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  • Are we ready for 2005?

    BOOK NOTES by Dr. Joan Ruddiman    Just think! Already we are headed into the halfway point of the first decade of this new century. Though we are comfortable with writing years with the "two-oh" rather than "one-nine," we seem to be more slow in getting used to the idea that we are in the 21st…

  • PERCEPTIONS:

    PERCEPTIONS By Steve Feitl    The top movie of the year revolved around an animated ogre. The No. 2 movie this year featured a web-slinging crime-fighter. The third highest-grossing film of 2004 starred Jesus.    Yes, it was a strange year at the box office, but among the global warming disaster flicks and politically charged documentaries were…

  • Education fund gets $1.5K grant

    Chesterfield Education Fund receives $1,500 for its after-school program. By: Scott Morgan    CHESTERFIELD — Some things take a while.    Take the $1,500 the Chesterfield Education Fund got two weeks ago for its after-school program. Getting that money took almost a year.    But for Susan Layton, the school board’s vice president, it proves a point —…

  • Sister act has helped SBHS girls bowling team hold its own

    By: James McKeever    Meghan Nagle, a junior for the South Brunswick High School girls bowling team, is knocking down 20 more pins per game this season compared to last year.    Several factors can be attributed to the increase, but perhaps the most important is the fact that Meghan is now a teammate of someone very…

  • Roebling ushers in township’s new year

    Roebling Township Council will hold its annual reorganization meeting in the Fireman’s Hall of the Roebling Volunteer Fire Co. building. By: Scott Morgan    ROEBLING — Centennial celebrations usually cause quite a stir. After all, they only happen once and it takes 100 years just to get there.    But in Roebling, the push to celebrate the…

  • Township buys 10 new vehicles

    Money taken from accounts with surpluses By:Roger Alvarado    Township Committee members unanimously approved the purchase of four marked police vehicles and six administrative vehicles for the Detective Bureau and Construction Department during their final meeting of the year Tuesday.    Mayor Steven Sireci said the purchase and lease agreements were necessary to replenish an aging fleet…

  • EDITORIAL: Angry words aren’t what’s needed now

    EDITORIAL As a community dealing with grief and anger, we need to be supportive of one another.    The South Brunswick community is grieving.    One teen is dead, another is in serious condition and faces the equivalent of murder charges following a car crash on Route 1 last week that law enforcement officials say was intentional.…

  • Knights set annual free throw contest

    By:    All boys and girls ages 10 to 14 are invited to participate in the local level championship for the 2005 Knights of Columbus Free Throw Championship.    The Knights of Columbus Free Throw Championship is sponsored annually, with winners progressing through local, district, and state competitions. International champions are announced by the Knights of Columbus…

  • Lawver gets Pennington council seat

    Other nominees were Mark Blackwell and Joann Povia. By John Tredrea    Joseph Lawver, an executive with Verizon Wireless, was appointed to the Pennington Borough Council on Monday night.    Mr. Lawver will complete the unexpired term of his fellow-Democrat Nancy Ross, who resigned recently. Ms. Ross has moved out of state. Her unexpired term ends Dec.…