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  • EDITORIAL: A question of money

    EDITORIAL The township’s goals and the costs of achieving them.    The South Brunswick school district was in a tough spot.    The district had outgrown its administrative offices, but it knew that building a new central administration building would cost a significant amount of money — money taxpayers would not likely approve.    So it has decided…

  • OBITUARIES: Anthony S. Kulchar

    Anthony S. Kulchar    Anthony S. Kulchar Sr., 55, of Milltown, died Sunday, Jan. 23.    Born in New Brunswick, he has been a resident of Milltown for several years. He worked for the South Brunswick School District for 20 years as head custodian. He had served in the Marine Corps and was a member of American…

  • Web site launch expected soon

    Web site dedicated to Mansfield Township should be on-line within the next few months. By: William Wichert    MANSFIELD — Within the next few months, residents should be able to go online to see what township officials are up to.    As part of a greater effort to make the municipal government more accessible to the community,…

  • Wainwright comes out rolling to NBC’s rescue

    By: Sean Moylan    With its most consistent bowler Bill Moore out of the lineup, the Northern Burlington County Regional High School boys’ varsity bowling squad turned to junior varsity call up Adam Wainwright to lead it to a 4-0 home win over Moorestown last Friday.    "Bill Moore was sick so I had to bring up…

  • Paul Havrilla

    By:    HILLSBOROUGH — Paul F. Havrilla died Jan. 19 at home. He was 52.    Born in Perth Amboy, he lived in Edison before moving to Hillsborough in 2000.    Mr. Havrilla was employed as an auto technician for Cubby’s Exxon Station in Springfield for more than 20 years.    He was a member of the National Rifle…

  • Celebration of youth culture slated at Montgomery arts center

       In celebration of Youth Art Month, an exhibition of work by local high school students, titled "Express Yourself — The Culture of Our Generation," will be held at the Montgomery Center for the Arts from Feb. 18 through March 25. An opening reception, to which the public is invited, will be held on Friday, Feb.…

  • Lady Raiders halfway to division title

    Team rocks Immaculata in East showdown By: Rudy Brandl        SOMERVILLE — The Hillsborough High girls picked the appropriate time to play their best defensive basketball game of the season in last Friday night’s showdown at Immaculata.    Hillsborough, which has fallen to Immaculata in five Somerset County finals in the past decade, entered enemy territory…

  • Jan. 27, 6:09 p.m.: Appointments with disaster

    Kudos to Lautenberg, but criticism for Corzine. By: Hank Kalet    U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) showed a lot of courage and leadership Wednesday when he voted against the confirmation of Condoleezza Rice for secretary of state. Rice should have forfeited her shot at the post because of her role in crafting the long list of…

  • For the Jan. 27 issue

    Robert J. Honey Jr., H. Vernon Wedell, Robert H. Deacon, Martin D. Potash Sr., Donald R. Petty, Margaret Orban. Robert J. Honey Jr.    ROEBLING — Robert J. Honey Jr., age 59, of Roebling, died Sunday in Virtua Memorial Hospital of Burlington County, Mount Holly.    Mr. Honey was born in Manhattan, N.Y., the son of the…