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  • Ayeni wins gold and silver at Meet of Champions

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    SOUTH PLAINFIELD – It may not have gone exactly as planned, but South Brunswick High School senior Yemi Ayeni will graduate in a few days as a state champion in one throwing event, and the runner-up in another.    It was a brutally hot Wednesday afternoon at Frank Jost Field in South…

  • Man dies in farm accident

    Man electrocuted at South Brunswick home. By: Joseph Harvie    Police said a 27-year-old South Brunswick man was found dead behind his Dey Road home Tuesday after being electrocuted when he came in contact with bare electrical wires.    Police were dispatched to the Dey Road farm after they received a call from someone reporting that there…

  • Reed scores win in UF primary

    In the only local towns with contested primaries, David Reed is chosen as the Republican candidate for the Upper Freehold Township Committee and Mitch Geier is chosen as the Democratic candidate for the Plumsted Township Committee. By: Lauren Burgoon and Marisa Maldonado    Turnout was mostly light in the Tuesday’s primary elections, which firmed up partisan…

  • Andreyko, Ortman named top senior athletes

    MHS SENIOR AWARDS RECAP By: Mary Ellen Zangara         Senior athletes for Manville High School were honored last week at the annual MHS Senior Awards. Local organizations and MHS presented the senior athletes with awards and scholarships for their future endeavors.     Former MHS wrestling coach Paul Kolody presented the scholarship named after him…

  • Pennington acts to amend budget, delays adoption

    Amendment, budget hearings set June 20 at 7 p.m. in Borough Hall. By John Tredrea    The majority of Pennington Borough Council members voted Monday night to increase the proposed $2,864,230 budget for 2005 by $12,025, bringing the spending plan’s bottom line to $2,876,255.    Because of the proposed amendment to the budget, council must hold a…

  • The Ladies are the champs!

    Hopewell Valley outdoor track By: John E. Powers    It was the fitting end to a memorable team season.    The Hopewell Valley Central High School girls track team won the state Group III team title last weekend with 47 ½ points — 10 ½ ahead of second-place Woodrow Wilson — at Egg Harbor High School. The…

  • Grabowski, Hopkins, Sancilio make Meet of Champions

    By: Kyle Moylan    Although she left before the event was completed, Allentown’s Jen Grabowski placed fifth in the high jump at the Group II championships, held this past Friday night at Notre Dame High School.    Grabowski cleared 4-10 on her first try and then had to leave for Senior Prom.    "She was on that day,"…

  • Andreyko, Ortman named top senior athletes

    MHS SENIOR AWARDS RECAP By: Mary Ellen Zangara        Senior athletes for Manville High School were honored last week at the annual MHS Senior Awards. Local organizations and MHS presented the senior athletes with awards and scholarships for their future endeavors.    Former MHS wrestling coach Paul Kolody presented the scholarship named after him from the…

  • Rutledge javelin win was key to team title

    Hopewell Valley outdoor track By: Jim Green    The Hopewell Valley Central High School girls track stars are well known — and for good reason. Over the last two years, Natalie Mapp, Emily Sherrard, Miriam Khan and others have led the Lady Bulldogs to championship after championship.    But this past weekend, when Hopewell captured its first…