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  • Newest teachers learning the ropes

    South Brunswick educators attend orientation. By: Brooke Olster    New teachers in South Brunswick have more to worry about than lesson plans — they have to quickly familiarize themselves with each other, the school system and the town.    Learning how to manage all that was on the agenda this week when 80 new teachers, mostly in…

  • Mustangs played much better than record

    Team fell just short of major playoff upset By: Rudy Brandl    For a team that won just once in nine games, the Manville Mustangs sure generated lots of excitement on the softball diamond this summer.    Manville opened the season with a thrilling comeback victory over the Immaculata Spartans but lost the next seven games to…

  • Aug. 21, 6:37 p.m.: This is George Bush’s war

    "We started a war over something that never was." — Jimmy Breslin By: Hank Kalet    Jimmy Breslin in his Newsday column on Wednesday offers perhaps the most succinct response to the bombing of the United Nations mission in Baghdad on Tuesday:    "The weapons of mass destruction in Baghdad on Tuesday were a cement truck, explosives…

  • Council tables potential car sale ordinance

    Concerns over strict guidelines doom proposal. By: Lea Kahn    A proposed ordinance that would have limited township residents’ ability to sell their own cars from their front lawns was tabled by Township Council Tuesday night.    Municipal Manager William Guhl brought the ordinance to the council, aiming to prevent residents from informally operating used-car lots from…

  • Local squad lends a hand in New York

    Overload of calls during blackout draws crews By:Alec Moore    Manville’s Volunteer First Aid and Rescue Squad once again lent its assistance to New York City Emergency Medical Service crews last week in response to the massive power outage that blacked out all of New York City and much of the northeastern United States and Canada.…

  • Local attorney tapped for court seat

    Washington Township attorney, Peter Sheridan, nominated for lifelong federal judgeship. By: Cynthia Koons    WASHINGTON — President George Bush has nominated Washington Township’s attorney Peter Sheridan for a lifelong federal judgeship in Camden, but the nomination has faced some criticism from two Democratic U.S. senators.    If the nomination is approved by the U.S. Senate, Mr. Sheridan…

  • Hopewell Township Democrats fill Township Committee ballot vacancy

    David Sandahl, a 49-year-old resident of Dublin Road, will replace Mayor Francesca Bartlett as November’s candidate. By Ruth Luse    David Sandahl, who calls himself "an advocate of government reform," was selected Monday night by Hopewell Township Democrats as their candidate for Township Committee in the Nov. 4 general election.    Mr. Sandahl, a 49-year-old resident of…

  • New Straube Center building gets Pennington planners’ OK

    Straube Center plans to lease the new building to the Cambridge School, now located at 62 S. Main St. By Marianne Hooker    At its Aug. 13 meeting, the Pennington Planning Board approved a use variance and site plan that will allow construction of a new building on the grounds of the Straube Center.    As now…

  • Committee bans dangerous left turn

    Springfield Township Committee outlaws left turns from the Columbus Farmers Market onto northbound Route 206. By: Scott Morgan    The Springfield Township Committee last week adopted an ordinance outlawing left turns from the Columbus Farmers Market onto northbound Route 206.    The market’s southern parking lot, which is not regulated by a traffic light, offered shoppers and…