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The Old Guy’s Getting Good
B.B. King’s unmistakable style of singing and guitar playing will be on display at the State Theatre May 18. By: Mary Jasch B.B. King will perform at the State Theatre in New Brunswick May 18. During 60 years of playing the blues, B.B. King has become a living legend. With 13 Grammys, almost 90 albums,…
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Vikes look Smart in key win
By: James McKeever It was a game the South Brunswick baseball team needed to win. Thanks to Travis Smart, they did. Smart pitched a six-hitter on Monday to lead the Vikings past Piscataway, 4-2. The victory was important for several reasons It came right after a four-game stretch that saw the Vikings lose three…
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Three teens charged for two break-ins
Teens attempt to open steel change machine with a manual drill. By: Joseph Harvie Three teenagers were charged in connection with break-ins at two Route 1 businesses May 5, after they tripped a burglar alarm at Mr. Good Lube, where they tried to drill open a steel change machine to get the money inside, police…
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Winterguard takes bronze trophyat multi-state championship
High score tops 20 regional teams By: After a first place finish in the Tournament Indoor Association competition in Long Island on April 24, the HHS Winterguard traveled to Wildwood for the TIA All-Chapter competition, April 28-30. The competition matched 23 of the best Scholastic A teams from several east coast states in the Wildwood…
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Officials eye curriculum post for budget cut
Millstone Township Committee agrees to cut salary and benefits intended for the hire of a curriculum coordinator from the school budget. By: Lauren Burgoon MILLSTONE The school board’s controversial plan to hire a curriculum coordinator could be in jeopardy after the Township Committee agreed to trim the amount the new administrator would make in…
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OBITUARIES: Henrietta Gruver
Henrietta (Breese) Foust Gruver, 68, of Tunkhannock, Pa., died at home Wednesday, April 27, surrounded by her loving husband, sister and daughter. She was born on Nov. 1, 1936 in Dayton. Ms. Gruver was a graduate of Jamesburg High School in 1955. For 38 years she was employed by Johnson & Johnson in New Brunswick,…
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Students help fellow students
Crossroads students help two classmates who lost their home in a fire. By: Elaine Worden Crossroads Middle School students are collecting donations to help a Kendall Park family of four that lost its home to a fire in March. Through a series of fundraisers, the students have collected money and household items for Crossroads North…
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Teaching truly a heartfelt mission for Mercer County’s Teacher of the Year
Lawrence Intermediate School fifth-grade teacher Jane Fetter loves to teach that grade because the students are genuine. By:Lea Kahn Staff Writer One afternoon recently, Lawrence Intermediate School Principal Danita Ishibashi and district Director of Personnel Rebecca Gold stopped outside Jane Fetter’s fifth-grade classroom door and peered inside. The principal and the personnel director were not…
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Howell Farm wants helpers for Saturday barn-raising
The Charles Fish barn, a 19th-century English-style structure that once stood off Federal City Road, will become the centerpiece of the farm’s 5,000-square-foot Visitor Center. By Ruth Luse Howell Living History Farm is inviting everyone to help raise a barn on Saturday, May 14. If it rains that day, the event will be held May…
