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  • Gurick is pleased with season

    Boys basketball By: Mike Molaro    Bernie Gurick hates to lose.    Whether it’s a pickup game with friends or on the bench watching his Pennington School boys basketball squad compete, the Red Raider coach always wants to win.    That’s why it might be surprising that Gurick isn’t too disappointed with Pennington’s 10-15 record this season. On…

  • Lawrence Hopewell Trail information sessions are slated

    One meeting is set for March 27 at 7:30 p.m. at the Hopewell Township Municipal Building.    Three information meetings about the Lawrence Hopewell Trail — the planned 20- mile bike and walking path — have been set.    They are scheduled for: March 5 at 7:30 p.m. at the Lawrence Town Hall; March 27 at 7:30…

  • HHS hoop teams sweep county quarters

    Raiders advance to SCT semifinals By: Rudy Brandl        For the third time in the last four years, the Hillsborough High basketball teams swept a home doubleheader in the quarterfinal round of the Somerset County Tournament.    Last week’s victories propelled the Raider hoop teams into this week’s semifinals. The third-ranked HHS girls earned a final…

  • DISPATCHES: In poetry, language of dissent

    Dispatches by Hank Kalet: Poetry and politics mingle during potential wartimes By: Hank Kalet    W.H. Auden once wrote that poetry "makes nothing happen." But in the same poem, "In Memory of W.B. Yeats," Auden also reminds us that the poet through his poems can transform feeling and that through this transformation effect an alteration in…

  • Holt decries lack of antiterror cash

    South Brunswick is in critical need of first response funding By: Jamie Simpson    The federal government needs to do more if towns such as South Brunswick are going to be ready to respond to a terrorist attack, said U.S. Rep. Rush Holt.    Rep. Holt, whose district includes South Brunswick, met Monday at the Monmouth Junction…

  • POLICE BLOTTER

       The owner of the Sparkle Plenty car wash on South Main Street reported $100 in coins was stolen from coin machines at the business.    The owner noticed damage to the machines at 2:30 p.m. Feb. 23. Police are investigating the incident. ***     Arthur Zgoda, 39, of Poland was charged with domestic violence/simple assault. Police…

  • Cardinal boys lose second meeting with Notre Dame

    Boys basketball By: Jim Green    The Lawrence High School boys basketball team could have had something to show for its disappointing year.    The Cardinals stepped on the floor at LHS on Monday night with an opportunity to complete a season sweep of cross-town rival Notre Dame. For Lawrence, which never completely recovered from its season-opening…

  • Zuza, Lebedz hope to place in tough district field

    Mustangs to enter tourney with 7-8 individuals By: Rudy Brandl        Nine local wrestling teams will gather at Hillsborough High for this weekend’s District 18 Championships with different goals.    Large schools like two-time defending champion Hillsborough and Central Jersey Group 2 champion Somerville will be gunning for team titles. Central Jersey Group 1 champ Bound…

  • Millstone residents implore committee to hasten Master Plan process

    Some fear foot-dragging could pose detriment to township environment. By: Cynthia Koons    MILLSTONE — Four months after the Planning Board submitted its recommendations for a new Master Plan to the Township Committee, some of the natives are getting restless.    In October, the Planning Board suggested modifying the Master Plan by, among other things, introducing 6-…