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  • Smedshammer wins harness racing’s Triple Crown

       LEXINGTON, Ky. — Trond Smedshammer was a schoolboy in Norway when Super Bowl won the Trotting Triple Crown in 1972.    And he won’t have any trouble remembering where he was when the first trotter since Super Bowl won the Triple Crown, either.    Smedshammer, who now lives in Robbinsville and trains at White Birch Farm just…

  • Catherine Guerrera

    By:    HILLSBOROUGH — Catherine Guerrera died Sunday, Oct. 10, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. She was 92.    She was a resident of Flagtown.    Miss Guerrera was the Flagtown postmaster for 40 years. She started working in the Flagtown Post Office with just a few mail boxes located in the corner of…

  • HHS boys set for another battle with B-R

    Huge week on tap for Raiders By: Rudy Brandl        The Hillsborough High boys’ soccer team didn’t mind playing a first round game in this year’s Somerset County Tournament. With a possible season-defining week ahead of them, the HHS boys needed a little tune-up anyway.    Hillsborough survived that opening round with flying colors, defeating Rutgers…

  • Ginny Gaissert

       Virginia Inez Gaissert of Kendall Park, died Tuesday, Oct. 5, at Easton Hospital, Easton, Pa.    Born in New York City, and raised in Staten Island, N.Y., she graduated from Tottenville High School and from the Baby Nursing Program at New York Foundling Hospital. She was employed by the Medical Center of Princeton for several years.…

  • Food pantry needs cereal and snacks

    Food Pantry shelves are running low, a few items are needed. By: Joseph Harvie    The Food Pantry is running low on a few items, and it needs some help from the community to restock, said South Brunswick Director of Health and Human Services LouAnne Wolf.    Ms. Wolf said the pantry is down to six boxes…

  • LETTER: Democrats best choice

    To the editor:     I’m writing to urge South Brunswick to vote on Tuesday, Nov. 2. I think everyone would agree that this year’s election is particularly important.    I’m also endorsing the local Democratic ticket of Carol Barrett, Charlie Carley, and Joe Camarota.    As a father with one child in the school system and another…

  • LHS girls gain experience against Hun

    Lawrence girls tennis By: Jim Green    The scores were lopsided, but that doesn’t mean the Lawrence High School girls tennis team didn’t take anything away from its loss to Mercer County Tournament champ Hun on Friday.    The Cardinals, who were playing their third match in as many days, managed only to win one game from…

  • Roebling ready for centennial celebrations

    Celebration of Roebling’s 100th year of incorporation began with a Mayor’s Ball in the Roebling Firehouse Auditorium. By: Scott Morgan    ROEBLING — Think about the kinds of stories 100 years can tell: a Santa Claus who always smelled like garlic; young Hungarian guys scheming to get a date with one of the Swedish girls; a…

  • DISPATCHES: Fight fire with fire, not censorship

    DISPATCHES By Hank Kalet: Democratic Committee should not ask FCC to censor the airwaves. By: Hank Kalet    Sinclair Broadcasting is planning to air what is being called a direct attack on Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry for his anti-war stance following his service in Vietnam.    The company has asked its 62 television stations to pre-empt…