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  • One good half not enough for MHS boys

    Lead evaporates quickly in second half in opener By: Shawn Tyrrell        BOUND BROOK — Round one goes to Bound Brook.    Last Friday night, the Manville High boys’ basketball team began the 2006-07 season with a road game against long time rival Bound Brook. Last season the Crusaders won all three meetings between the two…

  • Kohler helps BRHS shoot to 2-1 start

    By: Sean Moylan    This season, Jon Kohler has developed into the phenomenal basketball player we all knew he could be when he first stepped on the court for the Bordentown Regional High boys’ varsity basketball team three years ago.    Always a great passer and ball-handler, Kohler has raised his game to the next level to…

  • South teams a combined 9-2

    By: Sean Richards    You really have to like the way the South Brunswick boys and girls swimming teams have come out strong this season.    Rising to all the early-season challenges, the boys are now 5-0 after recently downing East Brunswick, 95½-74½, and Old Bridge, 103-67.    The girls are also looking good as they rebounded from…

  • POLICE BLOTTER

    By:    At 8:56 a.m. on Dec. 14, Juan Antonio Mendoza-Santos, 38, of Bound Brook, was charged with being an unlicensed driver after being stopped by police on South 13th Avenue. ***    Warren resident Daniel Szukis, 20, was charged with writing bad checks at 6 p.m. on Dec. 14.    Police said that in August, Mr. Szukis…

  • 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…

  • Chamber establishes new awards

    The New Hope group wanted to recognize innovation and leadership in the borough. By: Linda Seida    NEW HOPE — The Greater New Hope Chamber of Commerce has established three new awards to recognize innovation and leadership.    The chamber bestowed the President’s Award on the New Hope Eagle Fire Company for the flood-related assistance its members…

  • South teams lose openers

    By: John E. Powers    The boys and girls basketball teams at South Hunterdon Regional High School started the season last Saturday with losses; the games having a significantly different tempo.    While the boys were worn out in the second half at home by Arts of Newark in an 85-60, setback, the girls fell at Mount…

  • Underage drinking ban on private property mulled

    Police Lt. Stephen Bartzak is proposing the law in the wake of the alcohol-related death of 19-year-old Jack Reid. By: Linda Seida    WEST AMWELL — The alcohol-related death of a 19-year-old has spurred officials to consider a new ordinance that would outlaw the consumption or possession of alcohol by minors on private property.    West Amwell…