It has been a while since Megan Meng was wowing the New Jersey high school golf world with her exploits, and although the results are not yet as eye-popping, the Hopewell Valley Central graduate is playing better than ever two years later. As she enjoys a summer of playing competitive amateur tournaments between her sophomore […]

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Rich Fisher – Mon, 03 Aug 2026 19:21:13 +0000

Pete Tonti is a musician. Growing up in the family restaurant business, he also supplies the soundtrack to the eatery on many nights. He is an old soul playing music from before his time with a modern touch and feel. Please share how you began playing music in public. When I was about 4 years […]

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Thomas Kellye – Mon, 03 Aug 2026 18:34:15 +0000

A word from the journeyman scribe: This is the second of three planned installments examining the Revolutionary history of Allentown, Upper Freehold and the surrounding area in honor of the 250th anniversary of these United States. My aim, as ordered by my Cornwallis-admiring Editor-for-Life, is to present a snapshot of some of the more interesting […]

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R.H. Schmitt, Jr. – Mon, 03 Aug 2026 18:04:38 +0000

Kristin “Z” Hallam should have known better. While attending Hofstra University, Hallam thought she might graduate from softball player to strength and conditioning coach. Silly Z. She’s a coach, all right, but it’s in the sport that runs through her blood as she enters her fourth year as a University of Pennsylvania softball assistant. And, […]

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Rich Fisher – Mon, 03 Aug 2026 17:44:50 +0000

Local history is often neatly packaged into clear-cut heroes and villains. But just days after George Washington’s famous victory at Trenton, a complex tragedy unfolded in Nottingham Township, one that remains one of the American Revolution’s most compelling mysteries. On the freezing morning of Dec. 28, 1776, a brutal winter storm buried the roads to […]

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Michael Skelly, Sr – Mon, 03 Aug 2026 17:23:58 +0000