Category: archives

  • Spring season a big success

    MHS SPRING SPORTS AWARDS By: Rudy Brandl    School’s out for the summer and I still haven’t wrapped up the spring athletic season at Manville High School.    It was a productive campaign for the Mustangs, by far the most successful of the three during the school year. We’ll start summarizing the 2004-05 calendar in next week’s…

  • POST FORUM: What advice do you have for students graduating from South Brunswick High School?

    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 town to…

  • Lawrence’s ‘Rex’ is a bulldog on the mound

    Post 414 baseball By: John E. Powers    Andrew Riexinger experienced a memorable senior season with the Notre Dame High School baseball team in the spring.    The Irish won the Mercer County Tournament title by beating Steinert in nine innings at Waterfront Park and won a share of the Colonial Valley Conference Colonial Division.    Now, The…

  • HHS boys won a lot of track meets

    Team swept county, division competition By: Rudy Brandl        Don’t let the end of the season fool you – the Hillsborough High boys enjoyed quite a productive track and field campaign.    The Raiders did most of their damage in the first half of the season when they won all six dual meets plus team titles…

  • Township throws out tree ordinances

    Upper Freehold Township Committee throws out ordinances designed to protect the township’s trees because of concerns about homeowners’ rights. By: Marisa Maldonado    UPPER FREEHOLD — Two long-contested ordinances designed to protect the township’s trees have been killed by the Township Committee because of concerns about homeowners’ rights, but officials said they may revisit the issue…

  • Novak saves his best for when it matters most

    By: Sean Moylan    When Rob Novak was younger, he once saved a man from drowning.    Novak and his 30 year-old friend Bruce Cheeseman had visited the "Weird New Jersey.com" Web site which gave them the idea to embark on an adventure to find the Blue Hole down in the Pine Barrens. And while Novak, Cheeseman,…

  • Letters for the week of June 23

    Preserve open space in South Lawrence To the editor:     A lot on Johnson Avenue, listed as Block 2301-Lot 24 on the township tax map, is presently township-owned open land. There seems to be an effort underway, and apparently spearheaded by Councilman Mark Holmes, Harold Vereen of the Eggerts Crossing Civic League and Isles, Inc.…

  • Estate reconsiders future after poetry festival

    By:Melissa Edmond    In the year since the Township Committee rezoned 1,220 acres of the 2,740-acre Doris Duke Estate as an open space and cultural landscape district, the estate has discovered the challenges it will face in becoming a cultural destination.    New programs have been added, but one of the biggest attractions at the site, the…

  • Worn out Post 414 gets needed break

    Post 414 baseball By: Jim Green    The Lawrence American Legion Post 414 baseball team might be 2-10, but it has been in most games. Tuesday’s home tilt against Ewing Post 314, though, was a different story.    Showing all the characteristics of an inexperienced team, Lawrence dropped an 11-2 decision at Lawrence High School. The loss…