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  • EDITORIAL: Use a theme to promote New Egypt

       Over the past five years, the New Egypt business district and the officials who oversee it have tried numerous times to ignite a vibrant downtown. New businesses with new ideas, specialty retail outlets and a crucial recognition by Main Streets USA have given business owners and officials a lot to hope for.    But time and…

  • Week of Sept. 28

    Mary DiDonato    Mary Eva DiDonato died Sunday at the University Medical Center at Princeton. She was 76.    Born in Montgomery, Ala., she was a resident of Lawrence Township for the past 50 years.    Mrs. DiDonato is a graduate of Auburn University with a Bachelor of Science degree in early education. She has taught school in…

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  • 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…

  • Montgomery board mourns former student

    1st Lt. Ashley Henderson Huff was killed in Iraq By: Jake Uitti    MONTGOMERY — With the flags at half-mast throughout the district just a few days after former Montgomery resident 1st Lt. Ashley Henderson Huff was killed in Iraq, the Board of Education began its Tuesday meeting with a moment of silence for Lt. Huff…