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  • Matlack likes depth of SBHS softball team

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    Most teams are content to have enough individual athletes to fill every position. For the South Brunswick High School varsity softball team this spring, its strength is likely to be the fact that they have two people, at least, for every job.    "We have people that can play anywhere," coach Danielle…

  • ‘Candida’

    McCarter Theatre stages this early George Bernard Shaw comedy. By: Stuart Duncan    It would probably be a good thing to remind ourselves what G.B. Shaw’s Candida is about.    The heroine, Candida, is the wife of the Rev. James Morrell, but is loved by Eugene Marchbanks, a sensitive and visionary 18-year-old man who thinks Morell nothing…

  • NEHS lacrosse teams aim for post-season returns

    By: Kyle Moylan    Success came early in the history of the lacrosse teams at New Egypt High School. Don’t expect either team to give up that success without a fight, though.    Under the direction of the Dayna Mennen, New Egypt made the playoffs last year in only its second year of existence as a varsity…

  • Panel eyes campaign intitiative

    Law would limit political donations. By: Sharlee Joy DiMenichi    No-bid municipal contracts and large political donations are two things that won’t mix if one citizens group has its way.    Calling themselves the South Brunswick Initiative for Campaign Finance Reform, five residents have developed a proposed ordinance that would curtail the spending power of political donors…

  • Experienced Cardinals ready for season

    Lawrence Baseball By: Jim Green    After a very difficult 2003 season, Lawrence High School baseball coach Brian Carter believes his veteran club is ready to turn things around.    With senior outfielder John Haggerty and senior second baseman Jared Smith leading the way, the Cardinals are ready to put last year’s 2-18 campaign behind them and…

  • Bulldog squad faces tough campaign

    Hopewell Valley Golf By: John E. Powers    The Hopewell Valley High School golf team went 19-2 overall and 15-2 in the Colonial Valley Conference last year, finishing second in the league. But repeating those achievements won’t be easy.    The Bulldogs lost five starters to graduation last June, leading longtime coach Skip Johnson to prepare for…

  • Healthy Kids Day set Saturday at YMCA

       The Princeton Family YMCA will celebrate the 13th annual YMCA Healthy Kids Day on Saturday, April 3. The day is designed to highlight the wide range of activities and youth sports available to kids at local YMCAs. Activities will include obstacle course, moonwalk, basketball shoot, magic shows, cooking activities for families, car seat safety checks,…

  • County settles landfill lawsuit

    County freeholders unanimously voted to settle suit over landfill fees out of court. By: Scott Morgan    FLORENCE — The six-year lawsuit filed by the township against Burlington County over landfill fees ended last week when the freeholders unanimously voted to settle with the township out of court.    The county agreed March 24, the eve of…

  • Child custody fight looms in Nyce case

    Accused murderer, Jonathan Nyce, is denied bail reduction again. By John Tredrea    Michelle Nyce’s parents have officially squared off against Jonathan Nyce’s brother and sister-in-law in a custody battle over the three Nyce children, a lawyer involved in the case said Wednesday.    An initial hearing on the case is expected to be scheduled soon in…