Phillipsburg's Josselyn to make impact in return to football lineup
The Stateliner junior returns from a painful-sounding injury. Nick Josselyn said it was “torture”. The Phillipsburg junior guard/nose guard was not referring to his injury that kept him out of the...
View ArticleSmoke? Sirens? It's just a drill at P'burg chemical plant
The annual training was to begin at 10 a.m. Thursday. Avantor Performance Materials in Phillipsburg planned emergency response training for 10 a.m. Thursday at its plant at 600 N. Broad St., according...
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Local search, rescue team member pens novel
Reyna Favis will old a book launch Nov. 5 at the Phillipsburg Free Public Library. A member of the Search and Rescue Teams of Warren County, Reyna Favis, recently authored a novel called "Soul...
View ArticleNorth Hunterdon girls outduel Ridge for Skyland Conference XC crown
The Lions' four runners in the top 10 led the past their archrivals. North's Ellie DiMarcello won the individual race. Skyland Conference girls cross country championship -- Rapid Recap North...
View ArticleVoorhees boys run to third straight Skyland Conference cross country title
The Vikings' three top-10 runners and a solid pack propelled them past North Hunterdon and Montgomery. Skyland Conference boys cross country championship -- Rapid Recap Voorhees used its depth and...
View Article6 keys to Montgomery at Phillipsburg football
Bye week boost, a fast-and-furious offense, and more. Montgomery (3-3) at Phillipsburg (3-2), Mid-State 38 Delaware Division football, Friday, 7 p.m. Flying high. Phillipsburg entered its bye week on...
View ArticleNorth Hunterdon girls, Voorhees boys rule Skyland cross country | Full coverage
All you need to know. Natirar Park, perhaps the most spectacular site in New Jersey to run a cross country meet, saw some spectacular performances at Thursday afternoon’s Skyland Conference...
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Sprint for Sam 5K keeps Alpha woman's memory going strong
The run is a fundraiser for an organ donor group and Phillipsburg High School scholarship. The memory of Samantha Pesaresi is going strong. The Sprint for Sam 5K -- a race that started just weeks...
View ArticleWater main break in P'burg delays school openings
It's uncertain how long Warren Street in Phillipsburg will be closed because of a water main break. Some Phillipsburg residents didn't have water Friday morning and some students have a delayed start...
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N.J. man sexually assaults, photographs incapacitated woman, troopers say
The victim allegedly found the images and went to authorities. A Warren County man is accused of sexually touching an incapacitated woman and taking pictures of her half-naked body. Frederick Fulper...
View ArticlePhillipsburg's tortoise outpaces Montgomery's hare on football field
The Stateliners jumped out early and held off the Cougars from there. Phillipsburg 14, Montgomery 6 – Mid-State 38 Delaware Division football – Rapid Recap The hard-nosed, traditionally-minded,...
View ArticlePhillipsburg's Troxell getting it done with and without the football
The senior two-way end was all over the field Zach Troxell is the kind of football player who doesn’t care about what he does as an individual as long as his team, Phillipsburg, wins. Well, almost....
View ArticleNasir Ball making big noise in secondary for Phillipsburg football
The sophomore ran a clinic in pass coverage in Friday's defeat of Montgomery. According to the Phillipsburg football roster, sophomore Nasir Ball is the second-smallest player on the roster at...
View ArticlePhillipsburg's Melise makes exhaustive effort to top Montgomery football
The Stateliner senior two-way lineman made a major difference in a 14-6 win. Just like big-league baseball players don’t rub the spot where they get it by a pitch, high school football players,...
View ArticlePhillipsburg football slams past Montgomery | Full coverage
All you need to know. Phillipsburg head football coach Frank Duffy was certainly happy to come away with a victory in Friday’s Mid-State 38 Delaware Division clash with Montgomery on Homecoming at...
View ArticleHere are 17 statistical studs from Week 9 of Friday night football
These players went off for big nights on the gridiron.
View ArticleN.J. Republican lawmakers push for repeal of 23-cent gas tax hike
The gas tax opponents launched an online petition and introduced a bill to repeal the higher tax. TRENTON -- Less than a week after a 23-cent gasoline tax was signed into law, two Republican state...
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Their daughter's lungs saved his life: Recipient meets late donor's parents
Her death, a tragedy for one family, provided a miracle for another. Michael Mania Jr. didn't know what to say. For the first time, he was meeting the parents of the woman whose lungs draw his breath....
View ArticlePhillipsburg boys soccer falls to Sparta in H/W/S semis
The Stateliners fell to 7-8 on the season Sparta 1, Phillipsburg 0 — Rapid Recap Sparta boys soccer team scored with 5:36 left in regulation to post a 1-0 road victory over Phillipsburg on Saturday...
View ArticleSparta boys soccer's only shot of 2nd half dooms Phillipsburg
The Stateliners fell to Sparta 1-0 on Saturday. Phillipsburg boys soccer team fired the first five shots on goal in the second half on Saturday afternoon against Sparta. Unfortunately for the...
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