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  • Mulryne participates whole-heartily

    Lawrence resident attends sixth U.S. Transplant games after second heart transplant By: Tim Falls    Any coach can tell you how much heart matters in sports.    Vincent Mulryne can tell you how much a heart matters to life.    The 41-year-old from Lawrenceville resident is on his third heart and recently competed at his sixth U.S. Transplant…

  • Krzysztof Leszcynski

       FLAGTOWN — Krzysztof ‘Kris’ Leszcynski died Aug. 1. He was 41.    Surviving are his wife, Inna Leszcynski; a son, Justin; his father, Vladeslav Leszcynski; and a sister, Dorothy.    Private funeral services were under the direction of Bongiovi Funeral Home in Raritan.

  • Allocated funds tie the hands of state’s leaders

    EDITORIAL By Rick Sinding    Back in the days before New Jersey had a state lottery, an income tax and casino gambling, no self-respecting legislator would be caught dead proposing that revenues the state collected from any particular source be dedicated to a specific purpose.    Why, after all, would anyone who has the power of the…

  • West Nile found in Sondek

    Low levels of virus discovered in brush By: Lacey Korevec    A group of mosquitoes found near the brush disposal area adjacent to Sondek Park tested positive for a low level of West Nile virus, the township’s Health Officer Steve Papenburg announced Tuesday.    The Middlesex County Mosquito Commission tested three groups, or pools, of mosquitoes and…

  • Officials doubt state property tax reform pledges

    Legislators think it may take more than consolidation By: Cara Latham    As state legislators begin meeting on property tax reform and looking at options to address high tax burdens on New Jersey residents, local officials are not too optimistic that any long-term relief is in sight.    Cy Thannikary, chairman of Citizens for Property Tax Reform,…

  • Smith combines athletic talents to become top triathlete

    HHS junior finds new sports passion By: John E. Powers    The first time Kyle Smith saw a triathlon on television he was both stunned and intrigued. Stunned because he couldn’t imagine an athlete enduring such a rigorous challenge, intrigued because just maybe the event was something he might want to do.    "I thought it was…

  • Oil paints, linen and local landscapes

    Artist captures area scenery By: Lacey Korevec    A mountain blanketed by a sheer veil of blue-gray mist looms over a deep-blue ocean and its foaming white waves. The water seeps into Hawaii’s sandy coast and rolls up toward leafy green trees that stand above a few brown rocks awaiting a gentle splash.    "The first thing…

  • Player won hand (of wife) in Vegas

    Tournament winner traveled to Las Vegas to compete, get married By: Cara Latham    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — Township resident Stan Kozlowski may very well just be lucky.    He won a poker tournament in Atlantic City in June — his prizes totaling $2,200. He also won a monthly America Online poker tournament in May, and because of…

  • True North’s Sanderson anchors Canadian team

    World Lacrosse Championships By: Tim Falls    Chris Sanderson’s success is good for business.    The Canadian from Orangeville, Ontario, stopped 14 shots as Canada defeated the United States, 15-10, in the 2006 ILF Warrior World Lacrosse Championhips in London, Ontario.    Sanderson, 32, lives in Pennington with his wife Brogann, where the two own and operate True…