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  • Recycled computers helping local families

    Program has more than a dozen machines donated from residents By:Sally Goldenberg    More than a dozen needy families in the Hillsborough School District may be able to enjoy the Internet and computer programs, thanks to used computers donated to a project organized by the teachers union.    The Hillsborough Education Association began collecting and donating used…

  • Workers rescued from sand bin in Upper Freehold

    Toms River men are trapped for three hours. By: Cynthia Koons    UPPER FREEHOLD — Two employees of Clayton Block Co. on Route 526 became trapped in a sand bin there Friday after one of them fell into the bin and the other attempted to save him, spawning a rescue mission that spanned more than three…

  • Week of Jan. 30

    Margaret Faye Stine    WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP — Margaret Faye Stine, 91, died Jan. 23 in Compassionate Care Hospice at St. Francis, Trenton.    Born in Aristes, Pa., she was an area resident since 1950.    She was formerly employed as a seamstress in Trenton for more than 20 years.    She was a member of St. Mark United Methodist…

  • SBHS hopes to turn it around in wrestling tournaments

    By: Ken Weingartner    As the South Brunswick wrestling team works through one of its toughest seasons in recent memory, there is little to do but look ahead.    And the future might hold promise for the Vikings.    South Brunswick fell to 2-13 with a 41-24 loss Tuesday night against perennial state power South Plainfield. Yet as…

  • Committee undoing accomplishments

    To the editor    At the Hillsborough Township Committee meeting on Jan. 14th, members of the public raised concerns about serious issues occurring within the newly elected Republican government.    To date, unfortunately, none have received adequate attention. Many citizens may not even realize what has been happening within the new government.    It took a Republican "heavy-weight,"…

  • Edition of Jan. 30, 2003

    Anderson and Thomson Walter W. Anderson    Walter W. Anderson, 74, died Saturday at The Medical Center at Princeton.    Born in Trenton, he moved to Pennington in 1957 and to Hopewell Township in 1970.    He was a brother in the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity and a member of ROTC at Rutgers University. After graduating with a…

  • Lawrence starting to show its talent

    Ice hockey By: Jim Green    The Lawrence High School ice hockey team went 11 games and more than a month between its first two wins of the season. It took only to one game for the Cardinals to win their third.    The Cardinals rolled past Ewing 8-1 Jan. 22 to post its first two-game winning…

  • Turnpike widening set for fall

    Plans being mulled over for Turnpike expansion By: Rebecca Tokarz    Plans to widen the truck lanes on the N.J. Turnpike between Exit 9 and Exit 8A from two lanes to three lanes could begin in the fall.    The project also calls for changes to the area where vehicles merge from three to two lanes. The…

  • Students disagree on need for war

    Round-table discussion with the students of SBHS By: Rebecca Tokarz    High school students, like many Americans, are split on what role the United States should play in the pending war with Iraq.    Students in Mark Babich’s military education class at South Brunswick High School were invited by the South Brunswick Post to debate the issue…