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  • LCA softball wins Penn-Jersey title

    By: Sean Moylan    Jackie Steffen will tell you herself that she’s not the greatest pitcher in the world.    Yet the Life Center Academy girls’ varsity softball team’s senior standout has one thing all great players need and desire most to perform at their best—guts.    So when LCA’s star fire-balling hurler Stefani Reitzel learned an injury…

  • OBITUARY: Frances H. Fischer Edly

        Frances H. Fischer Edly, 70, of Kendall Park, died Thursday May 13, in the St. Peters University Hospital, New Brunswick.     Born in New Brunswick, she was a waitress at the Rusty Nail Restaurant of North Brunswick.     Her husband, John Edly, and brother, Lawrence Fischer, are deceased. She is survived by two sons,…

  • Pennington planners OK retail-office complex for Route 31

    The Shoppes at Pennington will be built on the east side of Route 31, between Broemel Place and West Franklin Avenue. By Marianne Hooker    At its May 12 meeting, the Pennington Planning Board granted variances and site plan approval for The Shoppes at Pennington, which will be a planned development of retail and office space.…

  • DATES TO REMEMBER

    Saturday     Foxwoods Trip: South Brunswick Community Education will host a trip to Foxwoods, Conn.     The trip departs at 7:30 a.m. from Crossroads South Middle School, 195 Major Road in Monmouth Junction, and includes casino package and motorcoach transportation/gratuity.     Call Nancy Kinal at (732) 297-7800, ext. 399 for information or to register by…

  • Blood museum comes to Central High School

    Students have been holding three blood drives a year, collecting over 100 pints at each one.    The American Red Cross brought its mobile museum to Central High School Tuesday in tribute to the high percentage of CHS students who have donated blood during recent years.    According to JoAnn Meyer, school district community liaison, CHS students…

  • POLICE BLOTTER

    By:    Douglas Bell, 37, of South Main Street was charged with violating a temporary restraining order for attempting to enter the home of a South Main Street woman at 9:56 a.m. May 10.    Mr. Bell had been issued a restraining order after assaulting the pregnant resident at 11:24 p.m. May 15 at the intersection of…

  • For the May 20 issue

    Joseph Povick, Joanna Agriogianis Davenport, Russell Stephen Bonfanti, Joseph Lawrence. Joseph Povick    UPPER FREEHOLD — Joseph Povick, 75, of Cream Ridge died May 12 at Virtua Memorial Hospital in Mount Holly.    Born in Dennison, Ohio, he was a resident of the New Egypt area since 1967.    He was retired from the U.S. Army and U.S.…

  • Liaison position created

    Mansfield creates position to assist Township Committee By: Eve Collins    MANSFIELD — The Township Committee — which eliminated the position of township administrator earlier this year — last week introduced an ordinance that would create an administrative liaison position.    The governing body voted 3-1 at its May 12 meeting to introduce the ordinance. Committeeman John…

  • Poets cross words in verbal duel

    By: Scott Morgan    FLORENCE — It was a bit of erotica only a robot could love; a breathless recital of ones and zeroes that built to a surreal crescendo in the dripping heat of the Florence Township Memorial High School auditorium.    It was Friday, May 14. The lighting was dimmed, the clothing a curious whip…