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  • LETTER: State forcing Route 92 ahead

    To the editor:    Is the state’s political machine trying to force Route 92 on South Brunswick Township behind closed doors? The facts fit.    Fact: The Army Corps of Engineers’ draft environmental impact study on 92 has been complete for months, but is being withheld from the public on technicalities. Gov. James McGreevey’s administration is effectively…

  • Historic day for Millstone

    Nancy Grbelja becomes Millstone Township’s first female Committee member and its first female mayor. By: Sarah Winkelman    MILLSTONE — Nancy Grbelja made township history last week’s when she was sworn in as the town’s first female Township Committee member and its first female mayor, a position she’ll hold for the rest of the year. Her…

  • Vikings hang on to beat Hamilton in girls basketball

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    Luckily for the South Brunswick High School varsity girls’ basketball team, there is no distinction made in a squad’s record for pretty wins versus ugly wins. If there were, Monday night’s 66-58 victory over visiting Hamilton West would certainly fall into the latter category.    Instead, the Lady Vikings will count their…

  • Seniors protest rising sewer rates

    Mansfield Township senior citizens are taking their concerns over the cost of sewer rates to the State House in Trenton. By: Eve Collins    MANSFIELD — Some very determined seniors were expected to turn out for another demonstration to protest rising sewer rates in the area, this time at the State House in Trenton on Wednesday.…

  • MHS boys drop two in tourney

    Turnovers, illnesses doom team By: Shawn Tyrrell        DUNELLEN — So far, the start to the 2003-04 Manville High boys’ basketball season has been anything but easy.    Four games into the campaign, the Mustangs have yet to register a win. After a 50-47 setback at Newark Tech on Dec. 23, the team suffered losses to…

  • Valley veterans get top military award

    New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs spokeswoman presented New Jersey Distinguished Service Medal, the state’s top military award, to 101 Mercer County residents who are combat veterans of World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and the Persian Gulf.    A special awards ceremony was held recently at the National Guard Armory in Lawrenceville.    Col. Maria…

  • Raider cagers must rebound in New Year

    Team drops to 2-5 over holidays By: Rudy Brandl        SCOTCH PLAINS — Sometimes, a team just has to pick its poison.    The Hillsborough High boys faced such a dilemma in last Saturday’s non-conference basketball game at Scotch Plains-Fanwood. Should the Raiders dare play their man-to-man defense against highly touted twin towers Derrick Caracter and…

  • Stu Fierstein begins fourth term as mayor

    Allentown mayor and councilmen are sworn into office at reorganization meeting. By: Lauren Burgoon    ALLENTOWN — Stu Fierstein was sworn in to his fourth term as mayor at Allentown’s reorganization meeting Tuesday.    Mayor Fierstein was accompanied by his wife, Jill, as he was sworn in by Municipal Clerk Lorene Wright. After he took the oath…

  • HHS girls capture Red Barn trophy

    Freshman, jayvee, varsity teams complete holiday sweep By: Rudy Brandl        The Hillsborough High girls’ basketball program completed the 2003 portion of the season with a perfect December record.    All three HHS teams – the varsity, jayvee and freshman units – capped their 5-0 December runs by sweeping the War of the Worlds Holiday Tournament.…