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  • POST FORUM: What issues should the candidates for governor be addressing during the campaign?

    POST FORUM Join the debate.    The South Brunswick Post is hosting a weekly forum that allow readers and users of the World Wide Web to offer their opinions on a variety of issues.    The forum is designed to encourage debate and to offer the community information about the direction residents of South Brunswick want their…

  • Obituaries for the week of Aug. 18

    Maria Houlis     Maria Houlis died Friday at St. Joseph’s Care Center in Lawrence. She was 97.    Born in Greece, she had lived in the Lawrence area since 1977.    She worked in the restaurant business in Newark.    She was a member of St. George Greek Orthodox Church in Hamilton for many years.    Daughter of the…

  • Fish give mosquitoes the buzz-off

    Mercer County promotes its environmentally friendly mosquito control program at Terhune Orchards. On a warm summer’s day, Mercer County Executive Brian Hughes lowered a bucket containing several sunfish into a small farm pond at Terhune Orchards on Cold Soil Road.    With a small splash, the fish swam out of the orange bucket and disappeared into…

  • Aug. 27 hoagie sale to aid leukemia victim

    Wife of Hopewell Township patrolman is coping with cancer again. By Linda Seida    This should have been a summer of triumph for Amanda Rosso.    After overcoming bone cancer, she had earned the right to call herself a survivor.    This should have been a summer of ease for the young mother in her late 20s with…

  • LIBRARY HAPPENINGS

    Events at the Manville Public Library. Manville Public Library is located at 100 S. 10th Ave., Manville. Library hours: Monday and Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday, noon-8 p.m., Wednesday, 11 a.m.-8 p.m., Saturday, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Sept. 17 through June. Library will close for the summer months after June 11 through Sept. 10.…

  • Sweeney, Million pitch in

    By: Sean Moylan    Shannon Sweeney came into the District 12 tournament as the ace of the Florence 10-year-old Little League All-Star softball team’s staff and one of the team’s most experienced players.    At the same time Carey Million was a good hitter with a good arm who could play either in the infield or outfield.…

  • Merrill investing in future of lacrosse

    MLL rookie standout provides instruction at local True North Lacrosse camp By: Jim Green    Brodie Merrill will be one of the best players on the field Friday evening, when the Baltimore Bayhawks face the Rochester Rattlers in the first round of the Major League Lacrosse playoffs in Boston. From Monday through today (Thursday), he was…

  • Pennington Shoppes site work under way

    Shoppes at Pennington will consist of three buildings, with retail on the first floor and offices on the second. By John Tredrea    Excavation work is under way for a new commercial development on Route 31 in Pennington.    The project, Shoppes at Pennington, is situated on the east side of the highway, between Broemel Place and…

  • Mustangs begin official preparation

    Stibitz primed for Sept. 17 opener By: Rudy Brandl        Manville High’s football players should be used to the grind when pre-season practice sessions officially begin Monday.    The Mustangs have been working hard all summer under first-year head coach Brett Stibitz, who’s been holding informal workouts three nights a week. Stibitz reported that around 30…