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  • Young Viking tennis team wasn’t too shabby

    By: Rich Fisher    With just one starter returning — and vaulting from second doubles all the way from second doubles to first singles — one might forgive the South Brunswick High tennis team if it only won a few games the season.    But the Vikings did better than expected, finishing 9-12 overall, going 8-10 in…

  • Kaplowitz impresses at NJSIAA state gymnastics meet

    By: Rich Fisher    Ellise Kaplowitz made her first trip to the NJSIAA State Gymnastics Championship a memorable one.    "I think she performed really well," South Brunswick High coach Michele Buccellato said. "She is definitely a pressure performer and she really was going out there to have fun and she did a good routine. She competed…

  • AHS Redbirds have done it again

    The Allentown High School marching band won first place in the U.S. Scholastic Band Association regional competition. By: Sarah Winkelman    ALLENTOWN — For the second time in four years, the Allentown High School marching band won first place in the United States Scholastic Band Association (USSBA) regional competition.    The contest was held Nov. 8 in…

  • LETTERS: Town should keep ban on religious displays

    To the editor:    I would like to respond to the Nov. 13 front page story in which a request was made to the South Brunswick Township Council to lift the ban on holiday displays on municipal property.    As a resident of 46 years in South Brunswick, I am aware of the growing diversity in our…

  • Carter Road restaurant is one OK closer to reality

    On Nov. 12, the Hopewell Township Zoning Board of Adjustment granted a use variance. By Marianne Hooker    At a special meeting Nov. 12, the Hopewell Township Zoning Board of Adjustment granted a use variance with conditions that will permit the operation of a restaurant, bar, banquet hall and catering facility at 350 Carter Road.    Board…

  • BMW 3 Series coupes and convertibles ring in the new year early with sharper looks and added features

    Crowned the best of the best – year after year – and a car that the rest of the industry scrambles to match, the BMW 3 Series already is considered the pinnacle of European style and performance prowess. – Now what? By: Malcolm Gunn    For 2004, BMW will continue its don’t-mess-with-perfection approach, almost daring anyone…

  • VFW auxiliary thanks supporters

    To the editor    This Nov. 27, we are about to thank everyone for all the goodness that touched our lives. With this in mind, I want to thank Sonya Martin, Committee Chairperson, Liason, Anna Marie Fucello, Debra Blaney and Bob Evans, in helping me get in touch with our local veterans in our quest to…

  • TOWNSHIP BRIEFS

    By:Roger Alvarado Police systems will be updates    Township Committee members approved a resolution to accept 18 police computer modems from AT&T, which will save the township $20,000.    The gift is part of an incentive package that is currently being offered by AT&T to police designed to prompt a changeover between their current police monitoring system…

  • North Hanover scraps proposed tax

    North Hanover Township officials decide against addition of 1 percent occupancy tax to hotel bills. By: Eve Collins    NORTH HANOVER – Township officials scrapped a proposed ordinance that would have added a 1 percent occupancy tax onto local motel bills after a local motel owner said the proposal would drive away customers.    "We’re losing our…