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  • Reaction largely negative to proposed cuts

    About 600 people turn out for board meeting. By: Lea Kahn    While the Board of Education appeared torn on the controversial plan to reorganize school district staffing, the public reaction was decidedly negative.    About 600 people turned out for the June 16 school board meeting to hear the plan, which calls for layoffs of five…

  • College students ready to cast vote

    Public education, Iraq war concerns of young voters By:Audrey Levine    College students from South Brunswick are looking forward to their first opportunity to cast a ballot in a presidential election.    The students, who finished their freshman year in college and were interviewed randomly, say there are many important issues to be considered in this election…

  • Residents seek mayor’s removal

    Five Columbus residents accuse Mayor Patrick J. DeLorenzo of taking part in "pay-to-play" practices. By: Scott Morgan    MANSFIELD — A group of residents seeking the ouster of Mayor Patrick DeLorenzo filed a notice with the township last week asking for a recall.    The group, composed of five Columbus residents, filed a notice on June 14…

  • NBC girls’ basketball team excels even in summertime

    By: Sean Moylan    With the recent graduation of Erin Walton, the Northern Burlington County Regional High School girls’ varsity basketball squad will, most likely, lack a true superstar for the first time in four years when it takes the court next winter.    However, the Greyhounds recent 3-0 performance in the Bordentown Summer Basketball League is…

  • Towns get MOM study preview

    Officials still oppose high-speed rail line to Monmouth Junction By:Joseph Harvie    Officials say they’re still opposed to a NJ Transit proposed 40.1 mile high-speed rail line that could run from Lakehurst to Monmouth Junction.     Local municipalities, including South Brunswick, got a preview last week of an Draft Environmental Impact Study on the proposed Monmouth-Ocean-…

  • Hand-held cell phone ban to take effect

    New Jersey is the second state to require drivers to use a hands-free cell phone device, after New York. Washington, D.C., passed a similar law that also will go into effect next week. By: Lauren Burgoon    Drivers who chat on cell phones, beware — the days of checking voice mail messages on a hand-held cell…

  • Novak places 6th in 800 at Adidas Track Nationals

    By: Sean Moylan    Rob "Super" Novak didn’t know his time nor did he know which place he had finished immediately following this past Saturday’s 800 meter race at the Adidas Track National in Raleigh, North Carolina.    Yet, after crossing the finish line Novak had that warm feeling runners get when they know they’ve done something…

  • Board names new SBHS principal

    Timothy Matheney unanimously approved for appointment By:Sharlee Joy DiMenichi    A new principal will take the reins at South Brunswick High School on July 12.    The Board of Education approved the appointment of Timothy Matheney, an assistant principal at a Minnesota high school, as high school principal in a unanimous vote of all members present Monday.…

  • Free ride

    HHS marching band receives bus donated by parents, businesses By:Allison Busacca    The Hillsborough High School bands are marching to a new sound these days — the sound of a revving diesel engine.    Thanks to resident Ray Kolvites and many other band parents, the high school bands have a new silver and maroon bus.    "I wanted…