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  • Students get on the job training

    Students learn self-sufficiency and career skills through hands-on training at local retail store. By: Melissa Hayes    Early morning customers at the Route 1 South Stop&Shop on Dec. 20 might have noticed that a group of high school students were ready to help them bagging their groceries, or were out in the parking lot collecting shopping…

  • Citizens petition drive kicks off a busy second half of 2004

    The Messenger-Press concludes its look back at 2004 with the major local news events from summer and fall. By: Lauren Burgoon and Dana Lynn Flatekval    This week the Messenger-Press concludes its look back at 2004 with the major local news events from summer and fall.    Summer    The summer in Washington was marked by legal battles…

  • LETTERS: Crash was tragedy for the community

    To the editor:    I am writing with reference to the tragic end to such an incredibly painful issue.    What happened to the two SBHS students last week is one of the most horrible things that has affected our local youth in years. When something like this happens, it touches so many of us in the…

  • House egging ruled to be random

    Police believe it was not a bias crime. By: Lea Kahn    A 17-year-old township boy has been charged with criminal mischief and harassment after he tossed eggs at a Harris Court residence in the Lawrence Square Village townhouse development on two occasions, police said.    The boy pelted the victim’s townhouse and car with eggs sometime…

  • LETTERS: Time to trade Macs for PCs

    To the editor:    In the midst of the class, a science teacher requested a group of students to come up to the front. Making their way to the Apple iMac computer through the chairs and silence of classmates, four students’ legs were stumbling.    Their final assesment, the project that takes half of their ginal grade,…

  • EDITOR’S NOTE: How are we doing?

    EDITOR’S NOTE By Hank Kalet Inviting readers to help make us better.    Every year, as the calendar turns from December to January, we here at the South Brunswick Post attempt to gauge our progress and set some goals for the coming year.    We review the fading year’s newspapers and assess how we did, hoping to…

  • Students, teacher aid recycled prom dresses

    To the editor By:     On behalf of Hillsborough High School’s Catherine’s Closet Committee, I would like to thank you for spreading word of our cause to the community.    We have already received generous donations in response to the article.    However, I would like to take the time to acknowledge the individuals who have made…

  • Will committeemen rotate mayor duties?

    Reorganization meeting Tuesday By:Roger Alvarado    At this year’s township reorganization meeting when Steven Sireci was sworn in to replace Tony Gwiazdowski as mayor, Township Committee members vowed to rotate the office.    That policy will be tested when the committee holds its annual reorganization meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Municipal Complex.    Members of the…

  • Would-be carjacker thwarted in Lawrence

    Federal agent intervenes at Quaker Bridge Mall. By: Lea Kahn    An off-duty federal agent collared a would-be Christmas Eve carjacker at Quaker Bridge Mall, police said.    A Trenton man tried to flee police after he was observed shoplifting two Sony MP3 Walkman players from Sears and soon ended up in the confrontation in the parking…