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  • Township finalizes plans for ribbon ceremony

    Event will be held Wednesday at Municipal Complex. By: Lea Kahn    The families of nearly two dozen military servicemen and servicewomen will gather next Wednesday, April 16, to tie a yellow ribbon, bearing the names of their loved ones, to the oak tree on the front lawn at the Municipal Building.    The 7 p.m. ceremony…

  • Talent level looks high for SBHS girls’ golf team

    By: Rich Fisher    Jaymee Boehmer knows that she has talent on the South Brunswick High girls golf team, she just does not know if it’s as talented as the rest of the teams the Vikings will face this year.    The world of high school girls golf has not exactly gripped the Greater Middlesex Conference yet,…

  • Raider laxmen looking to end Pitt drought

    HHS BOYS’ LACROSSE PREVIEW By: John E. Powers        It has been a long time since the Hillsborough High School boys’ lacrosse team has won a game in the rugged Pitt Division. The Raiders, 5-15 last year and 0-7 in divisional play, haven’t won a divisional game since Pat Donnelly was head coach in 1999,…

  • New faces step up for Manville nine

    Gryzeski, McCarthy notch mound victories By: Rudy Brandl    The Manville High baseball team found different ways to win its first two games of the 2003 season last week.    Several players contributed for the Mustangs, who opened with a 6-1 road victory at Newark Technology and followed with a 17-5 rout of Oratory Prep on Thursday…

  • ‘Bend It Like Beckham’

    Here’s a movie with music, action, romance, madcap humor, downright feel-goodness and the fresh vitality of new actors.   [PG-13] By: Bob Brown Parminder K. Nagra (above) prays to her hero David Beckham and celebrates a victory with teammate Keira Knightley (left) in Bend It Like Beckham.    This film makes no apologies for its title, which only…

  • Top super candidate steps aside

    Byron withdraws himself from superintendent race. By: Rebecca Tokarz    The school community wants the school board to tread slowly and take its time as it reopens the search for a new superintendent.    On April 3, school board officials announced that Leigh Byron, the announced frontrunner in what had been a three-month search, asked the school…

  • Princeton Borough Police fill two vacancies

    By: Jennifer Potash    The Princeton Borough Police Department added two new officers to its force Tuesday.    The Princeton Borough Council approved the hiring of Courtney Ann Heller, 22, of Sewell and Sean Peter Cahill, 24, of Milltown to the police department.    Both officers were appointed as probationary patrol officers and will be assigned to the…

  • Naar leads Lawrence to 2-0 start

    Boys tennis By: Jim Green    Aaron Naar, the Lawrence High School tennis team’s new first singles player, through two matches has displayed the heart and skill that should make him a solid replacement at the top of the Cardinal lineup.    Naar, a junior who had some experience last season at second singles, has taken over…

  • Dr. Donald Robert Goodenough

       Dr. Donald Robert Goodenough, 75, of West Trenton died Wednesday at home after a brief illness.    Born in San Francisco, Dr. Goodenough was a retired research psychologist, internationally recognized in his field for contributions he made in the areas of sleep research and cognition.    After having served in the US Army at Los Alamos, he…