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  • Town gets money for road fixes

    South Brunswick expects $185,000 from a Livable Communities Pilot Program grant to improve Ridge Road. By: Sharlee Joy DiMenichi    South Brunswick Township is expected to receive $185,000 from a Livable Communities Pilot Program grant to improve Ridge Road.    Money for the grant comes from the State Transportation Trust Fund which last week provided 17 Middlesex…

  • EDITORIAL: Help to give needy a happy Thanksgiving

       Close to a hundred boxes will be delivered to area residents this weekend. Inside, recipients will find a turkey, trimmings for a Thanksgiving dinner, bread, pasta, canned foods, baby food, formula and most likely a nice holiday dessert. In some cases, the boxes will contain enough food for a month.    With Thanksgiving a week away,…

  • Theresa Picone

       Theresa P. Picone, 68, of Galloway, died Sunday, Nov. 10 at the Summerlin Hospital Medical Center in Las Vegas.    Born in Mahanoy City, Pa., on June 5, 1934, she lived in South Brunswick for over 40 years before moving to Galloway in 2001. She graduated from St. Cyril’s Academy in Danville, Pa., in 1952 and…

  • Local woman still missing

    Police ask for public’s help. By: Sharlee Joy DiMenichi    Police are asking for the public’s help to find a Monmouth Junction woman who disappeared nearly seven weeks ago.    Elizabeth Vandoren, 30, of the Lakewood Court Motel on Route 130 was last seen Oct. 5 getting into a small blue car after hitchhiking on Route 130,…

  • Dems still have a chanceto fulfill goals

    EDITORIAL: But quick action is needed to leave any legacy    The election of Republicans Steven Sireci and John Souren this month means at least an interruption in Democratic control of the Township Committee next year (with the Republicans’ imminent 3-2 control), so we thought we’d take a look at how much unfinished business the committee…

  • Back Timberlane wetlands study commissioned; personnel actions taken

    SCHOOL BOARD UPDATE By John Tredrea    A freshwater wetlands application to state government for the Back Timberlane athletic fields project will be done by the Princeton-based engineering firm of Van Note Harvey, the Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education voted unanimously Monday night.    The firm will be paid $6,000, plus fees and expenses for the…

  • Fired cook chargedin assault on officer

    Officer Tatur: ‘He started a physical altercationand had to be subdued with pepper spray’ By John Tredrea    The fired night cook at The Pennington School is in jail on $45,000 bail and faces charges he ran amok in the school cafeteria and later assaulted a policeman in downtown Pennington.    Pennington Patrolman Kevin Tatur said Wednesday…

  • Viking football team hopes to go unbeaten in its ‘one-game season’

    By: Ken Weingartner    It’s now a one-game season for the South Brunswick High football team.    After falling to 3-6 with a loss to Freehold Township in their NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV consolation game, the Vikings still can go out with a smile by defeating archrival North Brunswick on Wednesday night — Thanksgiving eve.    North…

  • Mothering the Dream

    This year’s cast for American Repertory Ballet’s ‘Nutcracker’ relies on young dancers and their moms. By: Hank Kalet    Denise Dingwall started dancing with the American Repertory Ballet when she was 8 years old. Thirty-two years later, she is joining her 13-year-old Daughter, Heather, on stage in the company’s annual production of The Nutcracker.    The Dingwalls…