• Proud Warriors prepare for field hockey tourney

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer Bring on the NJSIAA tournament! That was the cheer for coach Patti Nicholson and her 14-2 New Egypt High School field hockey team, the defending NJSIAA Central Jersey Group I state sectional champions. The Warriors clinched their eighth straight Burlington County Scholastic League Freedom Division title with a pair of…

  • Consider warnings about H1N1 flu vaccine

    One again, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), and medical “authorities” who are too lazy to check the facts are trying to stampede people into taking the seasonal flu vaccine by claiming that in the United States 36,000 people die from it each year. That is a lie!…

  • Lucky skivvies ward off agony of defeat

    Are We There Yet? • LORI CLINCH While sitting at a football game on a recent night, my friends and I cheered loudly. We happily called out “Defense!” with the crowd, chanted “Hey-hey you-you get out of our way!” and all but came out of our seats as we bellowed, “Watch for the onside kick!”…

  • Special-needs students being taught life skills

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer PLUMSTED — New Egypt High School has introduced a 12-Plus program for special-needs students. “The main objective of the program is to prepare our students for the important steps in their lives,” Plumsted Superintendent of Schools Mark DeMareo said. “As they take the journey to adulthood, we will support and…

  • The vote goes to…

    In the News • MARK ROSMAN So here we are less than one week from Election Day, Nov. 3, and the time is growing near for people to make their decision about who they want to lead New Jersey for the next three years. The three main candidates for governor are incumbent Democrat Jon Corzine,…

  • Volunteers sought for school board tech team

    JACKSON — The Jackson Board of Education is looking for technology-savvy residents to partner with the board’s Technology Committee as part of an information technology team. “We are seeking help from the resources we believe are right here in our own backyard,” said board member Tracey Murnane, who chairs the Technology Committee. “We feel that…

  • Business Briefs

    The Kimball Medical Center Foundation recently established the Samantha Montemayor Nursing Scholarship program in honor of the daughter of Kimball Medical Center employee Domingo Montemayor, a nurse on the Intensive Care Unit. Samantha Montemayor, whose goal was to become a nurse like both of her parents, was killed in a car accident. This scholarship will…

  • Price war could change the look of your library

    Coda • GREG BEAN When I was a kid, there weren’t many bookstores in our town. There were a couple of places where you could pick up paperbacks, but because they doubled as pool halls, cigar shops and betting parlors, we weren’t allowed to go in them. There was a store downtown that carried a…

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