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  • Glory Road

    Yes, Virginia, this is another movie about a tough but fair coach who molds a team of underdogs into winners. By:Elise Nakhnikian    "Shoot," says a good ol’ boy in Glory Road. "You’re carrying on like Negroes gonna be the future of basketball. Can you imagine that?"    It’s hard now, of course, to imagine anything else.…

  • South girls lose two of three

    By: John E. Powers    This wasn’t the best of weeks for the South Hunterdon Regional High School girls basketball team, but head coach Lori Daniel sees it as a learning experience that will help the Eagles down the line.    South (5-2) lost its first game of the season — a 58-40 loss at Somerville —…

  • Living with Art

    Gallery owner Howard Cooperman sells artwork in a home-like atmosphere. He’s hosting an art swap in his New Hope, Pa., gallery Jan. 14. By: Megan Sullivan    Don’t put away the wrapping paper just yet. If there’s a piece of artwork hanging on your wall you just can’t stand anymore (or maybe it’s hiding in the…

  • To Your Health-Jan. 12, 2006

    Low-income, minorities at risk for cervical cancer By: Dr. Terry Shlimbaum    A new study to be published in the Feb. 1 issue of "Cancer" concludes women who live in poor neighborhoods are less likely to be screened for cervical cancer.    Hunterdon Medical Center offers low or no-cost Pap testing for qualifying patients.    If precancerous lesions…

  • ‘Wagon Wheels West’

    Somerset Valley Playhouse’s family musical takes place ‘when the buffalo were roaming and the wagon wheels were groaning.’ By: Stuart Duncan    Sometimes a casual glance at the program can be misleading. Wagon Wheels West at Somerset Valley Playhouse was described as part of "the family series," so when a look at the program showed character…

  • Stockton man missing in Delaware River; search resumes

    Police think 26-year-old Anthony "Jody" Suozzo IV was celebrating his birthday by taking a midnight canoe trip with two friends. By: Mae Rhine    The search in the Delaware River and along its banks for a 26-year-old Stockton man, who, officials think, had been celebrating his birthday by taking a midnight canoe trip with two friends,…

  • Letters-Jan. 12, 2006

    Family received excellent care To the editor:    While spending the Christmas holidays with our family in New Jersey, we attended mass at a catholic church in Lambertville.    During the mass, my husband, who is just two weeks recovering from AAA surgery in Hazleton, Pa., became weak and said he felt like he was going to…

  • January 11, 2006

    James Henry    James "Doc" Henry, 71, formerly of Titusville, died Sunday in Northside Hospital and Heart Institute, Largo, Fla.    Born in Ewing Township, he lived there until 1967. He and his family lived in Titusville from 1967 until December 1996 when he and his spouse retired to Largo, Fla., where they recently celebrated their 50th…

  • Police Blotter-Jan. 12, 2006

    Lambertville    Chihon Victor, 42, of Lambertville was arrested Jan. 3 after police received a report of someone breaking windows at a Church Street residence.    As police arrived at 11 p.m., they saw Mr. Victor walking away with her hands bleeding from numerous lacerations she had received after breaking the windows with her hands, police said.…