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  • NE field hockey team heads to state finals

    New Egypt High School field hockey team will compete against Pingry on Sunday at The College of New Jersey. By: Kyle Moylan    When the New Egypt High School field hockey team reached the NJSIAA Group I finals last season, the girls on the team were somewhat overwhelmed by their surroundings and ended up losing 2-1…

  • Ceremony set to honor two deceased students

    Trees will be planted in honor Kristen Daniel and Jacqueline Sadowski By:Emily Craighead    At a tree-planting ceremony Wednesday, Manville High School will honor the memory of two 15-year-old students who died in 2003 and 2004.    The two flowering plum trees will be planted in the high school courtyard in honor of Kristen Daniel and Jacqueline…

  • St. A’s students get visit from VFW

    World War II and Korean War veterans help students learn the importance of honoring the Armed Forces. By: Elaine Worden    The hallways of St. Augustine’s of Canterbury School were quiet, except for the patter of feet softly walking as two students carried an American flag into the conference room.    Standing in the front of the…

  • Area woman escapes from burning vehicle

    Route 29 was closed for two hours while utility workers repaired damage to pole she hit with car. By John Tredrea    A Doylestown, Pa., woman, who apparently fell asleep at the wheel, jumped from her car just before it burst into flames after hitting a utility pole and tree on Route 29 Monday night.    She…

  • Vikings season went as planned

    By: Rich Fisher    All things considered, things went pretty much according to plan for the South Brunswick High gymnastics team.    The Vikings went 5-3 in dual meets, beating who they should have beat and losing to who they should have lost to. They were fourth in the Greater Middlesex Conference meet, finishing behind the three…

  • Brozyna provided spark on offense

    Led team in scoring By: John E. Powers        As the season went on and the Manville High School boys’ soccer team fought to find their identity and offense, one player remained a constant. Junior Rafal Brozyna developed into the kind of player that opponents find very dangerous.    Brozyna, third on the team’s scoring list…

  • HHS gymnasts regroup to finish seventh in state

    Watts takes 14th in all-around By: Rudy Brandl    It would have been easy for the Hillsborough High gymnasts to go in the tank after an ominous beginning at Saturday’s NJSIAA Championships at Livingston College. Instead, the Raiders regrouped and performed extremely well on their final three rotations under the state spotlight.    Hillsborough did not execute…

  • Haunted trail a big success

    Trail a spooktacular time for residents. By: Joseph Harvie    This year’s Haunted Trail and Hayride raised over $22,000 for charity, said Carolyn Dardani who started the trail over 20 years ago with her husband, Tom.    This year, money raised from the Haunted Trail went to three South Brunswick students with illnesses: Adam Abdalla, a seventh-grade…

  • Makeover madness

    MY TAKE by Rose McGlew    I have no head for business at all. I am a financial idiot. But I do know good value and I do know a good bargain and I am going to share two of them with you. It’s Thanksgiving-time and I’m feeling generous.    Not only am I financially incapable, my…