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  • Tonia-Shinena Bradley

       Tonia-Shinena Donnielle Bradley, 26, of Jamesburg died Wednesday, Jan. 21, as a result of a car accident in South Brunswick. Her son, Bradley Henderson, was stillborn on Wednesday following the accident.    A native of New Brunswick, she was a resident of Jamesburg for most of her life. She formerly worked as a teller at Ocean…

  • Hunger pangs

    Eighth-graders at Upper Freehold Middle School participate in a Hunger Banquet which gives students a taste of poverty. By: Sarah Winkelman    UPPER FREEHOLD — Most of the eighth-graders at Upper Freehold Middle School will never know what it is like to not have enough to eat, but they recently got a glimpse into what 85…

  • Burglars hit South Brunswick apartments

    Two Northumberland Way apartments were burglarized and ransacked. By: Rebecca Tokarz    Two Northumberland Way apartments were burglarized during the daytime hours Tuesday and police are urging residents to report suspicious behavior.    Police said the bandit entered the South Ridge Apartment Complex residences in Building 5 by prying the front doors open. Police said it is…

  • Fast-thinking teens elude armed carjackers

    The getaway so infuriated one carjacker, he hurled the pellet gun at the vehicle and broke the rear driver’s side window. By: Linda Seida    SOLEBURY — With some quick thinking, two teenagers eluded a pair of armed carjackers on the isolated Covered Bridge Road early Tuesday morning.    The teens’ getaway so infuriated one carjacker, he…

  • Editorial-Jan. 29, 2004

    Car thieves will strike in rural areas    Yes, in this rural area, there are carjackers waiting to strike.    Two teenagers found themselves facing two men armed with a pellet gun about 1:30 a.m. Tuesday morning on Covered Bridge Road near the covered bridge.    Police praised the teenage driver who refused to stop. Instead, she put…

  • South Brunswick finally runs out of comebacks

    By: Redd E. Patrick    A strange thing happened to the South Brunswick High School boys basketball team in its quest for an 11th straight victory on Monday night.    Falling behind in the fourth quarter just like they always do, the Vikings could not complete the comeback this time in falling to East Brunswick 57-45.    South…

  • Cardinals fall in opening round of Mercer County Tournament

    Ice hockey By: Jim Green    Lawrence High School ice hockey coach Andy Borowsky was forceful when talking to his players about the importance of Monday’s Mercer County Tournament first-round game against Steinert.    "I told them this would have been the biggest game of the season," Borowsky said. "I said this is what it’s all about.…

  • Calvo leads Lawrence boys team to victory

    Boys basketball By: Jim Green    The Lawrence High School boys basketball team took one step closer to qualifying for the state tournament with a solid win Saturday over Notre Dame (Pa.).    Senior shooting guard John Calvo continued his outstanding play, pouring in a team-high 15 points on five 3-pointers. Calvo — one of the Colonial…

  • Mangini makes most of opportunity

    HHS freshman wrestler wins All-Star bout By: Rudy Brandl    John Mangini knew he had nothing to lose, except his perfect record, at Sunday’s New Jersey All-Star Wrestling Classic at Rider University.    The Hillsborough High School freshman 112-pounder has state title aspirations and viewed Sunday’s match against Manalapan’s Nick Manochio as another step toward attaining that…