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  • Kids and Community

    Trust key to fighting substance abuse. By: Judy Shepps Battle My suggestion is that we take the billions of dollars spent on drug testing and invest in teaching families the basics of communication during the preschool years, with remedial workshops during elementary and secondary school.        Testing is in fashion this year — drug testing,…

  • Four ordinances due for Hopewell Township action tonight

    Three of the four are bonding measures. By John Tredrea    The Hopewell Township Committee is expected to take action tonight (June 5) on four ordinances, three of which are bonding measures.    If adopted, the first — a proposed $523,000 capital improvements ordinance — would allow for the purchase of a new dump truck for the…

  • Post 401 opens legion season Friday

    By: Rich Fisher    A new era in Middlesex County American Legion baseball begins this season with the advent of two divisions.    But when it comes to South Brunswick Post 401, the "Coz Era" is still going strong.    Tony Cosumano begins his 28th season as 401 head coach on Friday, when South Brunswick opens its season…

  • Cutler jumps into Meet of Champions

    Greene’s great year ends at Group 1 meet By: Rudy Brandl    EGG HARBOR — The conditions weren’t great, but Amy Cutler found a way to earn a medal at last weekend’s State Group 1 Track and Field Championships.    The Manville High junior, who’s not crazy about the South Jersey facility on a sunny day, made…

  • Friedland beaten in first round

    Boys tennis By: John E. Powers    Nobody will ever accuse Hopewell Valley Central High School boys tennis player Adam Friedland of having a tour of easy opponents this spring.    The senior was eliminated by Ramapo’s Stefano Salvatore 6-1, 6-2 from the state singles tennis championships Monday at Mercer County Park in West Windsor. Friedland, like…

  • Learning from life outside of class

    The first in a series on graduating seniors’ final weeks at South Brunswick High School. By: Brooke Olster    For the last several years, seniors at South Brunswick High School have been offered a chance to learn about the world outside their classrooms.    For the last four weeks of the school year, seniors who qualify are…

  • Baseball team drops finale to MCT runner-up WW-PN

    Baseball By: John E. Powers    One of the toughest challenges a coach has this time of year is motivating his players for a meaningless game.    The Hopewell Valley Central High School baseball team and its first-year coach Jim Reed had that type of challenge last week, when the Bulldogs finished the season against West Windsor-Plainsboro…

  • Mansfield politicians toss barbs

    Citizens join debate before primary race By: Eve Collins        MANSFIELD – Officials and constituents continued the debate last week on the hotly contested issue of whether the municipality should have a festival to celebrate Columbus Day, an issue that some claim local Republicans are using for political gain.    The issue came to a head…

  • Jewel in the Crown

    The heart of Doris Duke’s nature preserve opens to the public for the first time in 75 years. By: Ilene Dube    Even though the logical part of our brains tells us the chance of winning the lottery is minute, every time we fork over for a ticket, we’re buying a piece of the Big Dream.…