Category: archives
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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…
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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…
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Democrats support petition drive
By:To the editor A bipartisan group of Hillsborough residents is currently circulating petitions that would give the citizens of Hillsborough the right to determine if there should be a change in the form of government in the township that would allow, among other things, for the direct election of our mayor. Once a sufficient number…
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Residents question politics of tax hike
A crowd of angry residents filled the seats at the budget hearing April 14 Eve Collins MANSFIELD – Complaints from residents about partisan politics plagued the public hearing held last week on the township’s proposed budget that would increase the local municipal tax rate by 26 cents this year. A crowd of angry residents filled…
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Bulldog tennis team stays perfect
Boys tennis By: John E. Powers The Hopewell Valley Central High School boys tennis team has accomplished the first of several goals coach Alma Quinlan set for them. The 5-0 Bulldogs clinched a Central Jersey Group III playoff berth with a 5-0 win over Notre Dame on Monday. The state cutoff date is April 27.…
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Budget wins voters’ OK
By:Marnie Kunz Voters barely approved the $14.3 million school budget Tuesday, 216-197, with just 9 percent of registered voters casting ballots. In addition, two incumbents and one newcomer were elected to the school board. The budget includes a 2.88 percent increase in spending for the schools, and sets the school tax rate at approximately $1.979…
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POLICE BLOTTER
Police responded to Valley Road on a report of a damaged mailbox at 12:07 p.m., April 11. The victim told police that someone had struck and damaged her mailbox with a blunt object sometime between 3 p.m., April 10, and 7 a.m., April 11. The damage was estimated to be $50. The owner of Angelo’s…
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‘My Architect: A Son’s Journey’
Getting up close and personal with Philadelphia architect Louis Kahn, whose buildings are celebrated from Trenton to Bangladesh. By: Bob Brown He designed one of the most striking capitals in the world, yet Louis I. Kahn died broke and alone in a Penn Station men’s room in 1974. Because he had obliterated the address on…
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‘Kill Bill, Vol. 2’
Impeccably stylish, Quentin Tarantino’s ultra-violent, chop-socky sequel maintains his position as a top-tier filmmaker. By: Elise Nakhnikian Writer-director Quentin Tarantino has been playing elaborate riffs on what makes homicidal people tick ever since Reservoir Dogs, but he’s never been better than in Kill Bill, Vol. 2. If the luscious eye candy of Vol. 1 was…
