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  • HHS swimmers battle best at Pirate Invitational

    Green, Kuehne, McCormick shine By: John E. Powers        With two dual meets and the Pirate Invitational, the Hillsborough High School swimming teams had quite a week.    The boys finished fifth at the Pirate with 84 points Saturday at West Windsor-Plainsboro South High School and the girls were ninth Sunday. The boys had already beaten…

  • South Brunswick school expansion schedule announced

    District plans for $46.32 million plan to be completed in two phases. By: Rebecca Tokarz    Rebecca TokarzStaff Writer    Officials are expected to recommend a schedule for the completion of renovations and upgrades to five of the district’s elementary schools, Tuesday.    Projects include new wings and renovations at Brunswick Acres, Cambridge, Constable, Greenbrook and Monmouth Junction…

  • Letters to the Editor

    ‘Immensely refreshing’ To the editor:     Having just completed my time on Hopewell Borough Council where I filled the unexpired term of a prior councilman, I wanted to share an observation about the borough’s governing body.    Mayor David Nettles, Council President David Knights and other council members – Alice Huston, Jolly Leigh, David Mackie, Sky…

  • Fenwick Freeman to head Planning Board

    Newcomer Greg Burchette named vice-chairman at Jan. 8 reorganization meeting By:Roger Alvarado    Hillsborough’s Planning Board members made a bit of local history last week by choosing Marian Fenwick Freeman to be the first woman ever to chair the board.    The unanimous selection came during the Jan. 8 reorganization meeting.    "It’s an honor and a privilege,"…

  • KIDS AND COMMUNITY: Smoking ‘fry’ isn’t a normal teenage rite of passage

    KIDS AND COMMUNITY by Judy Shepps Battle: Marijuana joints soaked in embalming fluid are latest deadly drug trend. By: Judy Shepps Battle    Every generation exhibits behaviors that are intended to both baffle and offend parents and elders. Many of these adolescent provocations revolve around styles of music or dress and the use of illegal drugs.…

  • Connie Fallon

       Connie (Goracy) Fallon, 72, of Monmouth Junction died Monday, Jan. 5, at her home.    Born in Jersey City, she had been a longtime resident of Parlin before moving to Monmouth Junction. She was a communicant of St. Bernadette’s R.C. Church in Old Bridge. She was a clerical worker for the New Jersey Association of Realtors…

  • Board to decide on new electives

    By:John Patten    The Board of Education will vote on 17 new high school electives next week, after reviewing the list at Tuesday’s meeting.    Most of the classes will be computer and technology oriented — such as the Webpage design, desktop publishing and computer-aided design classes — as well as additions to the school’s advanced placement…

  • Record year for pantry

    Monetary donations were at an all-time high in 2003, with the pantry seeing a 20 percent increase in donations. By: Rebecca Tokarz    The township’s Department of Social Services will be able to help more families this year thanks to an outpour of community support and donations, officials said Wednesday.    The department saw a 20 percent…

  • John Folland

       John Alfred Folland, 84, died Wednesday, Jan. 7, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick.    Born in Norway, he resided in Griggstown for 24 years before moving to Kendall Park 18 years ago. Mr. Folland was an Army veteran of World War II. He was a member of Christ The King Lutheran Church,…