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  • Tennis team’s turnaround led by Bruno and Hedden

    Lawrence girls tennis By: Jim Green    Slowly but surely, the young Lawrence High School girls tennis team is making progress. And no one has made more progress recently than the Cardinals’ first doubles squad of seniors Amy Bruno and Jess Hedden.    Hedden and Bruno, who teamed last season to reach the Mercer County Tournament semifinals…

  • Campaign signs up too early for town

    Local Democrats and Congressional candidate Bill Spadea put signs up before 45 day mark. By: Joseph Harvie    A township resident was upset that local Democratic candidates posted campaign signs in the township earlier than is allowed by ordinance and that they had not removed the signs after being notified.    Lew Schwartz of Henderson Road took…

  • Township revamps Web site

    Bordentown Township launches redesigned Web site to provide easier access to municipal employees and services. By: William Wichert    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — Within the next week, residents can start clicking away on a completely redesigned Web site for the township that provides easier access to municipal employees and services, officials say.    The launch of the new…

  • POLICE BEAT

    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP    Police chased an 18-year-old township man seen leaving Charles Bossert Park after park hours at 10:36 p.m. on Sept. 11 before arresting him on his front porch and charging him with possession of less than 50 grams of marijuana, police said.    After seeing James Jungman of Vine Way leave the park, a patrol…

  • TANGETS: Things I like, but my friends – and my wife – don’t

    TANGETS By John Saccenti: The music, food and apparel that our news editor and his wife disagree on. By: John Saccenti    Sometimes I wonder what it is people see in me. I don’t mean to say I’m unlikeable, in fact, I find myself very charming, even despite the many personality and behavioral shortcomings that I,…

  • Air Force pilot visits St. A’s school

    Lt. Neil Sinha gives students a look at where he has traveled to during his recent deployment to Iraq. By: Joseph Harvie    The students in the St. Augustine of Canterbury School Geography Club and a few eighth-grade classes got some insight as to what American fighters are doing in Iraq, Tuesday.    The students were visited…

  • Vikes’ activity has been slow but sure

    By: Rich Fisher    It’s been a relatively slow start for the South Brunswick High gymnastics team.    Not in the won-loss department, since the Vikings are 3-1, but in actual competition.    Heading into Wednesday’s anticipated match with Bishop Ahr, the Vikings had played just four contests since the season opened on Sept. 10. The Rosha Hashanah…

  • ‘Last of the Boys’

    McCarter Theatre opens its season with a new Steven Dietz play about a pair of Vietnam War buddies. By: Stuart Duncan    Last of the Boys is a complex, intriguing work, rich in character, poetic in its telling — an extraordinary celebration for the mind and the emotions. The world premiere of Steven Dietz’s new play…

  • Lady Mustangs experience a little bit of everything

    Team enters week at .500 By: John Beisser        Last week was a mixed bag for the Manville High girls soccer team – some good, some not so good, and a little bit of the bizarre mixed in as well for good measure.    It was a week that featured the Lady Mustangs losing a game…