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  • Bershad opens in top form

    Hopewell Valley golf By: Jim Green    Ben Bershad started his season in midseason form.    The Hopewell Valley Central High School senior shot an even par 39 Tuesday to lead the Bulldog golf team to an easy 212-252 season-opening win over Allentown at Hopewell Country Club. The performance was highlighted by a hole in which he…

  • AHS boys’ track hoping to regroup for solid 2005 year

    By: Kyle Moylan    Coming off a winless season, the Allentown High School boys’ track team is almost guaranteed to have a better year in 2005 than 2004.    Of course, Allentown doesn’t just want to be better. It wants to be good. And, with a little luck and its continued hard work, it can be good.…

  • Police search pit for teen’s body

    Bordentown Township girl disappeared in 1979. By: William Wichert    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — The 26-year-old case of a missing township teenager is being unearthed as state police investigators search a Hamilton Township mud pit for her body.    The investigators and volunteers from a Hackensack contractor and an engineers union spent last week digging through a pit…

  • LHS boys pick up first win

    Lawrence boys tennis By: Jim Green    The young Lawrence High School boys tennis team got its first taste of victory Monday.    After drawing a tough opening home match against Colonial Valley Conference power Princeton last Friday, the Cardinals received a reprieve with a match against Hamilton at Shady Brook Park. All three Cardinal singles players…

  • LETTERS: Abschutz for re-election

    To the editor:     Few people are better suited to serve on the school board than Marty Abschutz. Mr. Abschutz’s list of qualifications and experience in matters related to the education of all students of South Brunswick is unusually broad. He has already served most effectively for three years on the board. He has served…

  • School-busing loss protest session slated at Brandon Farms tonight

    Resident Bob Giangrasso: "We’re expecting quite a turnout of people. We’ve distributed 700 flyers." By John Tredrea    Parents of school children who live on the four courtesy bus routes that were eliminated for 2005-2006 in the school district budget adopted March 22 have scheduled a meeting tonight to protest the elimination of the routes and…

  • Manager picks new top cop

    With 25 years of experience under his belt, Frederick Thompson is chosen for police chief. By: Joseph Harvie    Frederick Thompson said Tuesday that his transition to police chief was easy, and not just because he has been with the force for 25 years or because he has worked as deputy chief for the past three.…

  • Local churches join mourning for pope

    Services include special Masses at cathedral By:Donna Lukiw    Local Catholics are joining the worldwide mourning for Pope John Paul II, remembering his kindness, selflessness and compassion while celebrating his life and his generosity.    "We all mourn his death," Monsignor Liam Minogue of the Mary Mother of God Church in Hillsborough said. "But we can all…

  • LETTERS: Give Abschutz second term

    To the editor:     We need to re-elect Marty Abschutz to the Board of Education on April 19.    For the decade that I have known him, he has been a strong and persistent advocate for building excellence and pride within the South Brunswick schools. He supported the academic improvement efforts, the initiative on safe and…