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  • Musical Diversity

    Joan Waite performs spirituals and love songs to benefit the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen. By: Anthony Stoeckert    It’s not every singer who can take spirituals, perform them alongside songs written by everyone from Mozart to Stevie Wonder and make them her own, but that’s what Joan Waite manages to do.    Ms. Waite’s concert at the…

  • Solid defense stops Trenton

    FOOTBALL By: Tim Falls    The Lawrence High School varsity football team posted its first shutout of the season.    The Cardinals held Trenton scoreless in a 40-0 victory at home last Saturday.    Still, the Cardinals suffered a setback when they lost sophomore quarterback Anthony Russ to a broken leg late in the third quarter.    Russ will…

  • Sept. 11 will be Recognition Day in Pennington

    PENNINGTON UPDATE By John Tredrea    Sept. 11 of every year will be Recognition Day in Pennington for all first call responders and community volunteers.    Pennington Borough Council voted unanimously Tuesday to follow the lead of the Hopewell Township Committee, which passed a similar measure several weeks ago.    "This is in recognition of fire department and…

  • Girls soccer squads are all alive for playoffs

    By: Sean Moylan    Sometimes it’s not about trying to destroy the other team.    Sometimes it’s about having fun, playing everyone and walking away with a comfortable win without embarrassing the other squad. Such was the case last Wednesday afternoon in Hamilton as the Florence Township Memorial High School girls’ varsity soccer team blanked Trenton Catholic…

  • Marine inspires fundraisers

    Walk-a-thon, dinner to benefit sergeant from North Hanover By: Cara Latham    NORTH HANOVER — When students at C.B. Lamb Elementary School do a one lap walk from Schoolhouse Road and around the ball fields in the Green Acres park on Oct. 20, it won’t be because it’s part of their routine gym class.    Rather, they…

  • Lawrence claims a significant win

    GIRLS SOCCER By: Tim Falls    Winning loose balls helped the Lawrence High School girls varsity soccer team get its first win of the season.    The Cardinals edged Allentown, 2-1, last Thursday night at Mercer County Community College.    Jennifer Korkut scored the game-winner to stop end a streak of six straight losses.    "Jennifer took a nice…

  • Salvatore Ferrara

    By:    HILLSBOROUGH — Salvatore Ferrara died Oct. 3 in Princeton. He was 94.    Surviving are a daughter, Lynn Jordan of Belle Mead; a sister, Lean Koppel of Florida; and three grandchildren.    Funeral services were held Oct. 7 from Hillsborough Funeral Home, followed by a graveside service in Resurrection Cemetery in Piscataway.

  • Learning the Lenapes

    Indian Fields holds assembly By: Bill Greenwood    The library at Indian Fields Elementary School filled up quickly on Monday, as a steady stream of second-grade students crowded around the man standing in front of a white screen by the slide projector.    He stood tall and proud, wearing a white shirt with elaborate bracelets around his…

  • Lawrence looks to cap its successful season

    GIRLS TENNIS By: John E. Powers.    With five games left in the season, the Lawrence High School tennis team still has quite a bit to play for, according to first-year head coach Mick Cimorelli.    The season has been a success. The Cardinals earned their first state tournament victory since 1999 last Tuesday when they knocked…