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  • Monroe’s champions of cheer

    Two Wolverine Pop Warner squads bring home national titles By: Rich Fisher    MONROE — Once again, the Monroe Township Pop Warner cheerleaders took Disney World — and the nation — by storm.    The Wolverine cheerleaders returned home from Orlando, Fla., with two more national championships after competing in the National Pop Warner Cheer competition last…

  • Volunteers eye truck

    The Cranbury Fire Department requests a new pumper/rescue truck. By: Jessica Beym    The Cranbury Fire Department has something red and shiny on its wish list this year.    The volunteer firefighters are putting in a request for a new pumper/rescue truck just as the Township Committee begins to prepare its 2006 budget.    The Fire Department is…

  • Pirate senior is back

    Stember-Young helps hockey team in return By: Justin Feil    There are comebacks, like the one that the West Windsor-Plainsboro team staged in a 5-4 win over Hightstown last week.    And then there are comebacks like those of Max Stember-Young, the Pirates’ senior who has returned to the ice after a serious car accident cost him…

  • EDITORIAL

    It’s not nice second-guessing Mother Nature.    It’s not even winter yet and already the air is full of winter-season gripes, focused on the slow response by road crews to last week’s snowfall.    Residents have come to expect clean, dry roads for their morning commutes — a testament to the excellent job done by township and…

  • Veteran cast leads SB girls

    By: Rich Fisher    If the pieces fit, this could be quite an attractive puzzle that Jaymee Boehmer puts together this winter.    Entering her 10th season as South Brunswick High’s girls basketball coach, Boehmer has a senior-laden team filled with talented veterans who are coming off a 16-6 season.    "We are definitely optimistic," said Boehmer, whose…

  • Duca excels in college and gives back to SBHS

    By: Sal Vumbacas    When a person can play a sport and juggle school at the same time, they are what a student-athlete should be. And when a person can juggle school and athletics, while still having time to give back to their community, they are what Jad Duca is.    Now wrestling for nationally ranked Ithaca…

  • Community Calendar for the week of Dec. 15

        Blood drive    Friday, Dec. 16 — St. Mary’s School, Elizabeth Street, Bordentown City, will sponsor an American Red Cross blood drive from noon to 6 p.m. The blood drive will be held at St. Mary’s Church Rectory on the second floor in the Parish Center.    For further information or to schedule an appointment, call…

  • Visit from the North Pole

    Santa Claus takes time to visit Lawrence for the annual holiday tree lighting ceremony Dec. 11 at the Municipal Building. Attendees enjoy the festivities during the Lawrence tree lighting.

  • Town, depot firm reach agreement

    Plan for the VA Depot includes a $1.1 million payment to Hillsborough in lieu of taxes. By: Melissa Edmond    A split Township Committee agreed to a plan for the redevelopment of the VA Depot on Route 206 that includes a $1.1 million payment to the township over the next three years in lieu of taxes.…