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  • ACS Relay for Life kickoff planned

    Event returns to high school By:Roger Alvarado    Local organizers say they’ll need a few helping hands in order to make this year’s edition of the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life as successful as last year’s.    The 18-hour national fund-raising event aimed at helping researchers find a cure for all forms of cancer will take…

  • Passions run strong at South Brunswick clergy forum on film

    Mixed feelings aired at interfaith discussion of Mel Gibson’s "The Passion of the Christ." By: Sharlee Joy DiMenichi    One moviegoer’s inspiration is another’s degradation, said participants in an interfaith dialogue Sunday at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church.    Jews who met with Christians to discuss Mel Gibson’s "The Passion of the Christ" said the film demonized Jews…

  • TANGENTS: Finding a secret place for a little hike in the woods

    TANGENTS By John Saccenti: Discovering Ireland Brook Park on the border of East and South Brunswick. By: John Saccenti    There are secret places you can go. Places that aren’t hard to find, if you’re looking.    The problem is, most of us aren’t looking, and we usually end up leaving town for a day, a weekend,…

  • POST FORUM: Gay marriage

    POST FORUM: Would you support a constitutional amendment defining marriage as only between a man and a woman? Would you support a constitutional amendment defining marriage as only between a man and a woman?

  • Hockey team nets state tournament win

    Ice hockey By: Mike Molaro    It took five years, but the Hopewell Valley Central High School ice hockey team picked up a state tournament victory.    With junior forward Pete Carroll scoring two goals and junior forward Gregg Amato contributing a goal and an assist, the 24th-seeded Bulldogs (15-10-1) defeated 41st-seeded Verona 3-1 Monday in the…

  • Proposed Carter Road eatery is target of lawsuit

    Lawsuit seeking to overturn the Hopewell Township Zoning Board of Adjustment decision was filed in state Superior Court Jan. 30 by township residents Ted Petrie and Robert Kraeger, both residents of Elm Ridge Park. By John Tredrea    A plan to put a restaurant in a historic farmhouse at 350 Carter Road, unanimously approved by the…

  • EDITORIAL: Voters have choices in school race

    Turnout of seven hopefuls is good for township.    It should be an intriguing race for school board this year in Lawrence Township. We’re especially pleased to see seven interested residents running for the three Board of Education seats. With only two incumbents seeking re-election, the township is guaranteed of at least one fresh face on…

  • Father of HoVal basketball captain dies after collapsing during tourney game

    Decision not to replay first-round playoff game, which Hopewell was leading 42-37 early in the fourth quarter, was made out of respect for the family of team Captain Jeff Molinelli, whose father, John, suffered a fatal heart attack as he was photographing the Bulldogs from the sidelines. By John Tredrea    The NJSIAA Group III Central…

  • George, Feig and Brewer advance in Region VII

    By: Sean Moylan    "Nasty Boy" Erik George’s tough 4-3 loss to Eric Ammirata in the District 25 finals at Steinert was a hard one to swallow because everyone was quite aware of George’s enormous talent.    However, in Tuesday’s Region VII pre-quarterfinals action at Eastern High School, George decided not to leave his fate up to…