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  • Back in the habit: Local actress featured in upcoming comedy

    LIFESTYLE By: Ashley Caudill    It has often been said that God works in mysterious ways.    Certainly being hit on the head with a crucifix, developing amnesia and subsequently becoming a nun could be called mysterious, and this is just the way Hightstown resident Kyla Mostello describes how Mary Amnesia, the character she plays in "Nunsense,"…

  • Pennington Day makes fitting return for O’Hanlon fire anniversary

    EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK By Ruth Luse    At the heart of The Pennington School campus is a grassy area that’s used by students during warm weather for relaxing, meeting with their friends, etc. The area is known as O’Hanlon Park — all that remains of O’Hanlon Hall. Built in 1901, it once contained administrative offices, classrooms, residence…

  • HHS boys still can’t beat Franklin

    Team hopes for one more chance in counties By: Rudy Brandl    The Hillsborough High boys’ basketball team is tired of moral victories, especially when Franklin provides the opposition.    Last Friday night’s 54-49 home loss to the Warriors added another chapter to an increasingly frustrating saga of Franklin’s mastery over the Raiders in recent years. The…

  • LETTERS: What have they done for us lately?

    To the editor:     Yes, Route 1 in South Brunswick needs to be widened. You don’t have to be a brain surgeon to figure that out.    South Brunswick’s Township Council wants to send approximately $160,000 of our tax dollars to hire professional lobbying firms in Trenton and Washington, D.C., to obtain funds to widen Route…

  • Viking teams defeat Old Bridge to enter GMC meet on high note

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    Both South Brunswick High School swim teams ended their dual meet season on a positive note with victories over Old Bridge last week. The Viking boys beat the Knights 114-56, and the girls topped the Lady Knights 104-66. That sets both squads up for potential success at the Greater Middlesex Conference…

  • An old mistake comes back to help this time

    EDITORIAL: State’s miscalulations years ago is insulated Manville schools from problematic cuts By:    It’s said that what goes around, comes around — and it appears it’s true at least for the Manville school district.    When the district was in the midst of a five-year string of budget defeats at the polls — a time when…

  • EDITOR’S NOTE: Covering tragedy

    EDITOR’S NOTE By Hank Kalet Discussing readers’ responses and concerns.    A reader posted a long response on our Web site to last week’s Page 1 story updating the status of Joshua Aanestad.    Joshua is the 16-year-old from South Brunswick High School who faces criminal delinquency charges in connection to the crash that killed his 15-year-old…

  • Board aims to fill Reccoppa vacancy

    Special meeting set for 7:30 p.m. today (Thursday). By: Lea Kahn    A replacement for former school board member Larry Reccoppa is expected to be chosen today (Thursday) at a special meeting of the Lawrence Township Board of Education.    At the 7:30 p.m. meeting, which is being held in the Lawrence High School library, the school…

  • Bobik’s boys improve to 12-4

    By: Sean Moylan    "Our schedule is hard . . . we’ll see what we’re made of," said Art Bobik, whose Florence Township Memorial High School boys’ varsity basketball team is right back in the hunt for a Freedom Division title with wins over two league-rivals, New Egypt and Palmyra, this past week.    The Flashes were…