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  • Senior softballers tied for first place

    Elites split in opening week By: Rudy Brandl        Hillsborough’s Senior League softball teams continued their impressive early season play with victories over Manville’s two squads last week at Ann Van Middlesworth Park.    The Hustle teams entered this week’s play with 2-0 records, tied for first as the league’s only undefeated clubs. Both teams routed…

  • Sewer rates may rise in several communities

    Up to 2,000 Mansfield residents may be effected By: Eve Collins    MANSFIELD – Close to 200 residents gathered at the clubhouse in the Four Seasons community last week for an informational meeting about sewer rates that may be headed for a hefty increase in the coming months.    Residents from the Mapleton and Homestead communities within…

  • SBAA 8’s win North Brunswick title

    By:    Eight-years-old, and already winning championships.    The South Brunswick Athletic Association’s 8-year-old All-Star team captured the North Brunswick Caruso Tournament Championship with a 13-8 victory over the Manalapan Bombers Saturday. Sean Keenan pitched brilliantly for four innings and also had three hits as he was named the Tournament Most Valuable Player.    Trailing 3-0, SB rallied…

  • July 10, 5:23 p.m.: Dispatches

    This week, Dispatches offers some thoughts on summer reading. By: Hank Kalet    Check out this week’s Dispatches on summer reading.

  • Bruce Davis

       Bruce C. Davis, 50, of Dayton, died Monday, June 30, at home.    He was born in Montgomery, Ala., and resided in South Brunswick since 1987. He was a paralegal for Samuel M. Silver, Esq. in North Brunswick for seven years. He was an AA member and a member of St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Red…

  • Reminiscing about holiday traditions

    CRIMSON COMMENTS by Rose McGlew    I started out writing about the Fourth of July and became so nostalgic about other holidays that I thought I would share them this week.    When I was a kid in Florida, there was never a question as to where holidays were spent. Christmas Eve and Easter were always at…

  • Firefighter, police contracts on township agenda

    Lawrence council meets Tuesday at 8 p.m. By: Lea Kahn    A pair of three-year contracts — one for police officers and another for the paid firefighters — are expected to be considered by Township Council when it meets Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the Lower Level Conference Room at the Municipal Building.    The council plans…

  • Dispatches: Summer’s here and the reading’s easy

    DISPATCHES by Hank Kalet: Soak up the sun with a book or two. By: Hank Kalet    I spent my weekend engaged in what may be my favorite summer activity: sitting by my pool and reading.    There is no better way to unwind, as far as I’m concerned, no better way to take in the summer…

  • Bike path ruins woods’ ecology

    Letter to the editor To the editor:    I am writing in regard to the proposed Lawrence-Hopewell bike trail, a 20-mile bike path that will traverse both Lawrence and Hopewell Townships.    My primary concern is with the one-mile section that will cross Carson Road Woods, a passive recreational park in Lawrence Township. The Lawrence-Hopewell task force,…