• Local athlete earns award for overcoming adversity

    Krissy Lacik of Edison, a sophomore softball player at Mercy College in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., has been selected as one of three recipients of the inaugural John Smillie Award, created to celebrate studentathletes who have overcome personal or physical challenges and hardships to pursue their intercollegiate athletic careers Lacik, an outfielder, had what could have…

  • Edison Top Gun squad competes in Pa. tourney

    BY SHAWN LAYTON Staff Writer The Edison Top Gun 18-and-under team competed at the Top Gun at the Rock Invitational Tournament at Newtown, Pa., last week before heading back to Newtown for the American Softball Association Gold Invitational. “The Top Gun at the Rock Tournament went really well,” Top Gun head coach Tony Houck said.…

  • Getting out of the way

    CHRIS KELLY staff Edison’s Chris Luckenbach leaps over a sliding Mike Liming, of Spotswood, during a July 20 game at Spotswood High School.

  • ‘Ever think about washing that thing?’

    Are We There Yet? • LORI CLINCH Although it’s not by choice, I am a muddy-car person. I’m a rolling, mucky, traveling “before picture” for Turtle Wax and Brighty Whitie’s Spotless Rinse. Even the Clean City Committee has offered me big bucks to stay home. “Hey Lori,” friends often ask, “ever think about washing that…

  • Quest for the perfect seat

    Around Town • AMY ROSEN Ienjoy going to shows. Whether it is a Broadway show, community theater, a concert, or a school production, it is always nice to look forward to being entertained. As the day of the event approaches, my anticipation of a pleasant experience increases. We try to arrive early and settle in…

  • Arrghhhh! Why did you pour milk on the cereal?

    Coda • GREG BEAN The emails started coming in from out-ofstate friends yesterday: “Rabbis and mayors in a corruption probe? Some of which included the sale of body parts? Sounds like you newspaper guys are going to have fun with this.” “Have you gotten your bag of cash yet?” another began. “If you haven’t, what’s…

  • PRINCETON: Loose Ends: All aboard to nowhere …

    PRINCETON: Loose Ends: All aboard to nowhere …

    By Pam Hersh Special Writer     I like green. I look good in green — as good as anyone my age can look without looking moldy. I like being green, as in the annoyingly trendy reference to environmental sustainability. And I enjoy having enough green for feeding my extravagant habit of consuming my daily dose…

  • PRINCETON: 10s baseball run ends in semis

    All-stars show promise for future By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    This wasn’t your typical elimination game in a 10-year-old baseball tournament.    Instead of two teams struggling to find enough pitching to get through the night, Princeton and Ewing hooked up in a pitchers dual before Ewing emerged with a 3-2 victory in the losers’ bracket…

  • Marathoner Uses Cooking Skills to Help Cancer Victims

    By Carla Van Dyk The Café at Rosemont will hold a Summer Bounty Benefit Dinner on Tuesday evening August 11th for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. There will be two seatings starting at 6pm and wines are being donated by Phillip’s Wine in Stockton, New Jersey. Owner Lola Wykoff is making her establishment available to…

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