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Children’s Theatre slates events
Productions will take place at CHS Performing Arts Center Hopewell Valley Children’s Theatre soon will present its eighth season at Hopewell Valley Central High School Performing Arts Center. Fern Dorfman returns as artistic director and choreographer. Jay Dorfman shares his talents as musical director. "Disney’s Jungle Book Kids" will be presented by the Junior Group…
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Board approves LIS split for one year
Sheila MacDonald named interim principal of lower school. By: Rebecca Weltmann The Board of Education agreed unanimously July 12 to a new leadership structure at Lawrence Intermediate School that it will study during the 2006-07 school year. The proposal set forth in early June by Superintendent of Schools Philip Meara asked the school board to…
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Manville High 2005-06 Year in Sports
One final look back at school year By: Rudy Brandl It’s hard to believe another school year has passed. It doesn’t seem like that long ago when the Manville High football team ended its two-year, 20-game losing streak with a 25-0 victory over Newark Central. Believe it or not, that happened over 10 months ago.…
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Post (401) season draws near
By: Rich Fisher The Middlesex County American Legion playoffs begin on Sunday and the only thing South Brunswick Post 401 is certain of, is that it will be playing that day. Whether it is the start of a best-of-three series, or a winner-take-all one game affair remains to be seen. That likely won’t be…
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Week of July 13
By: Robert C. Peacock Robert C. Peacock, 74, of Lawrenceville, died Saturday at St. Mary’s Hospital in Langhorne, Pa. Born in Trenton, he was a lifetime Trenton area resident. Mr. Peacock was a bricklayer and master stone mason and he designed and built his own house. He attended the Jacobstown Baptist Church in Jacobstown and…
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Nottingham gets numerous hits
District 12 12-year-old Tournament By: Tim Falls The Lawrence 12-year-old All Star Team finished its run in the District 12 Final Nine with a loss to Nottingham, Monday evening. Nottingham advanced to face Florence in a loser’s bracket game, while Washington and West Windsor were still alive in the winner’s bracket. Ewing and Lawrence were…
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Petty guides H-EW to Babe Ruth championship
By: Sean Moylan ÿ8H-EWÿSteven Kowalski has an unwavering faith in his teammates on the Hightstown-East Windsor 13-year-old Babe Ruth team. That faith, combined with a nasty curveball, enabled Kowalski to pitch Hightstown-East Windsor to an 11-1 win over Lawrence in the Babe Ruth District One championship game, played at the Trenton Babe Ruth Complex this…
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Town may sell rights to farm land
Ballot question will ask voters for input By: Joseph Harvie The Township Council is working on a ballot question that will ask voters to allow it to sell the farming rights to the 200-acre Van Dyke farm, if the township buys the land. Councilman Chris Killmurray said Tuesday that selling the farming rights would allow…
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Eyeing a new area for retail
Ordinance would allow warehouses to open stores By: Joseph Harvie The Township Council is considering ordinances that would allow retail stores to be attached to warehouses and increase the maximum height of warehouses in certain township industrial zones. The ordinances were discussed after the Planning Board unanimously recommended in March that the council adopt them.…
