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  • Happiness is mashing potatoes

    Toll Gate Grammar holds Pie-a-Thon for TASK dinner. Photo by Robyn C. Stein On Monday, Toll Gate Grammar School students and volunteers created sweet-potato pies for the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen (TASK) Thanksgiving dinner. Among the workers were Patrick Dunne (left) and Brody Casper, who are mashing sweet potatoes for the pies. The children are…

  • Another standout season for SBHS

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    The 2003 South Brunswick High School varsity boys’ soccer team may not have recreated the glory of last year’s squad, but this year’s Vikings can still be pleased about their achievements.    They had a winning season, going 12-8-1 overall, and finishing fourth (5-6-1) in the top flight in the Greater Middlesex…

  • Council expected to discuss police presence at Rider

    Many new items on agenda for Tuesday evening. By: Lea Kahn    Township Council is expected to take action on an agreement to provide police protection to Rider University three nights a week, plus other dates when school officials request it.    That two-page agreement is one of several items that Township Council will consider at its…

  • Vikes gymnastics campaign among best ever

    By: Rich Fisher    The numbers themselves, could make a case that this was the greatest season in South Brunswick High School gymnastics history.    But head coach Michele Buccellato, who was part of that history as a Viking gymnast, will not make such a claim.    "I don’t know about in history, but we definitely had a…

  • Football squad made progress this season

    Football By: Jim Green    Lawrence High School football coach Rob Radice is not going to beat around the bush; he would have liked for his team to win more games in 2003.    But Radice also considers his team’s 4-6 record a success, considering its youth and the amount of overhaul his lineup and gameplan went…

  • Tax forum to address assessments

    Tuesday night meeting will include representatives from state, county By:Roger Alvarado    An on-again, off-again informational question-and-answer forum designed to educate residents on the reassessment process will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Municipal Complex.    The forum to be presented by state, county and local tax assessors will aim to provide residents with a…

  • Vikings cross country team inches back toward glory days

    By: Redd E. Patrick    The South Brunswick High School boys and girls cross country programs took a step in the right direction this season with a youth movement, but next the season, the goals will be higher as the school looks to get back to the glory era of the 1990s.    The boys team finished…

  • Huge tree demolishes Titusville barn used for apartments

    Tree went down and landed on a barn, located on the 1400 block of River Road near its intersection with Church Road. By John Tredrea    A storm packing strong wind and torrential rain early Friday morning sent a huge tree crashing into a Titusville barn that had been converted into five apartments.    Only one minor…

  • South Brunswick broke new ground in volleyball

    By: Rich Fisher    And in the sixth year, they officially arrived.    After five seasons of slow but steady progress, the South Brunswick High volleyball program stamped itself as a legitimate force in the Greater Middlesex Conference this year.    The Vikings went 16-9 overall and 15-6 during the regular season; finished second to East Brunswick in…