•Notes: Blackhawk (23-11), which beat host West Lawn in Pennsylvania\’s third-place game, is heading to regionals for the fifth time. The squad is from Beaver County. Bristol\’s Steve Arthur won the pitching award at the state tournament. He went 2-0 with a 1.59 ERA in 17 innings, including a complete game vs. Boyertown for the title. Middletown won the Delaware title over Stahl 7-1, with just nine players available for the game. Brooklawn (39-4) earned its 25th New Jersey championship with a 19-7 victory over Bordentown (31-10). Pitcher Andrew Schorr, who picked up the win with 31/3 innings of relief, is an East Carolina recruit.

He called the city\’s finance department \”Mayor Nutter\’s Bitch Boys\”; wrote that City Council candidate Michael Untermeyer smelled bad; and wondered \”how many cans of Steel Reserve\” GOP mayoral candidate Karen Brown drank before a —Holly Otterbein

Aug. 4-6: The popular Art of Surfing Exhibition is set for the Music Pier with hours 7-10 p.m. on Thurs., and Fri. and Sat., noon till 10 p.m. Entry is free for this family event featuring original art from surfing’s biggest names, plus live music and an opportunity to meet famous surfing artists from across the country. For information, call 609-744-3229.

A confidential and trusted union source contacted me today to report that the crews called in to work Obama’s birthday bash are non-union. Union members are OUTRAGED that Obama would turn his back on them.