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  • Court tosses car wash approval

    Ruling says Board of Adjustment should have heard application on proposed car wash on Route 206 By:Roger Alvarado    The state Appellate Division of Superior Court has thrown out the township Planning Board’s approval of an application to build a car wash on Route 206, south of Mountain View Road.    In an opinion issued Sept. 3,…

  • Aguilar still playing big part in Bordentown’s success

    By: Sean Moylan    Using the late Mike Aguilar’s innovative offense, the Bordentown Regional High School boys’ varsity soccer team won a 2-1 road game at Allentown on Friday.    "It’s pretty ingenious," said Bordentown Coach Charlie Miller of Aguilar’s 5-4-1 offense. "If you want to call it a triangle offense, you can call it that."    Aguilar,…

  • HHS volleyball program begins learning experience

    Girls drop first match to Watchung By: John E. Powers    Hillsborough High School’s head swimming coach Todd Sudol is finding himself a busy young man these days.    Last spring, Sudol was named the school’s first girls’ volleyball coach and there’s a chance he’ll hold the same position in the spring with the boys team.    By…

  • Close to Home

    Mary Michaels’ ‘Intimate Landscapes’ are part of an effort to preserve the greenway. By: Susan Van Dongen "Working small just seems to pull people in," says Mary Michaels of her pastel landscapes. Above: "Golden Meadow in Mercer County Park Northwest"    Claude Monet had his boat studio, and Pennington artist Mary Michaels has her "car studio."…

  • Junk food put Rhein on the run

    By: Redd E. Patrick    All Amy Rhein needed was a little incentive.    When the South Brunswick High School senior began her running career as a youth growing up in Piscataway, there was plenty of that. Although it wasn’t the kind of incentive you would associate with healthy running.    "They had these races sponsored by the…

  • Pretrial hearings set in Nyce murder case

    One of the issues to be considered at the December pretrial hearings is whether the alleged confession Jonathan Nyce gave police is admissible as evidence. By John Tredrea    TRENTON — Pretrial hearings in the case of accused wife-killer Jonathan Nyce have been scheduled for Dec. 7 to 9.    The dates were announced by state Superior…

  • So far, so good

    Vikes look strong in 2-0 start By: Rich Fisher    A good indication of how far the gymnastics pendulum has swung along Route 130 came on Tuesday afternoon at South Brunswick High.    It was not too long ago when North Brunswick used to have its way with the Vikings when it came to beams and bars.…

  • New test scores show students’ improvements

    Latest results discussed at school board meeting By:Emily Craighead    Math scores for Manville eighth-graders jumped 12 percent on the Grade Eight Proficiency Assessment (GEPA) last year, in part due to a curriculum overhaul during the past two years, according to the school’s principal.    "Math was our weakness; we’ve always performed well in language arts," said…

  • Vikings anxious for Stevens game after strong opener

    By: Ken Weingartner    There should be a great deal of anticipation Saturday when the J.P. Stevens football team visits South Brunswick, and it will be for more reasons than the game simply being the Vikings’ home opener.    South Brunswick is anxious to see just how good it can be.    The Vikings dropped their season-opener, 18-12,…