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  • Lawrence 9s still alive in district tourney

    Little League baseball By: Jim Green    If this rate of progress continues, the Lawrence Little League 9-year-old baseball team should be a contender next year when it enters the District 12 Tournament at the 10-year-old level.    As 10s, the Lawrence players will have the opportunity to play for state and region titles if they win…

  • New police chief to be announced

    South Brunswick’s new police chief will soon be announced. By: Joseph Harvie    The name of the township’s new police chief will be announced today (Thursday) by Township Manager Matt Watkins.    He plans to reveal his selection at noon in the main meeting room of the South Brunswick Municipal Complex.    Mr. Watkins will discuss the process…

  • School district offices on the move

    Administrators move into new offices to make more space for staff and student records. By: Melissa Hayes    The majority of school district staff will be moving this weekend into a new office at 231 Blackhorse Lane, which will be open for business Monday.    The administrative offices will be closed Friday as a result of the…

  • Joseph Konkula

    By:    MANVILLE — Joseph A. Konkula died Aug. 1 at home. He was 70.    Born in Windbar, Pa., he had been a Manville resident since 1953.    He was a veteran of the U.S. Army.    Mr. Konkula was employed by Johns-Manville for 33 years, retiring in 1986. He was a member of the J.M. Quarter Century…

  • Princeton Girlchoir tours Europe

    Singers guests of U.S. ambassador to Czech Republic By: Lorraine Seabrook    Last fall, when Jan Westrick, founding director of the Princeton Girlchoir (PGC), announced to her Concert Choir that the 2005 summer tour would be to Germany and the Czech Republic, the excitement in the room was palpable. The girls — seventh-, eighth- and ninth-graders…

  • Police still seeking clues to man’s death

    By:Melissa Edmond    No cause of death has been identified for Bloomingdale Drive resident Charles Daino, 21, who police found dead in his condominium on Aug. 4.    According to Somerset County Prosecutor Wayne J. Forrest, Hillsborough police arrived at Mr. Daino’s house at 4:24 a.m. after receiving a 911 call from Mr. Daino’s girlfriend and mother,…

  • NB U-11 baseball does well in tourneys

       The Northern Burlington U-11 baseball team played in several tournaments this summer, taking second place in an open tournament at McGuire Air Force Base in late June and finished third in the Burlington Township Tournament in late July.    In the McGuire Tournament, after losing the opening game 10-9, NB played Pemberton and a strong McGuire…

  • For the Aug. 11 issue

    Joseph F. Klein, Anthony D. Pantaleoni, Kathryn Knowles. Joseph F. Klein    UPPER FREEHOLD — Joseph F. Klein, 77, died Aug. 1 at home.    Born in Harrington Park, Mr. Klein owned and operated farms in Bergen County until 1968, when he bought a farm in Upper Freehold and relocated there with his family. His staple crops…

  • HEWYBL 14’s place fifth in regionals

    By: Kyle Moylan    The season came to an end for the Hightstown-East Windsor 14-year-olds in the Babe Ruth Middle Atlantic Regional this past Saturday.    Of course, it didn’t come to an end until Hightstown-East Windsor was a long way from home and even further away from where it started.    Hightstown-East Windsor’s 1-2 record in regional…