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  • Turn, turn, turn

    Chesterfield students use pinwheels to celebrate International Day of Peace By: Cara Latham    CHESTERFIELD — The space shuttle Atlantis and its astronauts returned safely from their trip to the international space station, Karen Brilliant, art teacher at the Chesterfield Elementary School, reminded the whole school during its first general assembly of the year last week.…

  • Letters to the Editor

    Sept. 28, 2006 Parents say thanks to school district To the editor: On Sept. 7, we dropped off our son, Michael, for his first day at kindergarten. Today wasn’t the first day he walked into the Upper Freehold Regional Elementary School, two years ago he rode on the "little" yellow bus to the Pre-K Disabled…

  • Slezak helps carry BRHS to first win

    By: Sean Moylan    It doesn’t matter that it started the season 0-2, everybody still expected the Bordentown Regional High football team to defeat Trenton Catholic Academy this past Saturday in Hamilton, which it did, 35-20.    Yet it was the "way" the Scotties played in the game which grabbed the attention of the Bordentown fans in…

  • Aggressive defense denies Steinert

    FOOTBALL By: Tim Falls    Lawrence junior Will Nahan kept Steinert’s quarterback in his sights.    Nahan sacked Steinert’s Carmen Imbalzano twice in the backfield and trapped the Spartans deep in their own territory.    Defensive plays like that held Steinert scoreless for three quarters as the Lawrence High School football team improved to 3-0 for the third…

  • Injuries from accident claim life of local man

    Raymond R. Michno Jr. struck while West Camplain Road on Sept. 17 By:Donna Lukiw    Raymond R. Michno Jr., 47, of South Main Street, died at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital on Saturday from injuries he suffered after being struck by a vehicle while walking across West Camplain Road Sept. 17.    Police said a gray 2000 Kia…

  • Mustangs improve to 3-0 with comeback win

    Offensive line dominates St. Joe’s By: Shawn Tyrrell        3-0 says it all.    Last Friday night behind another stellar offensive performance, the Manville High School football team ran its overall record to a perfect 3-0 with a thrilling come from behind 41-27 victory over visiting St. Joseph’s of the Palisades.    Both teams were expecting to…

  • Bulldogs reach MCT final

    MCT TENNIS By: Tim Falls    Alexis Devaney and the Hopewell Valley Central High School girls tennis first doubles team of Caitlin Dalton and Rebecca Wolf advanced to the finals of the Mercer County Tennis Tournament at Mercer County Park yesterday.    Devaney and Dalton and Wolf won semifinal matches yesterday afternoon for their 10th straight victories…

  • Eldridge edged Irish

    FIELD HOCKEY By: Tim Falls    Maria Eldridge scored the golden goal as the Lawrence High School field hockey team edged Notre Dame, 3-2, in overtime Tuesday night at Mercer County Community College    Eldridge executed a play the Cardinals had practiced many times to improve to 3-2.    Melissa Casale forced the ball through the circle to…

  • Obituaries

    Neil Robson    NORTH HANOVER — Neil D. Robson, 48, died Monday evening.    Mr. Robson, along with his wife of 26 years, Jean, was the proprietor of Robson Farms and Greenhouses in North Hanover and Robson’s Farm Markets in Springfield, Southampton and North Hanover.    In addition to farming nearly 1,200 acres of crops, much of it…