anthony Snedeker, 27, of Kendall Park, died Wednesday, Jan. 3, at Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick, after a long illness. Born in New Brunswick, he was a lifelong area resident. Michael is survived by his parents, Jack Charles and Nancy Anne Romeo Snedeker; a brother and sister-in-law, Jack and Donna Snedeker of Fla.;…
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HoVal gains speed
SWIMMING By: Tim Falls The Hopewell Valley Central High School boys and girls swim teams returned to action after the winter recess with three straight wins. The Bulldogs defeated Trenton in a coed meet on Jan. 2 and defeated Hightstown last Thursday and Hamilton last Tuesday in double dual meets. "I think we were just…
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EDITORIAL
Death penalty has no place in civilized society. There’s more than a touch of irony in the timing of the release of a special study commission report recommending that New Jersey abolish the death penalty. It happened to coincide with Saddam Hussein’s ghoulish execution. Just when you thought you’d run out of arguments against capital…
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Bordentown wrestlers on road to great year
By: Sean Moylan While everyone expected big years out of Josh Slezak and Demetrice Sims, few predicted that the Bordentown Regional High varsity wrestling team would be a dominating wrestling team like they were last year. Yet after Monday’s impressive 51-26 victory over a decent Saint Joseph’s team, Bordentown’s record improved to 9-3. And with…
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Dog days of winter
Recent warm spell not welcome by everyone By: Cara Latham While the unseasonably warm weather has its benefits, some businesses are suffering, and some experts fear the May-in-January conditions could take a toll on when the real spring actually arrives. Richard Obal, a horticulture expert from Rutgers University, said there are reports of plants blooming…
