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  • Bike program nets record haul

    South Brunswick High School collects 168 bicycles for Pedals for Progress. By: Audrey Levine    Any color, any size, even ones that were slightly damaged, were accepted.    Without questions or hesitation, all were gathered and prepared for shipment during the South Brunswick High School annual bicycle collection.    Overall, 168 bicycles and $1,685 were collected on Saturday…

  • For the June 9 issue

    Merlin N. Ross, Fern M. Millet, Saverio Cusato, John Joseph Buono. Merlin N. Ross    PLUMSTED — Merlin N. "Bud" Ross, 74, died May 30 at his residence.    Born in Newark, he was a longtime area resident.    Mr. Ross was a retired foreman for the Ft. Dix water plant and a retired operator at the Hightstown…

  • Farmers Market sponsorship up for grabs on eBay auction

    Lawrenceville Main Street is seeking a sponsor for its fledgling Farmers Market, which runs on Sundays from June 26 to Oct. 2. For naming rights on the market’s signs and shopping bags, the bidding stop By:Lea Kahn Staff Writer Going once, going twice — sold to the highest bidder!    That’s what Lawrenceville Main Street hopes…

  • Quick Chek gets thumbs up

    The Zoning Board of Adjustment approved the building of a Quick Chek convenience store and gas station. By: Joseph Harvie    The Zoning Board of Adjustment approved a use variance last week to allow a Quick Chek convenience store and gas station to be built at the intersection of northbound Route 130 and Stults Road.    The…

  • Vikes hung tough against their own level

    By: Ken Weingartner    Usually a team wants to be judged by its performances against the best opponents on its schedule.    For the South Brunswick High boys volleyball team, a better measure of the team’s performance might be determined by looking at what the Vikings did against their other foes.    That’s because the young Vikings faced…

  • ‘Lords of Dogtown’

    This film about skateboarding in the ’70s captures the misery of being a teenager. By: Elise Nakhnikian Real-life Zephyr Tony Alva, left, is played by Victor Rasuk, right, in Lords of Dogtown.    The big, dumb movies Hollywood has always loved to make keep getting bigger and dumber, but there’s a lot more than that to…

  • Hopewell Valley GOP goes with Forrester

    No surprises in local June primaries. By Ruth Luse    On Tuesday, primary election day, the majority of the Valley’s Republican voters supported Doug Forrester (Regular Organization Republican), a resident of nearby Princeton Junction, as the GOP’s candidate for governor in the Nov. 8 general election.    Hopewell Township gave Mr. Forrester 410 votes. Hopewell Borough added…

  • State appeals FEMA denial

    The federal agency ruled the damage from April’s flooding was not severe enough to warrant aid for public property. By: Linda Seida    Acting Gov. Richard J. Codey has appealed a denial of $7.5 million in aid to New Jersey counties and municipalities by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which ruled the state’s damage was not…

  • Obituaries-June 9, 2005

    Robert Fox    NEW HOPE — Robert C. "Foxy" Fox, 72, of New Hope died Thursday, June 2.    Mr. Fox was born in Phillipsburg, N.J., and lived in New York City before moving to New Hope more than 35 years ago.    With his companion, the late Grosvenor Glenn, he owned and operated the Gourmet Gazebo, a…