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  • Golf squad takes fourth at Palmetto

    Golf By: John E. Powers    Lawrence High School golf coach Sam Cacallori sees the Cardinals annual trip to Myrtle Beach, S.C., and the Palmetto High School Championships as spring training. But the trip is also something of an indicator as to how the Cardinals will perform against the Mercer County opponents they will have to…

  • Tennis coaches look to delay GMCT

    By: Joseph Harvie    The South Brunswick High tennis team has yet to play a match, and with the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament only two weeks away, coach Nancy McDonald said the seeding meetings should be interesting.    McDonald noted that the coaches in the county have been asking the athletic directors to push the tournament back,…

  • Massage parlor closes after prostitution arrests

    New Hanover massage parlor is shut down following undercover surveillance resulting in prostitution charges. By: Scott Morgan    NEW HANOVER — After a pair of prostitution arrests in the past month, the Township Committee on Monday revoked the license of a Wrightstown-Cookstown Road massage parlor.    The How Ying Therapeutic Center, which operated at Vantage Plaza, ceased…

  • School elections offer chance to make decisions

    EDITORIAL By Ruth Luse    Last April 15, 24 percent of the Valley’s registered voters went to the polls to cast their ballots in the annual school board/school budget election. That means that 76 percent stayed home and let a minority make important decisions for them.    This year, according to the three local municipal clerks, there…

  • Home teams sparkle at first Raider Relays

    Inaugural meet a big success By: John E. Powers        Saturday’s first Hillsborough High School Raider Relays gave some of the state’s best teams the chance to showcase themselves on an early-season stage and face some top-flight competition. The home teams were among those to impress.    Team scores weren’t kept, but the Hillsborough boys would…

  • LETTER: Vote for budget and incumbents

    To the editor:     As a parent of three students in three South Brunswick schools, I want to express my support for the school budget, and for Paul Prodromo, Anna Tupe and Harry Delgado, the three incumbents running for re-election to the Board of Education.    Through personal experience, PTO involvement, and experience on the Budget…

  • ‘Streak’ can’t be avoided

    By: Redd E. Patrick    It’s known as "The Streak."    South Brunswick High School golf coach Mark Kraft tells his team not to think about "The Streak."    He says he tries not to think about "The Streak."    Yet every time Kraft and his troops hit the links, ‘The Streak’ gets in the way.    It’s not a…

  • Cutler runs personal-best in marathon

    Manville resident still getting faster By: Rudy Brandl    Donna Cutler ran more than a marathon at the More Marathon.    The 44-year-old Manville resident didn’t merely clock a personal-best in her ninth career marathon — she ran an extra lap due to some confusion on the course and wound up logging a whopping 32.4 miles. All…

  • LETTER: Incumbents, budget deserve support

    To the editor:     We have long known that South Brunswick Schools has one of the best music programs across the state of New Jersey. Our music program brings together a culturally diverse mix of students, with many different ethnic backgrounds who speak over 20 different languages, reflective of our student body make-up within the…