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  • Helen Fetko

    By:    MANVILLE — Helen B. (Pierchalski) Fetko died April 14 at Somerset Medical Center. She was 80.    She was born and raised in Manville.    Mrs. Fetko retired in 1990 from Ethicon, Inc. in Bridgewater where she had been employed as a production worker in the miniature swedging department for 20 years.    She was a communicant…

  • Lawrence Township voters call for change

    School budgeted defeated; three newcomers elected. By: Lea Kahn    Schools Superintendent Max Riley acknowledged that the school district’s request for a 16-cent tax rate hike was a lot to ask from taxpayers.    "It’s a tough thing for the town to deal with — 16 cents is a lot of money," Dr. Riley said Tuesday night,…

  • Rewards and awards

    EDITOR’S NOTE by Hank Kalet By:    I’ve never done this job for awards.    I am a newsman, through and through, committed to covering South Brunswick the way Brooks Robinson used to cover the hot corner for the Orioles. My goal has always been to make the Post "the paper of record" for the township.    My…

  • South beats itself in East Brunswick loss

    SOFTBALL By: Carolyn M. Hartko    Playing weaker teams early in the season can have its drawbacks. For the South Brunswick High School varsity softball team, the down side has been that the Vikings have gotten away with some sloppy fielding, averaging too many errors per game.    On Tuesday, East Brunswick (5-1) showed the Vikings the…

  • Cardinals track squad gives Lawrenceville a battle

    Spring track By: Jim Green    Sometimes a loss is nearly as good as a win.    That was the case for the Lawrence High School spring track team, which had a strong showing Monday despite being swept by the powerful Lawrenceville School program. The Lawrence girls team dropped an 81-59 decision, while the boys squad fell…

  • Eggerts Crossing development back on track

    Civic league has a proposal for 16 homes. By: Lea Kahn    If the Eggerts Crossing Civic League has its way, the first new construction in the Eggerts Crossing neighborhood since the 1980s may be built on a 3.5-acre parcel of land on Johnson Avenue.    The civic league, which has been pushing to redevelop the neighborhood…

  • HHS girls make it seven straight titles

    County dominance continues with win at relays By: Rudy Brandl        SOMERSET — Eileen Cafferty knew exactly what she needed to do as the anchor to her team’s 4×400 relay.    The Hillsborough High junior didn’t have to win the race. She and everyone else at the Somerset County Relay Championships figured Franklin would run away…

  • South Brunswick runs winning streak to six

    BOYS LACROSSE By: Carolyn Hartko    The South Brunswick High School boys’ varsity lacrosse team extended its winning streak to six with victories over Pennington (7-5) and St. Rose (14-5) earlier this week.    Although the scoring for both games followed this season’s pattern with a good mix of Vikings finding the net, two senior attackers continue…

  • A soldier in the war zone

    South Brunswick High graduate stationed in Iraq. By: Matthew Kirdahy    Instead of being in South Brunswick with his family or in Florida with his new wife, Andrew Bolomy spent his birthday in the Iraqi desert.    Lance Cpl. Bolomy, a U.S. Marine stationed in Fallujah, Iraq, turned 20 on April 10. His mom, Adriana Bolomy of…