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  • LHS makes top 75 in magazine’s rankings

    District moves from 153 to 65 in NJ Monthly magazine’s rankings of New Jersey public schools. By:    Each September, the NJ Monthly magazine devotes its publication to New Jersey’s schools, and biennially, they rank the top 75 public high schools. Ranking 153 in 2000 and 65 in 2002, Lawrence High School is one of eight…

  • Sept. 5, 2002

    Shirley Ann Hewitt, Mary Tressa Hernick, Richard C. Wiley, Paul P. Mitala Shirley Ann Hewitt    STOCKTON — A memorial service for Shirley Ann Hewitt, 66, of Stockton, who died Aug. 15 at South Seminole Hospital in Longwood, Fla., will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 6, at the Van Horn-McDonough Funeral Home, 21 York…

  • South Brunswick eyes truck route

    Ban could take trucks off most township roads. By: Sharlee Joy DiMenichi    The Township Council wants to ban trucks weighing more than 4 tons from using most township roads.    The ordinance, introduced unanimously Tuesday night, would prevent the trucks from using roads other than Routes 1, 27, 32, 130, 522 and 535 and 17 other…

  • BOOK NOTES: Unlikely champions

    "Seabiscuit" the book did for Laura Hillenbrand what Seabiscuit the horse did for a trio of men. By: Joan Ruddiman What could have been just a historical narrative appealing to a select audience vaulted to the top of the New York Times bestseller list, winning accolades from admiring critics and awed readers.    Seabiscuit the horse…

  • School board president steps down

    Geoffrey Lewen will remain on the board, to be replaced by Florence Gange. By: Cynthia Koons    WASHINGTON — Citing personal reasons, Board of Education President Geoffrey Lewen stepped down from his position, which he held for a total of four months, at the Aug. 27 school board meeting.    "Some things with my job changed pretty…

  • Remembering 9-11

    Our readers take a look back    The South Brunswick Post asked its readers recently to offer their thoughts concerning the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, to commemorate the approaching anniversary.    Below are the responses of our readers. * * *    While we didn’t know anyone who died that day, we were very much affected by Sept.…

  • Best Neighborhood Restaurants

    Our reviewer scouts out well-prepared, unfussy food at reasonable prices. By: Pat Tanner    Over my six years of restaurant reviewing, I have been asked more often to recommend a good, casual restaurant than a fancy, special-occasion one. You know: a convivial neighborhood spot where you can go with friends and family for reliable but unfussy…

  • School ‘family’ mourns its loss

    Family, friends remember Allentown High School’s Nadia Zendaki. By: Cynthia Koons    ALLENTOWN — She was a seventh-grader when she was accepted into the Allentown High School band.    A student in the gifted-and-talented program, she wore an oversized band hat with plumes stretching above her head, but still inches below the shoulders of her fellow musicians.…

  • SBHS girls soccer team wearing a bullseye along with GMCT crown

    By:Carolyn M. Hartko    The girls’ varsity soccer team at South Brunswick High School will be taking the field this fall with a large handicap: everyone in the county will be looking to knock off the defending Greater Middlesex Conference Champions.    The 2001 Vikings captured the first GMCT soccer crown in the school’s history last November…