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  • Body slams for a good cause

    Charity wrestling event at Pro Skate USA on Oct. 12 By: Rebecca Tokarz    Powerful body slams and high-flying, off-the-top-rope elbow drops can be seen when the American Championship Wrestling Alliance takes over South Brunswick for a charity event.    Bell time for the second annual show is set for 1 p.m. Oct. 12 and will be…

  • Learning about police work

    An inside look at policing By: Sharlee Joy DiMenichi    A group of South Brunswick residents got a glimpse inside the world of the township’s women and men in blue at a Civilian Police Academy class held recently at the Police Department.    The session was part of a weekly course that runs through Dec. 11.    Several…

  • NBC girls’ soccer gets its kicks during winning week

    Greyhounds trounce Pemberton, 5-0 By:Sean Moylan    The Northern Burlington County Regional High School girls’ varsity soccer team is scoring more goals and playing some of the best soccer it’s played in years.    Amy Hoyer netted 2 goals to lift the Greyhounds to a 5-0 home win over Pemberton last Thursday. Kourtney Gibbs (a goal and…

  • Hopewell Valley’s No. 1 baseball fan?

    It could be Pennington Point’s Mary Clarke. By John Tredrea    If you tried to picture in your mind how the most ardent baseball fan would look, chances are the image you conjured up wouldn’t bear much resemblance to Mary Clarke.    A charming, petite widow and retiree who grew up in Pennington and graduated with the…

  • High school computer lab wires students to the world

    Room allows full classes to join in high-tech lessons By:Sally Goldenberg    Manville High School teachers can now conduct entire classes with the aid of wired computers.    The school’s Information Technologies (IT) computer lab was wired last week and is now accessible for teachers to use, said Technology Coordinator Karen Bolmarcich.    "It has state-of-the-art, brand new…

  • For the week of Oct. 3

    By: Olin Wright    HOLCOMBE, Wis. — Olin "Mickey" Wright, 65, died Saturday, Sept. 28, at Lakeview Medical Center in Rice Lake.    Born in Groveville, N.J., he was the son of the late Olin and Mary Stackhouse Wright. He served in the Navy from 1957 to 1961 and married Joanne Herbick in Glen Ellyn, Ill., in…

  • Effort is a concern for Cardinal coach

    Girls Soccer By: Mike Molaro    Dave Boggs can accept losing if his Lawrence High School girls soccer squad puts forth a solid effort.    But when the Cardinals (3-4) play like they did in losses at Steinert, 4-0, last Friday, and at Allentown, 5-1, on Monday, the head coach has to wonder why his girls didn’t…

  • TOWN TALK: Preserving 4,000 acres

    The Ocean County Board of Chosen Freeholders has voted to approve another 400 acres into Plumsted’s Farmland Preservation Program. By: Ron Dancer An estimated 200 acres are located near the Hallock U-Pick Farm on Colliers Mills Road and another 200 acres at the corner of Brindletown Road and Long Swamp Road.    The Township Committee voted…

  • Vikings’ girls soccer team gives strong effort in loss to unbeaten East Brunswick

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    This has been a tough season so far for the South Brunswick High School girls’ soccer team.    The Vikings followed Saturday’s 4-2 victory at home over J.P. Stevens with a 5-1 loss to East Brunswick on Monday, also at home. That leaves the Vikings 2-4, while the Bears are on an…