Tag: Allentown
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Weise notches 300th win in key division girls’ hoops contest
By Wayne Witkowski It’s been a season of distinction for Allentown High School girls’ basketball coach Linda Weise after she got her 300th coaching victory and her Redbirds finished unbeaten in the division for the first time in her 12 seasons at the school last week. Weise pointed out that her 300th win came at…
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Hoernlein, Mulryne to lead Redbirds into sectional track meet
By Wayne Witkowski Distance runner Devon Hoernlein and jumper Kassidy Mulryne will lead Allentown High School girls’ indoor track and field team into the NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group III sectionals at 9 a.m. Feb. 12 at the John Bennett Indoor Athletic Complex in Toms River. Hoernlein, a junior, will go into the meet with impressive…
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Allentown legal action yields school tax savings
By Mark Rosman Staff Writer ALLENTOWN – Legal action borough officials filed against the director of the state Division of Taxation has had a positive outcome for Allentown. During the Jan. 17 meeting of the Borough Council, members of the governing body passed a resolution approving a settlement of the litigation with the state. The…
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Lamparelli, McDermott weight class winners at county meet
By Wayne Witkowski Freshman Joe Lamparelli continued to show the promise he brought into the season when he won the 106-pound weight class Jan. 28 as one of two Allentown High School’s wrestlers who prevailed in their weights when the Redbirds finished third in the team standings at the Mercer County Championships. Junior Liam McDermott…
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Allentown girls’ hoops players lend a hand with instructional program
By Wayne Witkowski Hours after a 59-23 nonleague victory over Princeton High School Jan. 20, players from Allentown High School’s varsity girls’ basketball team were on the court at the Stone Bridge Middle School early the following morning to again help run an instructional program along with the junior varsity players and coaches for 40…
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Allentown officials object to unfunded mandate
By Mark Rosman Staff Writer ALLENTOWN – The Borough Council has lent its support to a complaint filed by the New Jersey Association of Counties which asserts that the state’s Criminal Justice Reform Act constitutes an unfunded state mandate in violation of New Jersey’s Constitution. The complaint has been filed with the New Jersey Council…
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Beavers’ presence is gnawing at Allentown residents
By Mark Rosman Staff Writer ALLENTOWN – Leave it to beavers. Problems linked to beavers who make their home in Allentown’s waterways came to a head at the Borough Council’s Jan. 17 meeting after a three-day holiday weekend apparently saw the issue debated on social media. The beaver brouhaha seems to break down into two…
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Council president wants answers on loss of water
By Mark Rosman Staff Writer ALLENTOWN – An ongoing loss of water from Allentown’s water distribution system has prompted a call for action from a borough official. Borough Council President Wil Borkowski, who is the governing body’s representative for sewer, water and public utilities, said Allentown is losing 30 percent of its water through its…
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Allentown girls’ basketball team learning from its losses
By Wayne Witkowski Allentown High School girls’ basketball coach Linda Weise believes things can be learned from losing that can benefit many teams later in the season. She believed that for her team after its seven-game unbeaten steak was snapped by Red Bank Catholic High School, 63-30, Jan. 9. “It was an eye-opening experience, but…
