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  • District 20 offers opportunity for SBHS wrestlers

    By: Ken Weingartner    Joe Dougherty senses an opportunity at this weekend’s District 20 wrestling tournament.    Whether his South Brunswick team will grasp it remains to be seen.    This year’s district tourney figures to be a competitive and wide-open affair. Judging by the results of the Greater Middlesex Conference and Mercer County tournaments, it wouldn’t be…

  • School board mulls wastewater management options

    New Upper Freehold Regional middle school will either hook up to the surrounding community’s waste disposal system or build its own facilities. By: Lauren Burgoon    UPPER FREEHOLD — School board meetings here usually draw only one or two people, but the Feb. 16 meeting was more heavily attended with 10 people coming out, all armed…

  • Boretsky trial remains at least two months off

    Kingston man charged in 2002 murder of wife. By: Joseph Harvie    The 3-year-old case of a Kingston man on trial for allegedly stabbing his wife to death will not begin until after an April 18 status conference.    According to police, Boris Boretsky, 55, was charged with fatally stabbing his wife of eight years, Saoule Moukhametova,…

  • Week of February 25, 2005

    Flemington, Hillsborough, Monroe, Montgomery, Pennington, Princeton Junction, South Brunswick    Lynn Ludecke, manager of the Greater Princeton Long & Foster office, announced Alan Deutschas the top producer and seller with a sales volume of $1,552,617 and Tammy Perilli as the top lister and the agent with the most new listings. * * *    Flemington    Richard A.…

  • Residents, officials eye ways to improve Route 31

    The section of Route 31 between I-95 and the Pennington Circle accounts for 25 percent of the motor vehicle accidents in 58-square-mile Hopewell Township. By John Tredrea    Lower speed limits, changing the lane configuration to allow construction of shoulders, prohibiting left turns on and off the road, closing down several intersections and building a bypass…

  • The origin of the Imlay family, Part 1 of 2

    HISTORICALLY SPEAKING    From "The Imlay Family" by Hugh and Nella Imlay, published from Zanesville, Ohio, in 1958. Local residents who assisted the authors include Mr. Robert Gordon of Allentown and Mrs. Peter Imlay and daughter Grace of Bordentown.     The Imlay family, which we find established in the colony of New Jersey as early as…

  • Tax hike shown in early budget

    Washington School Board is discussing a possible 16-cent tax increase in a budget that will go before voters for approval on April 19. By: Lauren Burgoon    WASHINGTON — The school board again will attempt to convince voters to dig deeper into their pockets and pay more in school taxes for the 2005-06 school year.    The…

  • HHS boys left guts on court

    Franklin hex has gone on too long By: Rudy Brandl    SOMERSET — I was prepared to leave the building early, but I’m sure glad I stayed around for the second half of the Somerset County basketball quarterfinal game between Hillsborough and Franklin.    Fans who departed at halftime missed a courageous comeback attempt by the Raiders,…

  • Tenants, vacant-lot owners concerned about condemnation

    Connaught Hill residents are wondering if they would lose their land and homes to the city’s redevelopment project. By: Linda Seida    LAMBERTVILLE — Property owners and tenants on Connaught Hill peppered officials with questions Tuesday, wondering if they would lose their land and homes to the city’s redevelopment project.    Some property owners said they never…