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  • Post office touts new do-it-yourself services

    "Dot-com day" shows off new features of Web site and post office lobby kiosk By:Donna Lukiw    As Hillsborough residents entered the post office on Amwell Road last Thursday, many were personally greeted by Postmaster John Mutchler — then found out how to avoid making another visit.    The customers got a brief online tutorial on how…

  • 3 teens charged in attack

    Police: Tire iron used in beating. By: Joseph Harvie    A 19-year-old South Brunswick resident will need surgery to repair his eye after being struck on the head with a tire iron by a former high school classmate early Sunday morning.    Police said Alex Persaud, Amar Patel and Matthew Ruffalo, all 19 and from South Brunswick,…

  • EDITORIAL: Good news could carry a hefty price tag

    EDITORIAL South Brunswick has an obligation to maintain its state-mandated number of affordable housing units.    The light that seemed to appear at the end of the tunnel for residents of Deans Apartments last week may not be nearly as bright as it first seemed.    That’s because the light — the appearance of a potential buyer…

  • HHS projects total $1.4 million

    SCHOOL REFERENDUM By:Donna Lukiw Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of stories looking at the various projects planned in the $9.4 million school maintenance referendum scheduled for Sept. 27.    Projects at Hillsborough High School account for $1,399,154 of the $9.4 million referendum planned by the school district for Sept. 27, with many…

  • History meets old-fashioned fun at Springfield festival

    Sixth annual Springfield Township Fun Day celebration will be held Saturday, Aug. 13, in Juliustown Park. By: Scott Morgan    SPRINGFIELD — Bygone days just might be the unofficial theme of the sixth annual Springfield Township Fun Day celebration this weekend. After all, there’s a small nod to the township’s dairy farm past and, if luck…

  • Szabo bowls way to top prize

    Manville resident piling up scholarship dollars By: Mary Ellen Zangara        Manville resident Jeff Szabo took top honors in a tournament for bowling recently to give him a scholarship for his future. At 16 years old, Szabo will begin his junior year at Immaculata High School in a few weeks. He has been bowling for…

  • Letters the week of Aug. 11

    Build moderate houses not mini-mansions To the editor: A precedent is about to be made, not only for Lewisville Road, but also for Lawrence Township. Land has become so scarce and the demand for homes so great, older historic communities are endangered.    Other municipalities around the country are responding to the call to restore America…

  • DISPATCHES: An opening for local rail line opponents

    DISPATCHES By Hank Kalet Local rail line could create dangerous conditions in town.    Sometimes, a voice of reason pops up from the most unlikely source.    That’s what happened last week, when the Shore area’s largest newspaper and one of the biggest boosters of a proposed high-speed commuter line that would run from Lakehurst to South…

  • Team pact lands big win for local driver, trainer

    East Windsor driver and Allentown trainer won Saturday’s Hambletonian Oaks at the Meadowlands Racetrack. By: Kyle Moylan    When East Windsor’s Jeff Gregory and Allentown’s Jonas Czernyson decided to work together to make Jalopy a success, the longtime friends first came to an agreement.    "He doesn’t tell me how to train, so I don’t tell him…