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1 week ago | 
newjerseyhills.com | Penelope Jennings
LONG HILL TWP. - Residents lined Main and Central avenues Monday morning for the town's annual Memorial Day parade. After days of rain, marchers were greeted by warm sunshine. Boy and Girl Scouts, the Watchung Hills Regional High School marching band, first responders and other groups marched up to Central Middle School from the intersection of Main Avenue and Mercer Street to honor fallen soldiers.
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1 week ago | 
newjerseyhills.com | Penelope Jennings
WARREN TWP. - Decades after it was stashed behind the Department of Public Works, and even longer since it was used by residents daily, Warren’s beloved Egg-O-Mat has been rededicated and placed in its new home at Wagner Farm Arboretum, as of Saturday, May 24.
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washingtonpost.com | Penelope Jennings
A lifetime of gymnastics helped lead her to a track and field scholarship (washingtonpost.com) A lifetime of gymnastics helped lead her to a track and field scholarship By Penelope Jennings 2025052615004300 Alicia Hall has no time to sit still.
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2 weeks ago | 
newjerseyhills.com | Penelope Jennings
WATCHUNG - The Borough Council unanimously approved a resolution authorizing a shared services agreement with North Plainfield for the purchase of a new ladder fire truck at their meeting on Thursday, May 22.
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3 weeks ago | 
washingtonpost.com | Penelope Jennings
Sidwell Friends sweeps DCSAA team tennis titles (washingtonpost.com) Sidwell Friends sweeps DCSAA team tennis titles By Penelope Jennings 2025051601581400 Sidwell Friends tennis coach Logan West greeted Karim Najdi, his St. Albans counterpart, before Thursday's D.C. State Athletic Association championships and quipped, "We meet again.
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3 weeks ago | 
washingtonpost.com | Penelope Jennings
Whitman earns fourth straight Montgomery County gymnastics title (washingtonpost.com) Whitman earns fourth straight Montgomery County gymnastics title By Penelope Jennings 2025051418022000 Ahead of the 2022 season, the Whitman gymnastics team needed a coach. Freshman Natalie Mihm asked her mom, Wendy, to help find someone — and, soon enough, Wendy herself was leading the Vikings.
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1 month ago | 
theeagleonline.com | Penelope Jennings
Past players lament the lack of preservation From the Newsstands: This story appeared in The Eagle's April 2025 print edition. You can find the digital version here. Anyone who visits American University’s Athletics office has to first walk through the trophy room. The entryway highlights the American Eagles’ achievements and shows off the various Patriot League trophies teams have won. What you won’t find are any tennis trophies.
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1 month ago | 
theeagleonline.com | Penelope Jennings
Elhadj As Sy, Orlando Bravo, Radha Muthiah will also address graduates Radha Muthiah, Elhadj As Sy, Colman Domingo, Almar Latour, Orlando Bravo and Gloria Allred will be American University’s commencement speakers for the spring 2025 graduation ceremonies, the University announced Wednesday.
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Mar 5, 2025 | 
theeagleonline.com | Penelope Jennings
After Trump’s executive order, NCAA shifts policy to prohibit transgender women from playing women’s sport College athletics departments across the country are changing their diversity, equity and inclusion and transgender inclusion policies in accordance with President Donald Trump’s new executive order banning transgender women from competing in women’s sports. But American University is holding strong, at least for now.
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Mar 1, 2025 | 
washingtonpost.com | Penelope Jennings
“Everybody say four!”In the aftermath of another championship, Lake Braddock Coach Michael Cooper gave his team instructions as they smiled for a photo. Four has been the magic number for the Bruins this winter. The four seniors on their roster finished their four years of competition with four district, region and state titles. “A record that never can be broken. Tied, but not broken,” Cooper said. “All four of them well-deserved. They’ve been in all the meets, all the big meets all four years.
