Category: archives
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At least one item on ballot merits support
PACKET EDITORIAL, Oct. 7 By: Packet Editorial With a little over a month to go before Election Day, voters aren’t exactly hanging on every accusatory word emanating from the two camps in the gubernatorial race much less the lofty campaign rhetoric of Assembly incumbents and their challengers, or the more muted pronouncements of myriad…
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Vikings hope to band together against Chiefs
By: Ken Weingartner After consecutive 2-8 seasons, the South Brunswick football team last week achieved a new high for third-year coach Mark Prelewicz a third win. But that’s nothing compared to the heights the Vikings could reach tomorrow night at home against Piscataway. The Chiefs roll into South Brunswick 3-0, ranked No. 1 in…
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South anxious for Trojans challenge
By: Rich Fisher Some things never change. When Erika Perjesy was setting school records at South Brunswick High in the mid-1990’s, Bishop Ahr was the team to beat in Greater Middlesex Conference gymnastics. When Perjesy and her assistants guide the Vikings into today’s (Thursday’s) meet against the Trojans, they are still the team to beat…
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Visual Textures
Photographer Tasha O’Neill looks carefully at the world, then interprets and captures it for viewers. By: Susan Van Dongen In her Web mini-biography, photographer Tasha O’Neill describes her childhood in the 1950s as viewed from the back of a Volkswagen Beetle, traveling through Europe on family adventures. Cramped conditions notwithstanding, she delighted in all kinds…
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Hurricane relief is on the move in Montgomery
Operation Friends gears up to truck donated items south By: Kara Fitzpatrick MONTGOMERY The stacked boxes, scurrying volunteers and tables overflowing with baby powder, shampoo and other toiletries are a sure sign that Operation Friends is on the move. A key objective of Operation Friends gathering loads of donations has been accomplished,…
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Council mulls Rt. 33 study
Township looks into the effects of development on traffic, schools and the economy. By: Leon Tovey MONROE Township officials want to know what impact three developments being considered for the southern end of town by the Route 33 Land Development Task Force would have on traffic, schools and the township’s economy. On Wednesday, the…
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New plan readied for mill site
Greystone still in the picture. By: Vic Monaco HIGHTSTOWN Less than three weeks after the expiration of its working agreement with the borough over the redevelopment of the Bank Street area, a Pennsylvania developer appears to be back in the picture. A new plan to develop the 12-acre site of a former rug mill…
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Bench time
The use of ‘baseline screening’ is on the rise in dealing with sports concussion By: Hilary Parker A bell ringer. It sounds harmless enough, but the cavalier phrase slang for a mild concussion makes light of a serious medical condition that could have devastating health effects. Experts warn that if athletes don’t give…
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New GOP challenger seeks to unseat Peter Cantu in Plainsboro
By: Emily Craighead PLAINSBORO Bill Zeltman of Aspen Drive has replaced Stacey Zieminski as the Republican challenger to Democratic Mayor Peter Cantu in the November election for a seat on the Township Committee. "Plainsboro Township’s committee has been one-sided for far too long, and it’s time for a change," Mr. Zeltman said. Priority issues…
