• MANVILLE: Burke, Hando, Janner led list of winners

    MANVILLE: Burke, Hando, Janner led list of winners

    Underclassmen signal bright future by Rudy Brandl, Sports Editor    A quick look at the numbers illustrates the tremendous improvement of this year’s Manville High wrestling team.    There have been seasons this decade in which only one or two wrestlers reached double figures in victories. It hasn’t been uncommon for only one individual to sport a…

  • AROUND TOWN: Fond memories of the Irish table

    ‘What whiskey and butter cannot cure, there’s no cure for.’ — Irish adage By Michael Redmond Lifestyle Editor     Corned beef and cabbage? I came across none of it when I visited Ireland twice in the 1990s, not in Ireland’s surprisingly good “fine dining” restaurants nor in its homey pubs, where the simple fare was…

  • BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Police receive federal stimulus funds

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — Township police are taking home a piece of the federal stimulus pie with a grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance.    The $11,728 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant comes as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, which President Barack Obama signed into…

  • ‘Gomorrah’

    ‘Gomorrah’

    This naturalistic tale of relentless brutality makes the ‘Godfather’ series look like a romantic fantasy By Elise Nakhnikian BASED on a novel about the camorra, an all-too-real criminal underground that apparently has a pretty effective stranglehold on Naples, Gomorrah is a whole new kind of mafia movie. Beautifully shot but bleak, this naturalistic tale of…

  • BORDENTOWN CITY: Raising ‘green’ for education with St. Patrick’s Day races

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    BORDENTOWN CITY — Registration is under way for the seventh annual Bordentown St. Patrick’s Day races, which are slated to raise money for the school district.    The three events, sponsored by the Bordentown Education Foundation, are expected to draw over 500 people to the March 21 events and generate about…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Swimmers strike gold

    HILLSBOROUGH: Swimmers strike gold

    HHS senior Rob Parker pushes his way through the water for a personal record and fourth place finish in the 200 freestyle at the Meet of Champions. Photo by Elane Coleman (fstop1.com)

  • Our trops need your old cell phones

    By Rob Kealey More than 150,000 troops are serving overseas and are away from their families.  In the spirit of giving back to the community, the 1st United Methodist Church of Mays Landing, has teamed up with CELL PHONES FOR SOLDIERS, www.cellphonesforsoldiers.com, and is collecting old and unused cell phones which will then be redeemed…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Kuc propels St. Joe’s

    YOUTH HOOPS The St. Joseph’s Blue Storm third grade boys team defeated St. Matthias on a buzzer-beater by Matthew Kuc. With six seconds left in the game, Kuc (4 points) took an inbound pass and drove around a double screen by Michael Lumbra and Jacob Schmidt but missed the initial shot. Kuc got his own…

  • MONTTGOMERY: Golden day at MOC

    MONTTGOMERY: Golden day at MOC

    MHS girls dominate, Lewinson defends By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    SEWELL — Some big sacrifices paid off in big wins for the Montgomery High School girls swimming team as well as West Windsor-Plainsboro South’s Rebecca Lewinson.    Cougars freshman Megan Lydzinski won four events while setting four meet records to help send out happy three…

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