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  • Cardinals come close to victory

    BOYS BASKETBALL By: Tim Falls    The Lawrence High School boys basketball team came close enough to taste its first win, but left hungry.    The Cardinals may be starving for a victory after starting the season with three tough losses.    Lawrence opened the season with a narrow defeat to Notre Dame last Friday.    The Cardinals nearly…

  • Manville teams set for holiday action

    Cagers, wrestlers will keep busy By: Rudy Brandl    Manville High’s athletic teams won’t be taking a real holiday between Christmas and New Year’s. Once again, all three MHS varsity squads will be very busy with tournament action.    The Manville basketball players were scheduled to compete in three games this week before the holiday tourneys. That…

  • Letters to the Editor

    Dec. 21, 2006 No need to change township’s name To the editor: The recent push to rename Washington Township as "Robbinsville Township" is yet another instance of more smoke than fire in Mayor Dave Fried’s wide-ranging agenda.    Apart from being inaccurate (Robbins Township would be correct and honor the Robbins family, for whom the Robbinsville…

  • That’s Entertainment

    The State Theatre celebrates 85 years with silent classics. By: Susan Van Dongen    For generations of Americans who grew up with the multiplex, the concept of a "movie palace" is practically unknown. There was a time when movie theaters, especially in cities, featured sumptuous lobbies, seating spaces the size of concert halls and ushers in…

  • Slezak ‘Most Outstanding’ in Scotties’ title run

    By: Sean Moylan    As much as they tried, no one could last even a minute against Josh Slezak, as the Scotties’ great 171-pound senior star recorded a trio of pins to lead the Bordentown High wrestling team to its second straight title in the Patriot Duals this past weekend.    "He got outstanding wrestler of the…

  • POLICE BLOTTER

    By:    An 18-wheel tractor-trailer owned by H.P. Odyke Lumber Co. parked on Amsterdam Road was broken into sometime between 4:30 p.m. Nov. 29 and 3 p.m. Nov. 30.    Nothing was taken, and damage was limited to the trailer’s padlock, which was cut. ***    Victor Delgado, 40, of Trenton, was charged with DWI at 2:36 a.m.…

  • EDITORIAL: Replenish fund to assist those in need

    Local help once again needed    The township Division of Social Services once again needs the community’s help.    Its Human Intervention Trust Fund — which it uses to assist families in emergency situations with heating, electric, doctor and insurance bills — is far below the level necessary to cover its expected expenses in 2007.    According to…

  • On watching God’s creatures at play in the Valley’s fields

    REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK By John Tredrea    A week ago in Hopewell Township near Pennington, I saw a young athlete perform a standing vertical leap, and a dangerous leap at that, of at least 65 inches. In other words, this athlete could jump that high — 5½ feet or more — with no running start at all.…

  • LETTERS (12/21/06)

    Resident: did you vote in Dec. 12 referendum? To the editor:     It didn’t come as a shock to me that the Dec. 12 school referendum passed in Lawrence Township. However, what came as a major shock to me was the 2-to-1 margin it passed by.    The final results spoke for themselves. It was 1,071…