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  • Local group rails against train hub

    Group wary of train station and the possible negative affects it could bring to the community. By: Joseph Harvie    A citizens group calling itself Concerned Citizens Against a Rail Station is forming to oppose a potential rail station near Route 1 between Major Road and Deans Lane.    In addition, the group says a survey being…

  • No problem here

    By: Redd E. Patrick    No, there is nothing wrong in the world of the South Brunswick High School boys basketball team    After steam rolling to a 11-1 record with a 43-point victory over North Brunswick, followed by a 23-point decision over Piscataway, the Vikings were a bit sluggish in a 60-51 decision over a struggling…

  • Vikings discover something better than losing

    By: Ken Weingartner    In the baseball film "Bull Durham," eccentric pitcher Ebby Calvin "Nuke" LaLoosh utters the immortal lines: "I love winning, man. It’s like, … better than losing."    A simplistic philosophy, to be sure, but one the South Brunswick High ice hockey team discovered over the past week.    After starting the season 1-7-1, the…

  • Beazer Homes sums up development minimums for southern Hopewell Township

    On Feb. 3 in township hall, Beazer’s neighbors will begin working on replicas of proposed developments. By John Tredrea    Beazer Homes has told neighbors of its three southern Hopewell Township tracts that it wants to develop each tract with the minimum amount of construction needed to make the ventures financially worthwhile.    If the neighbors want…

  • Marianne Weissenburger

       Marianne Weissenburger, 83, of Pennington died Wednesday at the University Medical Center at Princeton.    Born in Zemun, Yugoslavia, she immigrated to this country in 1957 from Brazil.    She was a secretary and retired from The Institute for Advanced Study after many years of service.    Daughter of the late Thomas and Anna (Simonic) Matievic and wife…

  • District tries to deliver message to candidates

    Assistant superintendent search continues. By: Lea Kahn    School district officials have launched a second campaign to find a new assistant superintendent of curriculum — and while they are about it, to find a new supervisor of special education.    The two jobs have been vacant since Jan. 1, when former Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum Bruce McGraw…

  • LETTERS: Say a prayer for two teens

    To the editor:       The news about Joshua Aanestad and Richard VonDeesten in the Dec. 23 and Dec. 30 editions of the South Brunswick Post lies heavy on my heart. I think about them almost every day, hoping that Richard lies in peace, wondering how Joshua is doing, why the police are charging him with the…

  • An author with Jersey roots

    BOOK NOTES by Dr. Joan Ruddiman    For those who read contemporary fiction, Diane Chamberlain is an old friend. Her first novel — "Private Relations" (1989) — won the RITA Award for Best Single Title in Contemporary Novels. Since her debut, she has been awarded Best Contemporary Novel Career Achievement Award twice — in 1993 and…

  • Princeton PTO holds Valentine food drive

       The Parent Teacher Organization of the Princeton Regional Schools has organized a district-wide Valentine’s food drive from Feb. 7 through 14 to benefit the Crisis Ministry of Trenton and Princeton.    The Crisis Ministry provides canned goods, dry foods and other staples to those truly in crisis in Mercer County. One valentine gift easily costs $3.99.…