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  • Authorities raid municipal office

    Investigators search office of Township Administrator Jim Pickering (Nov. 10) By: Lauren burgoon    MILLSTONE — County and township officials are remaining tight-lipped about an investigation of Millstone launched by the Monmouth County prosecutor’s office.    Investigators accompanied by the state police served a search warrant Nov. 3 to search the office of Township Administrator Jim Pickering…

  • No playoffs, just pride for Vikes

    By: Ken Weingartner    The players on the South Brunswick High football team hoped to be playing for a spot in the state sectional semifinals this weekend. Instead, the Vikings are playing for pride.    South Brunswick failed to qualify for the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV playoffs after losing the eighth and final spot to Hillsborough…

  • Hurricane relief takes wind out of local gift giving

    Donations to this year’s ‘Give-a-Holiday’ program — the township effort to provide food and gifts to families in need — aren’t keeping up with the demand. By: Melissa Edmond    With many local Scout and church groups working to help hurricane victims in Louisiana and Mississippi, some needy local residents are at risk of going without…

  • Pennington boys drop semifinal to Mo-Beard

    Pennington boys soccer By: Mike Molaro    If the Pennington School boys soccer squad had an Achilles’ heel this year, it was its lack of success in the second half of games.    This drawback proved deadly for the Red Raiders in their 3-2 setback to Morristown Beard in the Prep B state semifinals Nov. 2.    Fourth-…

  • MYAL Pintos, Colts going to states in cheerleading

    Squads will go to the state Pop Warner competition at the Sovereign Bank Arena in Trenton on Nov. 30. By: Melissa Edmond    The Manville Pop Warner Cheerleaders Pinto and Colt squads are working on perfecting their routines for the Nov. 20 state Pop Warner competition at Sovereign Bank Arena in Trenton, according to Cheer Commissioner…

  • EDITORIAL

    Honor veterans for preserving our freedoms.    More than 2,000 American soldiers have died in Iraq since war began there in March of 2003. More than 15,000 have been wounded.    These are difficult numbers to digest, especially when the rationale behind the war in which they are fighting has proved to be false, at best a…

  • Hopewell places second at CJ III championships

    Hopewell Valley boys cross country By: Jim Green    Through years of sustained excellence, the Hopewell Valley Central High School boys cross country team has developed a high standard of expectations for itself. So it’s no surprise that the Bulldogs were less than satisfied with their second-place finish in the Central Jersey Group III sectional meet…

  • Rally panel reaches out to other organizations

    Group seeks help for hurricane relief effort. By: Joseph Harvie    South Brunswick Rallies for Relief is reaching out to township organizations to help with its effort to provide relief to the residents of D’Iberville, Miss., which was devastated by Hurricane Katrina.    On Monday, the relief committee met with representatives of township organizations including the Boy…

  • Obituaries for the week of Nov. 10

    Lawrence Dean Hamnett, Virginia M. Jenei, Vera A. Marzucca, Frances Lenora Hee, Laura B. Schwager, Edward A. Van Pelt, Reuben J. Grubb, Ann G. Thurman Volz By: Lawrence Dean Hamnett    SUWANEE, Ga. — Lawrence Dean Hamnett, 49, died Oct. 26.    Born in Trenton, Mr. Hamnett attended the Upper Freehold Regional School District and graduated from…